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Best tablet for gaming around the $200 price point?


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#46 OP vetLOC

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 20:33

Oh I'm sure they are indeed. And I'm sure Gameloft etc are more than happy to take up the slack on UE3 games on Android for Epic heh.


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Posted 28 January 2013 - 20:59

Been playing Sega Megadrive games on a Nexus 7 this evening, highly recommended. Not the most demanding of applications but worked well in fullscreen with a 2xSuperEagle filter. :)

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 21:07

Another Vote for Nexus 7 (I own one).

Solid tablet, runs well, get's newest Android OS's the fastest.

Also can easily restore the tablet back to factory in case the adventures of installing custom builds / rooting, etc. doesn't go well.
https://developers.g...id/nexus/images

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 21:23

iPad has the most games and much better quality games / Apps

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 21:33

View PostTurboShrimp, on 28 January 2013 - 21:23, said:

iPad has the most games and much better quality games / Apps

iPad's start at $329 and go up. OP is looking for something in $200 range.
There's also quality games on android. Not saying apple doesn't have them either.

#51 OP vetLOC

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 21:54

Yeah plus I already got the Nexus 7 the other day as the birthday present so, yeah.

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 22:08

View PostTyler R., on 12 January 2013 - 21:59, said:

Nexus 7. Just remember to reset Google wallet before you do a restore/root/rom flash on it. :D

Who uses their Nexus 7 for Google Wallet? :laugh: I can just picture someone now pulling their Nexus 7 out of their pocket and bumping it up against a reader to pay.

Oh, and congrats on getting the Nexus 7. Definitely the best you can get for the price point.

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 23:19

View PostAJerman, on 28 January 2013 - 22:08, said:

Who uses their Nexus 7 for Google Wallet? :laugh: I can just picture someone now pulling their Nexus 7 out of their pocket and bumping it up against a reader to pay.

Oh, and congrats on getting the Nexus 7. Definitely the best you can get for the price point.

I used it just because I was at Starbucks and they had one of those readers. :D

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Posted 29 January 2013 - 23:38

View PostLOC, on 28 January 2013 - 21:54, said:

Yeah plus I already got the Nexus 7 the other day as the birthday present so, yeah.
how are you liking it so far? Happy Birthday btw :)

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Posted 30 January 2013 - 00:28

Thanks, and I like it alot so far. Installed everything I wanted so far (I think) and it all runs great except for a few app crashes here and there.

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Posted 30 January 2013 - 00:29

grats!