The veil covering Apple's much talked about tablet device should be removed soon. In the meantime, what we know is that the tablet already has the support of publisher Electronic Arts and the device seems to be even more games oriented than we originally thought. With games like Madden NFL and Tiger Woods, EA Sports has already shown that it knows how to succeed on the App Store and we wouldn't be surprised to see these brands make their way to the new tablet too.
Speaking to Bloomberg, EA Sports boss Peter Moore noted that the tablet definitely has the potential to be a good gaming platform, much like the iPhone: “If it’s got a great screen, some buttons, you can turn it on and it connects to the Internet, it’s got the ability to be a games machine.”
“The center of gravity in gaming is moving away from the console to these other devices,” said Bart Decrem, chief executive officer of Tapulous, whose games have been downloaded more than 20 million times. “We’re going to wake up a year from now and see that this is a very important part of gaming.”
Writing for IndustryGamers, research firm DFC Intelligence recently said that the game industry's expansion will be largely fueled by "anytime, anyplace, anywhere" devices, like the iPhone, and this upcoming Apple tablet could certainly give developers another push.
