3. The First Question You Ask About Any Gadget Is What Games It Can Play
If you're a gamer, the first question you're going to ask of any device with a screen and buttons is if it can play games. Heck, there's a guy that programmed his business card to play Tetris, that's how serious gamers are about their passion. And it's not even so much that there are good games on devices that feature packed-in games, just the fact they're there at all is enough to warrant a sale. Be it a Texas Instruments calculator that played Mario Brothers 3, or figuring out what kind of stuff you can get away with installing onto your high school's loaner laptop - the idea of being able to play a game on something you normally wouldn't is intoxicating. Of course, it's easy now. Say what you will about iOS gaming, but an iPhone is literally an opportunity to hold thousands of games in your pocket in a way you could only dream of as a kid. From wrestling games, to Angry Birds, to Final Fantasy, to rogue-likes and sweeping space sims, if youre a gamer with a smart phone you know all-too-well just how quickly the pages of your home screen are taken up by games you downloaded on a whim. It was not always this simple however. In the era before smart phones, figuring out what games your phone came preloaded with was a difficult question to get answered, as a sales rep would say pretty much anything to sell you the thing, and neglect to mention the games on the phone were only demos, or cost $3.99 a pop. Regardless, having a game be only a touch away is a necessity for folks who do a lot of their gaming during bus rides and train rides, or find themselves with a lot of down time in locations they can't hook up a console in. Thankfully the options are nearly limitless, and more affordable than ever. Between the 3DS, PS Vita, phones and tablets, there has never been a better time to be a gamer on the go.
