# Which Tablet Is Better For Games?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 21, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tablet-is-better-for-games/593583 "2011-08-21T23:41:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tablet-is-better-for-games/593583/1 "2011-08-21T23:41:21Z")

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Which type of tablet is best for games: iPad or others?

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**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tablet-is-better-for-games/593583/2 "2011-08-21T23:50:36Z")

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iPad 2. iOS is where the software is.

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**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tablet-is-better-for-games/593583/3 "2011-08-22T00:03:36Z")

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Ironically, opposite of desktops. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tablet-is-better-for-games/593583/4 "2011-08-22T05:17:21Z")

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I agree - the iPad has much broader publisher support and many iPhone games scale up nicely.

Android has been catching up on the phone form factor, with a lot of cool iphone games getting ported, or cloned sufficiently well. But their tablet selection kinda blows.

Lets hope the new “Google-rola” will change this in the next year or so by stabilizing the hardware platforms and making it easier for developers to ensure app compatibility.