Apple gaming division?

[loic2003]

An interesting rumour:

linktastic

 

[lobadobadingdong]

apple and gaming in the same sentance, ROLF :laugh:

 

[Modeps]

One division to produce games... riiight. What's that, maybe 1 game every few years? LET ME GET AN APPLE FOR GAMING RIGHT NOW!

(I dont hate apple, I actually like them... but this rumor is stupid)

 

[RandomFool]

That would be pretty cool, I think it would be more of a way to attract developers to make games than anything else.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: Modeps
One division to produce games... riiight. What's that, maybe 1 game every few years? LET ME GET AN APPLE FOR GAMING RIGHT NOW!

(I dont hate apple, I actually like them... but this rumor is stupid)

Apple could go out and buy any of the publishers with financial problems.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: digitalsm

Originally posted by: Modeps
One division to produce games... riiight. What's that, maybe 1 game every few years? LET ME GET AN APPLE FOR GAMING RIGHT NOW!

(I dont hate apple, I actually like them... but this rumor is stupid)

Apple could go out and buy any of the publishers with financial problems.

The rumor didnt say anything about buying a publisher.

creating or purchasing a Game Development unit.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: digitalsm

Originally posted by: Modeps
One division to produce games... riiight. What's that, maybe 1 game every few years? LET ME GET AN APPLE FOR GAMING RIGHT NOW!

(I dont hate apple, I actually like them... but this rumor is stupid)

Apple could go out and buy any of the publishers with financial problems.

The rumor didnt say anything about buying a publisher.

creating or purchasing a Game Development unit.

WTF do you think publishers are? Publishers own the vast majority of development studios. Its the quickest way to get a game divison. Creating one from scratch wont really do all that well and there arent that many established companies not owned by publishers that would sell to Apple.

 

[vegetation]

Oh, these rumours have been going on since the Apple // vs. C64 days. It's not new.

 

[ultimatebob]

Excellent! Now the Mac will have FOUR games! Breakout, Super Breakout, Super DUPER Breakout, and... umm.... Photoshop? 🙂

 

[Rogue]

Merge it with Pixar, make a live action Toy Story or Incredibles games with graphics even remotely close to the films and I'll buy!

 

[Fenixgoon]

IIRC, apples still only get a fraction of the framerate pc's do, right? A while back.. a quake3 test on a mac get a whopping 90fps on the best apple.. at the same point, the best pc ran quake 3 (same settings) at like 250fps

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
IIRC, apples still only get a fraction of the framerate pc's do, right? A while back.. a quake3 test on a mac get a whopping 90fps on the best apple.. at the same point, the best pc ran quake 3 (same settings) at like 250fps

It has to do more with the drivers than the hardware.