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Will Apple Ever Get Into The Console Gaming Industry?


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Will Apple ever get into the console gaming industry?

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#11 Spudd

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 02:21 AM

I hope not. If they do, this is what it will be like:

A small, white, shiny, rectangle, with a big apple shaped dent in the top that's probably supposed to be the logo. Apple's reoccurring ideology, "smaller is better", seems to apply once again to the rectangle only 3in x 2in x 5cm. Okay, so it'll look nice on the outside, but plug it into your TV and-... ACK! A bunch of nasty interface windows with anti-stylish, uncool gray gradient textures. You won't go to the store to buy games with Apple, rather you can sit in your living room and wait for hours for them to download via iGames Store. They take forever because Apple doesn't know how to format files in an efficient way, and thus the files are ten times bigger than their competitor's games.

Three days later...

It's done downloading! Oh goody, I can't wait to play my first game on my new iRectangle! (Yes, that's what I decided to call it.) We start it up, and in case you forgot you were playing on an Apple product, there's a nice ten minute intro screen of the Apple logo having paint spilled on it while some catchy teen pop music plays in the background. Alright, we're finally loaded up. Now, we don't know what kind of games will be on the system, but here's what we know about them: They'll either be 2D, or run at 15 FPS tops, because Apple seems to have sacrificed any sort of processing power for maintaining a sleek exterior. Also, most of them won't be games, about 2% of them will be music creation tools, 30% video/picture editing, and another 20% just plain useless apps people recompiled from the iPhone.

Another important factor: How will we control them? Well, Apple wouldn't want to bog us down with wires, or a whole lot of buttons, so they've abandoned all of that for... Another rectangle, about the size of the system itself. Situated on it is one button, but that's enough, as they've ripped off the Wiimote functionality, yay! Sadly, the gimmick will ruin 75% of the remaining 30% of games that are actually games, turning them into over-casual junk no one wants to play. To turn your controller on, you shake it really hard, as if dancing, it'll even play music for you. The downside to this, is that the controllers look identical to the system, and it's really easy to pick up the system by mistake and... Well... Apple isn't know for producing the most durable stuff.

Yes, that was a horribly exaggerated review of what it would be like. 80% of that would probably never happen, but meh, it was fun to write, and I hate Apple, so I'm satisfied. :)

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 02:45 AM

Apple actually already made a gaming console/computer called the Apple Pippin. It was made in conjunction with Bandai, and from what I gather, not very successful.

If Apple were to make another gaming console, I don't really see it doing very well. Apple's computers can't really game that well, so I don't see their consoles gaming that well either. It would probably look good, though.

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 02:47 AM

@spudd
Lol
Are you such an apple user for quite some times that you can predict that far? :)
I hope that won't happened, that could be a disgrace in gaming industry :(

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 03:16 AM

@ FouGilang: Actually, no, I've never used a Mac. I had an iPod Nano, which broke, and my second one in covered in dead spots though. My only experience with Macs is second hand. I've done some research though, and I've yet to come up with a better reason for getting a Mac than: "They're shiny." Seriously, PCs do everything Macs can do, and most of the time, they do it better, so I don't plan to pay twice as much for half the computer. As far as consoles go, I can't imagine it'll be much different in the gaming industry than it is in the computer industry. :)

@ Forte: Agreed.

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Posted 10 November 2009 - 08:12 AM

It's true that Apple's products are actually very ordinary once you think about it. Other companies offer similar products which are better and are priced lower too. But Apple products are still very special and most people agree with that "shiny" line that Spudd mentioned. So if we see a gaming console matching up to the likes of PS3 or Xbox360, it will surely attract a lot of loyal Apple enthusiasts but may not survive in the long term...

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Posted 23 September 2010 - 08:57 PM

Apple have indirectly said that the iPod touch/iPad is their attempt as a gaming console because of the "large" selection of applications available via their App Store.

Only problem is; both pieces of hardware have no capability to handle applications that are remotely good or worthwhile unless the hardware has been jailbroken, and even then, seems to slow my iPod down for some reason.

Hopefully they will attempt to make a nice gaming console (within a reasonable price) that will try and compete in this quick changing electronics market, but currently, Microsoft and Sony are currently dominating the market and will continue to do so if they keep producing such quality products and their developers keep producing fantastic games also. :rolleyes:

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Posted 24 September 2010 - 06:48 AM

I hope they won't start creating game consoles such as XBoc or PlayStation 3 as it's quite enough, there are Nintendo also, but anyway Apple could just continue developing iPads which would great for small, simple and not simple games, which would be enjoyable, it's quite a big market, as people might move there to play simple games, just look how people are mad about simple, but nice looking games online :)

But I wish apple wouldn't create a gaming console :D

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Posted 26 September 2010 - 05:40 PM

Yea, they've actually been marketing the iPod touch as a gaming console. Even though it isn't a great console, its what they're doing. :/

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Posted 26 September 2010 - 08:05 PM

I think if Apple went into handhelds they would do fine.

Nintendo has the Wii/Wii2
Sony has the Playstations
Microsoft has the Xbox's
Apple has the handhelds

I think that would be a fair way to go. It appears Apple clearly has superior finances and everything when compared to Nintendo and Sony (referring to the DS and PSP, respectively), so I think they could really push the gaming limits. Driving games where you tilt the handheld like a steering wheel? Speak to your characters and have them move with your voice? I think it would be awesome.




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