World of Warcraft Shown Streamed to iPad

[kelemvor4]

Apple has probably just secured another few million unit sales with this video...

err.. whoops. It appears this is totally un-necessary. Someone already sells a wow "hut" where you can play wow which has a built in toilet. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10226003-1.html

I'm sure all the hardcore players already have one.

 

[Guest]

enough of streamed stuff on ipad. if you can stream one thing, you can stream anything. Geeeez.

 

[Dirtman73]

Can anybody tell me what the point of this useless display of technological "prowess" was? Who cares if the iPad can stream WoW?

What an utterly stupid news item. Tom's is going downhill with all the Apple news lately.

 

[tommysch]

[citation][nom]lihtness[/nom]enough of streamed stuff on ipad. if you can stream one thing, you can stream anything. Geeeez.[/citation]

With a nice bonus latency added for free. And no control whatsoever.

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]Godfail[/nom]Bluetooth keyboard would obviously be the way to go here, but it would be unweildy as you'd still have to touch the screen.An interface would have to be made to handle this, somehow replacing hotkeys and maybe using the accelerometer for movement.[/citation]
If I need to carry around a keyboard and mouse for an iPad I might as well get a laptop that can actually run the game and not need to stream it

 

[beayn]

[citation][nom]kelemvor4[/nom]Apple has probably just secured another few million unit sales with this video...err.. whoops. It appears this is totally un-necessary. Someone already sells a wow "hut" where you can play wow which has a built in toilet. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10226003-1.htmlI'm sure all the hardcore players already have one.[/citation]

What WoW player uses a stove top? It needs a microwave and a fridge, not a stovetop. Along with your computer heating the place up, a stove top would turn the whole thing into an oven.

 

[cryogenic]

I see that people are still struggling to find a use for their iPad ... and fail!

 

[jecastej]

I am not saying this is the best use of WoW or iPad but I think the future for tablets is to add functionality, not necessarily replacing anything and serve as a hub or even a terminal for manny other devices not all being PCs. So even the toaster, its fine! There is a lot to explore so I think this is the right idea.

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]jecastej[/nom]I am not saying this is the best use of WoW or iPad but I think the future for tablets is to add functionality, not necessarily replacing anything and serve as a hub or even a terminal for manny other devices not all being PCs. So even the toaster, its fine! There is a lot to explore so I think this is the right idea.[/citation]

I agree, cloud computing makes sense for tablets. Gaming (gfx rendering) is probably the most intensive work that a consumer is going to do on a daily basis and users want portable gaming, so this just makes sense. Of course the interface for gaming on a tablet is a different issue.

 

[AsianJetlag]

I bet there's a 2 minute lag time between your input and a screen response.

 

[jerreece]

(for example, when nature calls)

LOL I don't play WoW anymore, but waiting for someone who went AFK is kind of a pain in the butt. Although I'd wonder how affective they could be in a 25 man raid while using an iPad on the pot...

 

[spoofedpacket]

[citation][nom]Hollowtek[/nom]Prove to the world that you have no life, live in your mother's basement, never had sex with anyone other than palmala handerson- there's an app for that.[/citation]

Though it is entirely fun to pick on people about this, that applies way more to a PC gamer sitting next to a big tower and monitor. At least with a platform the size of the iPad 3G, you can sit in a public place near women.

 

[nforce4max]

Playing wow on this is like driving with out steering, brakes, and with the pedal to the floor during rush hour traffic. Hey mom no hands.... a few seconds later ganked 10v1 and called a noob.

 

[bebangs]

except that there's no mouse and keypads.

fail.

 

[gilbertfh]

Wow will never be released for the iPad just like it isn't going to be released for the console... I read an interview a while back that made it very clear about the singular use of the PC... if I can find it I will post.

 

[gilbertfh]

Pretty easy to find interviews about it here is just one that refers to wow being a keyboard based game with large storage requirements and it wouldn't translate well for consoles... IMHO an iPad is closer to a console than it is to a computer.

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/703047/blizzard-thinks-about-a-console-world-of-warcraft-all-the-time-prospects-dim.html

 

[nukemaster]

[citation][nom]t-vizz the 2nd[/nom]That's screwed up, no one should subject themselves to truly 24/7 wow[/citation]
Post of the day!

 

[eccentric909]

[citation][nom]gilbertfh[/nom]Pretty easy to find interviews about it here is just one that refers to wow being a keyboard based game with large storage requirements and it wouldn't translate well for consoles... IMHO an iPad is closer to a console than it is to a computer.http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/ [...] s-dim.html[/citation]

WTF does that have to do with streaming to an iPad? They're not talking about releasing WoW on the iPad, but streaming it. They're not the same. Blizzard wouldn't have to do anything, nor release anything for this to work. How well it would work is a different story, but when it comes to the topic at hand, what Blizzard said doesn't matter. This is for any game that runs on a computer.

 

[gilbertfh]

[citation][nom]Eccentric909[/nom]WTF does that have to do with streaming to an iPad? They're not talking about releasing WoW on the iPad, but streaming it. They're not the same. Blizzard wouldn't have to do anything, nor release anything for this to work. How well it would work is a different story, but when it comes to the topic at hand, what Blizzard said doesn't matter. This is for any game that runs on a computer.[/citation]
You are right thank you for the correction... I should have read it better. Gave you a +1.

 

[Guest]

To solve the problem of not being able to play WoW on an iPad, trying taking a shower, remove the weakly build up of grease from your hair, go to your nearest hook-up joint, picking up a woman (you will be able to recognize them, they have breasts like the ones you're developing), and get laid. Then you don't have to worry about how well WoW plays on an iPad.

 

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