Ok. Care to elaborate on that? But you prefer playing Nova in the native resolution so wont that defeat the point of retina? Let me get this right... you believe developers will start making games in iPad2 resolution but with added effects... but you contradict that by saying you prefer 'retina' without the added effects... So you agree that the iPad 3s "beefy GPU" is held back by the display. Nova 3 came virtually at iPad 3 launch and it's already too much for iPad 3. That, to me, says it's totally unrealistic to expect some sort of major leap in gaming performance over the iPad 2, and that's before we even venture into the limited number of apps/games that even need an A5. For me, IOS gaming is mostly about the simple, creative gems like Tiny Wings and a hundred others. We've seen some wonderful 2D, 3D and pixelated games. You could buy an iPad 1 and enjoy these.. this is why I said your original post stating "if you care about gaming you need an ipad 3" was ridiculous. Like I said, I'll be buying a 3 for my mum as she'll mostly web browse, and I think the retina helps loads there. SIRI is very much a maybe. It could be useful, but also very irritating, with the added side effect of making you look a total idiot while using it. Google chrome already allows voice input, as do many other apps. Are we really going to be wow'd just because you can do voice calendar entries? I think not. ^^That is a valid reason to get an iPad 3
you totally missed my point. I prefer NOVA 3 in retina because it enables antialiasing, and the game looks unbelievably better. However, if developers would run at iPad 2 res but with some AA, it would look almost as good and allow for some amazing extra visuals. NOVA 3 was rushed like crazy. They even admitted to it in some emails they sent to a buddy of mine when he asked about the whole retina vs full effects issue. The fact is, NOVA 3 was started 1.5+ yrs ago, way before the a5x and the retina display of the new iPad. Games built from the ground up for the iPad 3 will look better, play better and perform better. Siri isn't just dictation, you can ask her movie times, add calendar entries and reminders, set alarms, open apps, etc. In fact, many people were disappointed that she wasn't included with the iPad 3 at launch. Really I'm not going to bother to convince you of the benefits of Siri. If you want the iPad 2, fine. Get it. But I believe that you'll regret it somewhere down the line. Retina makes a world of difference with reading and general usage, the extra RAM means you can have many more apps open at once and the GPU means that you'll be missing out on some neat extra effects for games in the future.
