I hope the PS2 Devs are porting their app to this...

**Malorn** · 2012-06-18, 06:38 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/default.aspx

That keyboard/lid design is awesome.

Mirror · 2012-06-18, 06:39 PM

Take my money!!!

I want.

Notser · 2012-06-18, 06:41 PM

would be nice if they incorporated the latency innovation they made a couple months back into this. zero lag when using the touch surface would change the industry forever

zomg · 2012-06-18, 06:41 PM

If that's the new MS "iPad killer" then it looks quite promising... but wasn't Surface the huge multitouch desk thing they had? Confusing naming++

**Malorn** · 2012-06-18, 06:42 PM

Lots of info here live:
http://live.theverge.com/microsoft-l...-announcement/

1.5 lbs, same thickness as ipad 3, the cover is a f'ing keyboard. Genius!

According to the live stream they have full Windows 8 on it looks like you could indeed play PS2 on it, though no idea whether the hardware requirements can cover it.

TheInferno · 2012-06-18, 06:49 PM

Holy crap, if I'm reading that right one version works EXACTLY like a PC. You could play Planetside 2 from a tablet. If that works... holy crap.

EDIT: Yeah, probably not. I can dream.

MercDT · 2012-06-18, 06:57 PM

What ever happened to this?

I would definitely like to see the app on that, but I think it will be up for the community to develop such things.

TheInferno · 2012-06-18, 06:42 PM

Huh, it runs Windows 8. I wonder if you can remote desktop to your main computer and play Planetside 2 from that?

zomg · 2012-06-18, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by TheInferno

Huh, it runs Windows 8. I wonder if you can remote desktop to your main computer and play Planetside 2 from that?

That would be awesome, sadly I kind of doubt it would work very well due to the fast pacedness of the game. I actually have messed around with stuff like that with my iPad using remote desktop apps.. Civilization works alright

Still, Windows 8 would mean the game could in theory run on that thing right there. I do kind of doubt that it has the necessary graphics muscle for that though...

Dairian · 2012-06-18, 07:00 PM

I need one for trips away from home.. If it has the capabilities to play PS2.

CheeZeX · 2012-06-18, 07:22 PM

As a software developer I'm really torn on this device.

Need more spec information.

It's slick but don't let that fool you just yet.

**Malorn** · 2012-06-18, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Dunno I just can't see them getting traction - they really suck at stuff like this. I hope I'm wrong because if I am that means the space will advance a bit more.

But it's likely to be a niche device and won't get mainstream support like iOS, Android etc. It's going to have to be pretty amazing to get any of that pie.

What makes you think they suck at this? Kinect was a fine piece of engineering, and the Xbox 360 is highly successful. The Hardware *Microsoft* has released lately is top notch.

I don't think you get what that thing runs on...The software is Windows 8. As in, the full, normal Windows. The same Windows that will be running the new gaming rigs we make next year to play PS2. If you make apps for the Surface, you make apps for Windows 8.

And you can make Windows 8 apps out of HTML and JavaScript.

Originally Posted by CheeZeX

As a software developer I'm really torn on this device.

Need more spec information.

It's slick but don't let that fool you just yet.

Spec - Windows 8 ? What more do you need to know as a software developer other than it's on an OS that will hit at least a billion people worldwide and you can make the app in 4 different programming languages?

Language - You want to code in HTML5/JavaScript, C#, VB, or C++?

**Malorn** · 2012-06-18, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by WildVS

Well if it's in Ultrabook performance range running Windows 8 pro. Hell run the entire game from it. Worth a shot. You go first Malorn.

I'll have one on Day 0, but seeing as its a tablet, I'd prefer to do other planetsidey-things on it, thus the need for the app. I'll of course have the same app on my gaming rig too, because why not?

**Malorn** · 2012-06-18, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by WildVS

10 inch screen well would be kinda cramped to play in but it would be nice to see if it could flat out run the proper game client. You should have seen that time I was running PS on an XP VM. I was shocked it managed 12 FPS

being just software video emulation on the VM.

I don't at all think it will be a practical device for playing PS2. From what we've seen not many devices are. Got a fairly good PC but I'll be upgrading close to PS2 release.

But for just about everything else, yeah sign me up for a Pro version running intel processor that can run every piece of software in the Windows ecosystem along with new Win8 apps. In a nice tablet form that has a compact keyboard that can be a general purpose carry-with-you PC.

**Malorn** · 2012-06-18, 07:05 PM

If they made an android tablet version of the PS2 app, I can't imagine them not making a Surface version since it also runs on Windows 8, which is what the PCs next year and the years after will be shipping with. You could use the app with your gaming PC, or this new MS Tablet.