Any chance Apple ever makes a video game system?

[austin316]

I say it will happen.

 

[Xylitol]

it'll be an overpriced console that lets you touch the screen to turn it on and off

 

[ChaoZ]

If they can't get computer gaming right, what makes you think they can do console?

 

[R Nilla]

Already happened.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Already happened.

Wow, that reads and looks good for its age.

EDIT: Oh , mid 90's, like 1996, not 1990. Not so good 🙁

 

[mmntech]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Already happened.

Lol. The infamous Pippin. Marketed as a low cost computer. I don't think it ever even made it to Canada because I only found out about it a couple of years ago. Mac OS just isn't ideal for gaming. Neither is the iPhone/iPod Touch. I game on my Macbook but through Windows only.

 

[blurredvision]

God I would hope not. If 10 years from now I had to choose between the market-leader Apple gaming console and the failing PS5/XBOX4, I'd give up gaming. I'm assuming of course that Nintendo is still catering to other demographics besides mine (meaning that I don't even consider them).

 

[sash1]

would it have a cool spinning beach ball every time it locked up?

 

[onlyCOpunk]

I think they're testing the waters with the Touch.

But ultimately no, i dont think they will. The Wii is probably the closest thing to an Apple console we will see.

 

[evident]

lol. it would cost $1000 and bought only by hipsters to show off in their apartments/houses

 

[Oil]

Originally posted by: sash1
would it have a cool spinning beach ball every time it locked up?

I think RRoD's are much cooler

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
God I would hope not. If 10 years from now I had to choose between the market-leader Apple gaming console and the failing PS5/XBOX4, I'd give up gaming. I'm assuming of course that Nintendo is still catering to other demographics besides mine (meaning that I don't even consider them).

i think Apple and Nintendo would aim for the same mass-market demographic, which would mean you would stick with PS5/xbox4 niche.

now an apple vs nintendo console war would be interesting as that would put competition on both demographics with apple leveraging its i-brand, and nintendo leveraging its Wii/DS touch generation.

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: Xylitol
it'll be an overpriced console that lets you touch the screen to turn it on and off

Originally posted by: evident
lol. it would cost $1000 and bought only by hipsters to show off in their apartments/houses

 

[Dumac]

iPhone?

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Kromis

Originally posted by: Xylitol
it'll be an overpriced console that lets you touch the screen to turn it on and off

Originally posted by: evident
lol. it would cost $1000 and bought only by hipsters to show off in their apartments/houses

and it'll be so user friendly that it'll play games for you the way they are meant to be played.

 

[ubercaffeinated]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: Kromis

Originally posted by: Xylitol
it'll be an overpriced console that lets you touch the screen to turn it on and off

Originally posted by: evident
lol. it would cost $1000 and bought only by hipsters to show off in their apartments/houses

and it'll be so user friendly that it'll play games for you the way they are meant to be played.

and it would never ever rsod. and if it broke for any other reason, you would be able to take it back to the store within an year to have it fixed/replaced. three years if you buy apple care. just saying 🙂

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: makoto00
and it would never ever rsod. and if it broke for any other reason, you would be able to take it back to the store within an year to have it fixed/replaced. three years if you buy apple care. just saying 🙂

I've never heard of this red screen of death. It sounds pretty frightening. I wonder where you have experienced it, as no console I know of suffers from such a horrible-sounding ailment.

 

[Dari]

iCon.

 

[Xavier434]

iBox

 

[Maximilian]

iFail more like, i cant see apple ever making a game system or at least ever making a competitive one. They have no experience with consoles.

 

[evident]

Originally posted by: Maximilian
iFail more like, i cant see apple ever making a game system or at least ever making a competitive one. They have no experience with games.

fixed

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Originally posted by: Maximilian
iFail more like, i cant see apple ever making a game system or at least ever making a competitive one. They have no experience with consoles.

Either did Microsoft lol. They still showed a bit of engineering failures with the 360.

 

[Stuxnet]

I don't know if I'd be able to tolerate the commercials.

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender

Originally posted by: Maximilian
iFail more like, i cant see apple ever making a game system or at least ever making a competitive one. They have no experience with consoles.

Either did Microsoft lol. They still showed a bit of engineering failures with the 360.

Annoying as the RRoD is, the rest of the console is pretty much perfect.

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: jbourne77
I don't know if I'd be able to tolerate the commercials.

OH GOD I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT