This is a completely brain-dead gush void of critical detachment, so be prepared. But after hour after hour of Dead Trigger on my Nexus 7, I am still blown away by the sheer quality. Graphics power of this quality on an entry-level device? The game graphics look better and smoother than almost any PC or game console I've ever played on. Deus Ex never looked like this. Far Cry never looked like this. Half-Life 2 *maybe*, at times, but even so ... And Max Payne actually looked and played better than on my old PC.
Fine, some mobile games still lack the range and quality of their desktop/console peers. But that is more a function of the market than the hardware and software - read: the bias towards casual mobile gaming and lazy developers. Aside from serious gaming and high-end CG, there has been no real productivity reason to use a desktop at all for some time now. With this level of hardware, the PC platform is looking ever more obsolete. Hail to the *new* king!
Fine, some mobile games still lack the range and quality of their desktop/console peers. But that is more a function of the market than the hardware and software - read: the bias towards casual mobile gaming and lazy developers. Aside from serious gaming and high-end CG, there has been no real productivity reason to use a desktop at all for some time now. With this level of hardware, the PC platform is looking ever more obsolete. Hail to the *new* king!