New iPad 3 could take on consoles, says Epic Games

Epic Games president Mike Capps has told Reuters that Apple’s new iPad could take on Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft’s consoles if combined with a controller and AirPlay.

Capps also stated that “Apple is definitely building their devices as if they care a lot about ‘triple-A games’,” an opinion no doubt fuelled by the new iPad 3’s quad-core graphics processor – also used in Sony’s PlayStation Vita.

We’ve made it clear how we feel about the barrier that touchscreen-only controls raise for games that require more than swishing and swiping. But the thought of an iGamepad coupled together with console-quality titles on a portable iPad makes our gamer senses tingle with eager anticipation.

Read our in depth new iPad 3 review here.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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