Apple making a gaming console

[notyouraveragejoe]

The New Apple iPlay, an incredible fun console. Supports games made by such famous design studios such as Apple, Mac and iGame. No third person support whatsoever. Only games are Apple iPlay exclusives or games built from the ground up for the console. No porting whatsoever. Other brilliant features include internet through Safari, online gaming through AGN (Apple Gaming Network) and access to the iTunes store.

Anyway...on to my opinion. It'd be an okayish idea. Though I wouldn't buy it since I'm not that huge a fan of Apple. Also important would that it'd be a ***** for developers since Apple isn't well known for being third party friendly. Also I'm worried that they'd do away with a controller altogether and stick to the "Touch" method of playing. Plus its worrying their need to constantly revise their hardware with the smallest tweaks. It definitely wouldn't work in the console ring.

 

[Teh Ty]

Meh, I wouldn;t be surprised if Apple considered it, but I'm more then willing to bet they'll drop it.

 

[LitleWaffle]

I don't think i will ever get something as silly as that. Besides games that are on other consoles, what else would it have?

 

[bam13302]

No. Not that i don't like apple (i don't but that is not the reason), its because i only like the majesty of the desktop computer for video games. Death to the touch-pad and nipples, they are not meant for gaming! *snarls*

 

[nifedj]

What Apple does with its computers is unique; making the hardware and OS and integrating lots of features. Seeing as that's how consoles work, I would expect an Apple console to have the best use of resources, most functionality etc. After all, they have more experience with it than anyone else.

Also, considering the ease of developing for the iPhone/iPod/iPad we would hopefully see some great games. That is, if Apple is willing to let go of regulatory control.

 

[Thaius]

Like it or not, OSX is an incredibly smooth and great operating system. Say what you will about Apple, but they have made some intuitive stuff, and a console from them would be no different. I would look forward to an Apple console with intense fervor.

 

[Leviathan_]

For those who don't know, the pic in the OP is a fake. It's an old pic I found years ago of someone who made it for the lulz. Kinda easy to tell anyways seeing that the controller still uses a cord.


I have to agree that Apple has had some good ideas in the past, but a console wouldn't be a good move as there's 3 other consoles out there. Then again, if they do release it in 2012/2013/2014, the current generation of consoles might start to become slightly outdated making this Apple console a top-notch technology beast.

 

[Iron Lightning]

I remember laughing when the Xbox came out, since I found it rather odd that a company which already owns a rather large share in the gaming market to branch out like so. I honestly didn't think that they would make a real effort of it.

Maybe Apple will have its Halo: Combat Evolved and it'll all work out.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

i'd probably not buy it,i doubt mac could hold their own with exclusives, and i would not want mac to get power in the console war so i would not support them one bit if i had the choice to.

Hmm I wonder how many people felt the same way when MS made the Xbox?

If there are good games on it then I will get it, if its a reasonable price.

look at the computer market

pc's rape just about 90% of the market (last time i checked)

which are run by windows

which is microsoft

microsoft profit >>>>>>> apple profit

microsoft's ability to bully and get massive exclusives >> apple's ability to do that.


and at this day in age, most people are either apple fanboys, or they are complete opposite, so no, i dont think the apple console would sell well, especially considering how overpriced it would probably be, and how well the xbox/ps/pc/wii is infrastructured into the gaming world already.

it would be the i360, just as crappy as the original xbox just done in white and nerfed for todays modern dumbass!

 

[Leviathan_]

I don't think the quality of the console would be bad, but it'd just be an overpriced, overhyped little console that is 'cool' to have.

 

[UPRC]

I bet anything it will be called the iGame and the controller will have a scroll wheel in place of a d-pad and analog stick, and all buttons will be replaced with a touch screen.

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

well. I thought i didnt like the playstation controller because of the shap, but that thing next to the console, i dont understand? how do i reach the buttons if the handels are on the back of the body?

Its like the PS3 "Geogre Foreman Grill" allover again. but this time its a Bread Bin!

 

[Nomanslander]

Apple have their own console?

It's that what the Wii is?

0o

I remember laughing when the Xbox came out, since I found it rather odd that a company which already owns a rather large share in the gaming market to branch out like so. I honestly didn't think that they would make a real effort of it.

Maybe Apple will have its Halo: Combat Evolved and it'll all work out.

Microsoft has been for the longest time now into gaming.

That's why a Microsoft console came naturally.

As for Apple? I don't know maybe they can do what Sony did with the PS1 and blow everyone's mind, since Sony before hand had no knowledge of how to run a gaming console.

But considering Apple has already had a bad hand at gaming to begin with, I doubt it.

 

[Leviathan_]

Another Article that hints towards this theory

IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE how dense reporters can be. Apple hires the technical brain trust behind the XBox 360 and the conclusion is the firm are making an iphone?

Let's backpedal. Apple grabbed Bob Drebin, Raja Koduri, PA Semi, Mark Papermaster, a few games guys, and undoubtedly many others we didn't hear of. That gives them the ATI ex-CTO, also ex-ArtX, makers of the Nintendo GPUs forever, and another ATI 'big thinker'. Lets just say they have the GPU side down there.

PA Semi has several low-power, high-performance modular PowerPC chips on the market now. They are basically SoCs, just slap in a GPU (see last paragraph) and you have - wait for it - a console.

To have a successful console, you need software people. If you are going to do it in a sane way, you might want a robust digital delivery and payment system. Something that looks a lot like itunes. They could build it, but they already own it. See a product coming coming into focus yet?

Given the timelines needed for making a console, especially given that the hard parts are already done, could be under years. That would beat every one of the big boys to the next generation. As Nintendo has shown, you don't need killer specs to make a fun and generation leading console.

The fanbois will work themselves into a lather over this one, a pedestrian game console from the Messiah? Will it still be white and reassuringly expensive? They, of course, won't believe it until the Dear Leader himself, back from hormone surgery, waves one about on stage - atill, who cares about them?

Analysts will cry "phone", but none of these new hires has phone experience - and Apple has most decidedly not been hiring phone/RF folk. It makes no sense for them to jump into phone chip waters, from the myriad frequencies, patent minefields, and obtuse world-wide regulations, it isn't worth it. You can buy those parts on the commodity market, so why make them? Apple also hired PPC people, not ARM, that in and of itself should be telling.

In the end, the course is clear. There have been a lot of whispers floating around the valley regarding Apple and consoles. Take a hugely underrated Mac Mini or Apple TV, throw in a low power PPC SoC with a solid GPU, fire up itunes, and you have a console. Not only that, but one that snakes the living room out from under MS. If you recall, that is the very reason they developed the 360, to block Sony from owning that nexus.

If you can't put the dots together on this one, you really need to have your internet licence revoked, you are too blind to surf. It is not a question of if but when at this point.

Source: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1052027/apple-console


Oh dear, shit might just get serious.

 

[BlindMessiah94]

i'd probably not buy it,i doubt mac could hold their own with exclusives, and i would not want mac to get power in the console war so i would not support them one bit if i had the choice to.

Hmm I wonder how many people felt the same way when MS made the Xbox?

If there are good games on it then I will get it, if its a reasonable price.

look at the computer market

pc's rape just about 90% of the market (last time i checked)

which are run by windows

which is microsoft

microsoft profit >>>>>>> apple profit

microsoft's ability to bully and get massive exclusives >> apple's ability to do that.


and at this day in age, most people are either apple fanboys, or they are complete opposite, so no, i dont think the apple console would sell well, especially considering how overpriced it would probably be, and how well the xbox/ps/pc/wii is infrastructured into the gaming world already.

it would be the i360, just as crappy as the original xbox just done in white and nerfed for todays modern dumbass!

Interesting, because you just sound like a MS fanboy so I can hardly see the difference.

Microsoft definitely is a bigger company than apple, but considering ten years ago apple was not even close to being competition, I think they are doing pretty well. They have a stranglehold on the handheld market right now, so I think they are better at specializing than MS is.

I don't really care Mac/MS or whatever. They're both just big corporations that only care about our $$. All your opinions on what the console would be are pure speculation so I can't really agree with you that it would suck. That said, it may still suck, but why get all bent out of shape over a rumour that is completely unconfirmed, and make up your mind about a stance on it when you don't have all the facts? That's how fanboy's are born.

I'm going to wait and see what the price is, what games are available for it, and see if a few years after its release if it is still going strong or not before I make a decision about it.

Otherwise I'm only limiting the amount of games and enjoyment I could be having.

Just a thought.

Also, in terms of the whole Mac's being catered to today's modern dumbass, I own a Mac and a PC, and I use my Mac more. Why? The software I need to do my Audio Work is better on Mac. Hardware is hardware really, and PC's are more customizable, but there are problems with PC's and problems with Mac's. I don't think one is better than the other. I will say I have less problems with my Mac and I can work much faster on one because of the ease of it's OS interface. But I still use my PC.

Anyone who buys something without doing research simply because "It looks pretty" deserves to lose their money really.

 

[Forever of the Stars]

After all this time, when there's three other big companies in the gaming wars ( The holy trinity of Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft) and they're already really, really, really far behind in terms of computer gaming (Macs have very little when it comes to computer games they can run) why are they getting into the console wars? Why not focus on improving their computers to have a wider range of amazing and interesting games? Granted, Macintosh is a very wealthy and successful company so even if their gaming console bombs (which I'm not going to pass any kind of judgement on in advance) the company probably wouldn't be sunk by making a bad system. Sure, they'd piss people off who were hoping for a new gaming system to amaze and entertain us but they have quality products that they'd be fine

Macintosh is just a computer. I have a partition on my mac that has windows xp, I play a ton of games on my mac. Works fine, and is faster than my pc. It works fine as a gaming platform, I dont get why everyone says it sucks in that aspect.

I think most people who try to use this argument lump the hardware and the OS into one thing, when they really only mean the OS. Now I know that Mac OS supports steam now, or I guess that's the other way around Steam supports MacOS, and it has always had some games that worked on it, In the past (so far as i know) the MacOS gaming market was....lacking to say the least. That's my take on it why anyways. As far as gaming on Apple hardware goes, if you want to it's entirely possible.

As for whether or not I would purchase this, I wouldn't right away unless it had awesome games, but I know for a fact that I would wind up picking it up used in the future, as I collect consoles and games and that's all this really would be is another console, if it's affordable and has good games, sure, if not then I'll wait for it to show up used somewhere.

 

[Forever of the Stars]

Another Article that hints towards this theory

IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE how dense reporters can be. Apple hires the technical brain trust behind the XBox 360 and the conclusion is the firm are making an iphone?

Let's backpedal. Apple grabbed Bob Drebin, Raja Koduri, PA Semi, Mark Papermaster, a few games guys, and undoubtedly many others we didn't hear of. That gives them the ATI ex-CTO, also ex-ArtX, makers of the Nintendo GPUs forever, and another ATI 'big thinker'. Lets just say they have the GPU side down there.

PA Semi has several low-power, high-performance modular PowerPC chips on the market now. They are basically SoCs, just slap in a GPU (see last paragraph) and you have - wait for it - a console.

To have a successful console, you need software people. If you are going to do it in a sane way, you might want a robust digital delivery and payment system. Something that looks a lot like itunes. They could build it, but they already own it. See a product coming coming into focus yet?

Given the timelines needed for making a console, especially given that the hard parts are already done, could be under years. That would beat every one of the big boys to the next generation. As Nintendo has shown, you don't need killer specs to make a fun and generation leading console.

The fanbois will work themselves into a lather over this one, a pedestrian game console from the Messiah? Will it still be white and reassuringly expensive? They, of course, won't believe it until the Dear Leader himself, back from hormone surgery, waves one about on stage - atill, who cares about them?

Analysts will cry "phone", but none of these new hires has phone experience - and Apple has most decidedly not been hiring phone/RF folk. It makes no sense for them to jump into phone chip waters, from the myriad frequencies, patent minefields, and obtuse world-wide regulations, it isn't worth it. You can buy those parts on the commodity market, so why make them? Apple also hired PPC people, not ARM, that in and of itself should be telling.

In the end, the course is clear. There have been a lot of whispers floating around the valley regarding Apple and consoles. Take a hugely underrated Mac Mini or Apple TV, throw in a low power PPC SoC with a solid GPU, fire up itunes, and you have a console. Not only that, but one that snakes the living room out from under MS. If you recall, that is the very reason they developed the 360, to block Sony from owning that nexus.

If you can't put the dots together on this one, you really need to have your internet licence revoked, you are too blind to surf. It is not a question of if but when at this point.

Source: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1052027/apple-console


Oh dear, shit might just get serious.

I don't agree with that article at all, while I will say that it's a possibility, the man said himself, they hired people with experience in graphics chips and power pc chips
you know where else both of those things could go? Computers, I mean seriously. I mean the chips could be used for consoles sure but I'm sure that is not the only thing.

OT: Were it to require everything to be done through an iTunes like app store, I wouldn't think about buying it at all......

[sub] .......well maybe for the sake of my console collection..... [/sub]

 

[Chainsaws_of_War_2]

This would look so horrible...

It looks like someone cut a waste bin in half...

 

[wargrafix]

lol,The iFry. Because its hottttt. and not because the games will be good.