Poor TF700 app support: Nexus 10 era

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From the release of the Infinity, there has been low compatibility with apps and especially games. Some have said it is related to lack of developer support for the high res screen. Others have suggested the Nexus 10 will force developers into support for the new generation of where's-those-pixels tablets.

Both Skype and Rock star announced tablet optimised app releases in the coming fortnight (the latter for Vice City). The TF201 is on both compatibility lists but no Infinity. Is this deliberate? Or did hardly any Infinities sell and hence support for it make no business sense? In addition I don't see many EA or Gameloft releases, both old and new, supporting our machine.

Perhaps I'm being impatient and this is just the early adopter first world problem. Or maybe it's another reason to jump ship to the N10.

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Not just the TF700. The Note 10.1 has the same issue. As does pretty much every other HD tablet.

They work fine. I've got nearly every supposedly 'not-compatible' game running, no issues...

The thing is this. Devs made their games in a low res. They're too lazy to re-release the games with a higher resolution. (adding the infinity to the list won't change the ingame res, it'll still be upscaled.)

All they have to do is update the texture packs, but they simply won't. Of course not,

EA has always been too arrogant for customer support. (Don't believe me? The EA Master Server was dead every day in BF2, and they haven't changed anything, not even a cable, 8 years, 7 Triple-A games and 9 expansions later. The Master server still erases profiles&progress nearly once a day, fails twice a week completely and crapped out on the release night of BF3 and stayed down for almost 3 days...)

Gameloft is Ubisoft's mobile section, so that speaks for itself in terms of a completely non-existent customer support.


To be fair, though, Gameloft has a decent amount. EA is just an arse:

Gameloft:
Nova 3: This app is compatible with your ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.
Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation: This app is compatible with your ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.
The Amazing Spider-Man: This app is compatible with your ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.
Men in Black 3: This app is compatible with your ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.
Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation: This app is compatible with your ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.
The Amazing Spider-Man: This app is compatible with your ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.
Riptide GP: This app is compatible with your ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.

EA:
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit: This app is compatible with your ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.

Originally Posted by ShadowLea

Riptide GP: This app is compatible with your ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.

EA:
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit: This app is compatible with your ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.

Riptide is by vector unit, not Gameloft.

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Originally Posted by t3ej4y

Riptide is by vector unit, not Gameloft.

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Hm... Yes, I see it. Odd, I typed in Gameloft and that one rolled out... Google managed to do something seriously wrong with their Playstore search bar.. Irony at it's finest. xD

Too bad on need for speed hot pursuit that we CAN'T DOWNLOAD THE ADDITIONAL FILES NEEDED TO PLAY. I called ea about it and they never called back, I knew they wouldn't becuase its an ongoing problem.

Originally Posted by Ready2Mosh

Too bad on need for speed hot pursuit that we CAN'T DOWNLOAD THE ADDITIONAL FILES NEEDED TO PLAY. I called ea about it and they never called back, I knew they wouldn't becuase its an ongoing problem.

I play hot pursuit daily, and most wanted?

Originally Posted by Ready2Mosh

Too bad on need for speed hot pursuit that we CAN'T DOWNLOAD THE ADDITIONAL FILES NEEDED TO PLAY. I called ea about it and they never called back, I knew they wouldn't becuase its an ongoing problem.

Please clarify. There's a hundred ways in which you 'can't download'. Error? Doesn't start? What?

I side loaded most of my gameloft games that's not available on the market and they work fine. Some games however will have smaller menu screens or smaller on screen buttons. An example is wild blood. Come to think of it's that the only one I recall right now. EA games however, you get a server error when games open. With the exception of NFS Most Wanted. It can open but plays slow. Like playing in slow motion. Theres a mod to make it faster though. Glu games are all available. Most other apps are too.

On nexus 10 almost all the games for gameloft, EA are available from the market and all work without issues. Once exception is wild blood is not available but can be side loaded but buttons are even smaller and menus are blank. So really not playable. Most other apps are available too.

It maybe a matter of not being able to test their apps so they dont make it in the compatibility list? But it does suck that tf700 out of the box is not supported by most. Seems like its the misfit of all the devices due to its unique screen resolution.

Originally Posted by ShadowLea

EA has always been too arrogant for customer support. (Don't believe me? The EA Master Server was dead every day in BF2, and they haven't changed anything, not even a cable, 8 years, 7 Triple-A games and 9 expansions later. The Master server still erases profiles&progress nearly once a day, fails twice a week completely and crapped out on the release night of BF3 and stayed down for almost 3 days...)

Never knew you were a gaming grrrrrl. (I know, never asked either. )

Originally Posted by MartyHulskemper

Never knew you were a gaming grrrrrl. (I know, never asked either. )

Yup. Pretty serious, too xD. Used to be in a clan (before we all parted ways), was clanleader for almost a year, as well as led several division. Even played in the ESL and Clanbase finals for SWBF2, BF2142 and FEAR. (we won swbf2 several times )

Been out of it all for a while now, though. Too little free time, and the games are too bloody expensive (And there's no fun in it anymore, all those kids and aim assist.. (we used to call it aimbots, and they got you permbanned..... now it's part of the game )

Aaaand we're off topic again xD Oops...