Coming to think of it , May be a 7.9 iPad mini would be a very good gaming machine with A12.
Apple limiting Bluetooth device support would limit that.
Look at how the Apple TV has failed to become a gaming platform even for casual gamers.
If you could pair in iPad Pro with Mouse, Keyboard and a Console Controller, it would be great,
Even the iPad would be totally different.
But Apple needs to push the touch-only and pencil interface to meet its own App guidelines.
The iPad Pro could be the most powerful device, but Apple has other plans for it.
What plans, you ask?
Partner with a limited number of big companies to allow them to publish their Apps, with Apple being able to "update" special features to showcase these Apps.
Meaning, no independent creator will be on the App Store, because it is not viable unless Apple pushes your idea.
If you think I'm talking BS, do you remember the remote controlled cars running on a real track and using the iPad to virtually control them?
That was great, but it did not fit Apples business model. It was way too "independent" as a revenue stream for toys.
So Apple partners with Adobe and a handful of others instead.
I don't know Dropbox metrics, but it has become less and less attractive to use dropbox in an Apple ecosystem.
It has become less and less attractive to develop a full document management app for iOS.
It is literally impossible to create a great third-party Mail App, Word Processor or Spread Sheet (aka Office Suite)
We could continue include real photo Apps, Video Apps excluding iMovie etc.
And yes, I know Pixelmator and the other Apps I'm blanking on now.
They are the few big players Apple likes.
You could do it, but you would fail economically.
By the way, paring BT devices to any iPad and Apps that are able to operate in a desktop like environment with a user account and a filesystem would be a dream. But we will never see that.
The hardware is capable, Apple is not.
The platform is dead, except for stuff Apple likes to push.
Gaming makes no money for Apple, except In-App gold coins etc.
But bug game studios do not like sharing revenue.
Have a great holiday.