Apple iGame?

[MacRumors]

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Station A posts (http://stationa.net/?p=216) a pdf and image of an article in the April issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly entitled "i GOT GAME: Apple bites into the portable-gaming market".

The article depicts a Nintendo Gameboy / iPod hybrid image which claims to be an Apple portable game machine to be introduced by Apple called the iGame.

EGM reportedly posts April Fools articles in their April magazine issues, which this is felt to be:

Thanks to the many readers who have written in to fill me in on some of EGM’s past April Fool’s Day plants. Given the questionable details presented in the article (firewire on a new device when we are seeing Apple phase out firewire connectivity on new models of iPods?), and the fact it seems very highly unlikely that EGM would break the news on a release as big as this as opposed to his Steveness, it would appear that EGM has decided to pull the collective leg of the Mac faithful. Keep an eye on 1UP.com, EGM’s parent website, to see if they own up to their trickery.

[puckhead193]

i don't see apple EVER releasing a gameboy/PSP thing

edit - that picture looks totally fake, i could have done a better job

[gammamonk]

Don't believe everything you read on some guy's website.

[nagromme]

Never say never.

OK, I will. Apple would NEVER let a magazine article announce big new product (completely lacking Apple construction quality) and yet fail to mention in their own "fun" event :D

But it's a well-crafted joke by the magazine, right down to finding things to criticize that stem from simplifying the portable game concept. Two thumbs up.

April 1 comes but once a year. Enjoy it!

[arn]

April 1 comes but once a year. Enjoy it!

I very much dislike April 1 :)

arn

[TMA]

Grrrr I hate the internet on April Fools day - Does nobody realize that it's bad luck to pull an April fools day joke before 1st April and after mid-day on the day!? EGM are now in for 7 years bad luck. Slashdot, MacNN, all the news sites - They regularly post phony stories after 12:00.

Even if you're not superstitious it's breaking tradition. It's a bit like opening all your christmas present on christmas eve. It really pee's me off.

And yes - this is clearly a fake. It's so crap I'm actually slightly offended.

[Some_Big_Spoon]

well, if Apple releases the 4" touch screen thing, then you'll see games pop up for it, along with hundreds of other I/O apps that will make life worth living.

[Bunzi2k4]

you know, I'd probably buy that if it were true... ^^

[Doctor Q]

I very much dislike April 1 :)The question today is does Apple (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/03/20060309183950.shtml)?

iDon't think we'll see the iGame, except in mockups and jokes.

[nagromme]

I very much dislike April 1 :)

arn
It's quite the occupational hazard. Apple's anniversary, coinciding with the day of hoaxes? :o

I think if Apple announced anything on Tuesday April 3, it won't matter if it was leaked over the weekend or not! Nobody will believe the leak.

[Foxglove9]

Thank goodness it's fake! What a horrible interface for gaming!!

[GW3]

Well, most likly this is a fake but, we need to remember that Apple has done something like this before a products was introduced, does any one remember the Newsweek cover of steve jobs holding the 4th gen iPod. This cover was leaked before the 4th gen iPod came out.
Hey its Apple, you never know what they are working on in their labs.

[ITASOR]

Yeah, cause, most handheld game systems have pause, play, and skip song buttons on them.

[Viewtiful Rich]

The funniest thing is that there are probably still people out there that believe they're getting a realistic Wind Waker bonus with Twilight Princess. lol

I still can't believe how well that one went over.

[boncellis]

...It's so crap I'm actually slightly offended.

Come on, offended? Really? I agree that the construction portrayed in the mockup is not up to Apple's standards, but I agree with nagromme when he says "never say never."

Apple produced the Pippin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin), which seems like ages ago, so this is not exactly uncharted territory even if Apple has grown by leaps and bounds since Mr. Jobs returned.

Apple has enough technological savvy and marketing cachet to make a handheld gaming system successful, in my opinion. Though hopefully it would be a little more sophisticated than the one depicted in the fake.

[ccool2ax]

Grrrr I hate the internet on April Fools day - Does nobody realize that it's bad luck to pull an April fools day joke before 1st April and after mid-day on the day!? EGM are now in for 7 years bad luck. Slashdot, MacNN, all the news sites - They regularly post phony stories after 12:00.

Even if you're not superstitious it's breaking tradition. It's a bit like opening all your christmas present on christmas eve. It really pee's me off.

And yes - this is clearly a fake. It's so crap I'm actually slightly offended.

First, EGM plants April Fool's jokes in the April issue, regardless of the month, to avoid any late jokes. Second, why didn't they find/hire a real Apple prototype designer? It's outdated (FW, 4pin remote jack) and crap. Plus, in the iTunes history bar, a significant amount of white space appears between "Games" and the end of the bar. Apple isn't that sloppy.

[Electro Funk]

No way this thing is real...

[ijimk]

anyone have a pic?

[mustard]

anyone have a pic?

There is a link in the #1 post

[peharri]

Apparently it has Intel Integrated Graphics... ;-)

Of course it's an April Fool. On the wider issue of whether Apple would ever sell such a thing, I suspect not for a while. They would probably follow the same path as Sony if they ever did, releasing a regular console and working on building a reputation for it. Nokia tried the "Let's jump right into games" thing, and failed miserably despite a fairly reasonable product, 1st generation flaws notwithstanding.

Pippin isn't really relevent here. Pippin was an attempt to build a platform, by a company which bears little resemblance to the Apple of today. Pippin's failure was the strategy, timing, and product design, not the notion of consoles. More important is the fact it's a crowded market, with Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft at each other's throats. There's little evidence there's room for a fourth platform. There's actually virtually no evidence that there's room for a third platform in portable gaming given the PSP's increasing problems in that area. Sony will continue to throw money at it, but it seems to be doing better as a portable video player, bizarrely enough, than a games machine.

Nice spoof though. Perhaps a forthcoming Apple "Nokia 770" will be functional enough to make a good portable games player.

[boncellis]

I agree with what you've written, peharri. I cited the example of Pippin just to demonstrate that Apple has had gaming within its purview at one time--though we agree that today's Apple is a far cry from what it was ten years ago.

With regard to the market being overcrowded, I don't believe that is a deterrent to Apple. Isn't the iPod external speaker market pretty crowded? The advantage they would have is integration with their other products/services, like the soon-to-be-enhanced iTMS.

I'm not contending that they will enter this market, but I think they could come up with a competitive product (with Intel's help) if they were so inclined.

[rockthecasbah]

for those of you too lazy to click the article and see the pictures ...

[p0intblank]

Wow, that's a horrible mock-up. I could've made a better one...

[muffinman]

oh the anxiety. the anxiety!!! :D

[EricNau]

There is no way that this is a real picture; it's too ugly to be an Apple product. :eek:

It would be very cool if Apple made an "iGame" and made games downloadable from the iTMS. ...Maybe someday.

[mixel]

Hmm.. Shame it's so fake really..

I can imagine racing games working really nicely with that click-wheel.. it also looks like it would play widescreen video nicely.. Well, if it wasn't fake at least. XD

[MacsomJRR]

Why would Apple even attempt a shot at this? With the PSP and DS being such popular portable gaming machines with TONS of games available for each it just doesn't make sense. Especially considering the graveyard of previous portable gaming devices that other companies have launched directly into the ground never to be heard of ever again.

That being said if they do release something like this it'll probably look (I hope) a lot better than the mock up picture in that magazine. That thing looks like it fell off of the ugly tree and hit every single branch on the way down:D

[ScottB]

That's definetly fake. Apple don't release things in magazines, and I'm not sure a gaming machine would fit into their plans. Nintendo have designed their consoles so much like apple products that even if this way true, you couldn't tell the difference.

[MacQuest]

iGameBoy?

Come on people, look at the d-pad. That's from a Game Boy. The rest is a "Franken-Designed" mock-up [parts from Game Boy, parts from iPod, etc.] from a graphics person that will burn in hell for simply implying that Apple would create a plasticy piece of junk like that with such a severe lack of attention to design.

It would be cool if Apple did penetrate the portable gaming market and iPodified that industry like they did the music industry... :D

They could make some new horizontal/vertical scrolling games. Maybe re-make the classics with much better graphics and add WiFi online multi-player options. Even games like OttoMatic, CroMag Rally, Nanosaur 2, etc. would play well I imagine.

Apparently the problems with the DS and PSP is that they want to play the high end games on a device whose form factor won't allow that to make for an optimal gaming experience. They're trying to build their device around the games.

Apple could swoop that portable game market by building the games around the device instead.

Just glancing at the linked page below, I see a lot of games that could play on... dare I say it?... THE gPod!!! [or iPod Gamer maybe?]

Check out this long list of FEATURED GAMES made for Mac at:

http://www.apple.com/games/features/

[DPazdanISU]

ummm, obviously a waste of our time and attention. how about the no EFI support in Vista? We need a main post on that and wether Apple will emulate if Microsoft doesn't port Virtual PC for Mactels. Thats the real news today.:cool:

[peharri]

iGameBoy?
Apparently the problems with the DS and PSP is that they want to play the high end games on a device whose form factor won't allow that to make for an optimal gaming experience. They're trying to build their device around the games.


I don't think there's any such problem with either. The DS is a new form factor designed to create more options for games (I can see a whole raft of game types not previously possible working on it, indeed many games out today would work better on it than existing platforms: I'd rather play Civilization or Alpha Centauri on it than a desktop) While I mention existing games, I don't imply that it was designed around existing concepts. The thing is: the original Gameboy type system (of which the PSP is the latest example) was only good for limited, action-type, application. The DS really is something that inspires a certain amount of imagination in game designers and we're beginning to see that.

The PSP... I think that's ultimately a failure as a game system though people aren't seeing it yet. It's not that it's unable to play reasonable approximations to console games, it's more that it's expensive for what it is and not really going anywhere with the design. Most importantly, Sony appears to have designed it around their media business, and that detracts from its function. I don't doubt that something called the PSP will probably end up on sale in five years time, but it'll probably be much cheaper and/or less of a gaming system than what we see today.

Here's the issue as I see it. Nintendo already owns the business. Sony, which has been able to leverage a massive monopoly on content and a pre-existing reputation for good gaming platforms, and which is otherwise similar to Apple in terms of design appeal and customer loyalty, is making heavy going. What chance does Apple have? Apple would first have to at the very least build itself a reputation in the area - right now, it has the exact opposite.

Now, that's not to say Apple can't produce a portable system that happens to be a great gaming platform (which is what Sony should have done.) I've mentioned Nokia's 770 ad-nausium (a device with the form-factor of a small tablet, or large PDA, depending on your PoV, that's essentially a wireless client device. Despite it being a Nokia, there's no phone functionality.), an Apple version of which would integrate enormously well with iTunes/Bonjour/Airport to a point it'd be desirable outside of the geek market. As such a device would be more or less general purpose, and as games translate relatively well as a "thing" that can be sold in a pay-for-file distribution system like iTMS.. well, you can see where I'm going with this. If I had a few million dollars to pay for the GUI development and start-up costs, I'd do it myself. I can't see how such a product would fail.

[iMeowbot]

OK, I will. Apple would NEVER let a magazine article announce big new product (completely lacking Apple construction quality) and yet fail to mention in their own "fun" event :D
Was there an event for the 4th generation monochrome iPod? I only seem to remember a magazine cover with an especially creepy-looking shot of Steve holding up one of his new toys.

Regardless, this game machine has hoax written all over it.

[Foxer]

I suspect this is a fake, but I find it curious wht so many people are slamming the construction quality of this "product." How can you tell how solid it is (or, should I say, would be) from a magazine photo scanned and posted to the internet. It looks like it could be as solid as an ordinary iPod.

That being said, I repeat that I don't think it is real. The market is too mature for Apple to try to jump in. I would buy it, though, because I'm a crazy Mac-zealot (and I'd like to watch movies on it).

[ITR 81]

There is no way that this is a real picture; it's too ugly to be an Apple product. :eek:

It would be very cool if Apple made an "iGame" and made games downloadable from the iTMS. ...Maybe someday.

LOL people say that all the time and then we see stuff like the HiFi so apparently it could be true that Apple could design something like that.

To me it looks just like a mockup to go along with the article.

[whooleytoo]

I think April 1st should be designated "Official Leak Day" for Apple employees and contracted companies. Everything should be leaked on that day (no one will take them seriously anyway!)

[mopppish]

You know what might actually be a viable gaming plan for Apple? Make an ipod sort of like the mockup in the EGM article, and team up with Nintendo, who will soon be releasing most of their classic catalog available as a download for their Revolution console. I'd certainly be willing to pay an extra $100 for a fully functional ipod that also happens to be able to download a whole slew of Mario and Zelda games through the iTMS. That alone would probably make the first generation of "iGame" products successful, and then from there Apple could break into getting exclusive titles.

[pknz]

How did this get onto Page 2 rumors?

[macdong]

this reminds me of the last page of each Mac Addicts magazine - Shut Down.
there was an issue with a PowerMac G5 Cheese Grater on that page :cool:

[nagromme]

I suspect this is a fake, but I find it curious wht so many people are slamming the construction quality of this "product." How can you tell how solid it is (or, should I say, would be) from a magazine photo scanned and posted to the internet. It looks like it could be as solid as an ordinary iPod.
We can't tell if it bends like Gumby, but we can tell there's a big crack around it. Not a weakness crack--and nothing unusual for OTHER companies--but a visible crack like you've never seen in an iPod. (Or at least, only across the screen :) j/k)

So we mean "quality" in terms of fit and finish, not in terms of durability/fragility.

[dernhelm]

How did this get onto Page 2 rumors?
Right. Clearly this belongs on Page 1! ;)

[dernhelm]

But close. I can actually see Apple putting out an iPod-like device aimed at the teen set that has a full "gesture"-style interface, and plays certain kinds of games (tetris/solitare/etc). A little like the iPods can now - but with games more aimed at the new user-interface (gesture) capabilities.

[tYNS]

Hey, Let's not forget this!

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/02/20050221164000.shtml

Could this actually be true?

[Eniregnat]

I thought that Apple would never enter the pmp market, then the iPod came around. I don't expect Apple to create a dedicated hand-held unit, but it is likely that they will expand the iPod os to be able to do more things. For now, the iPod is just a glorified portable HD- but down the line I expect more.

The ingenuity that the joke article shows is not the iPod like player, but the iTunes like management interface for downloading software. I bet that this is included as a new integrated feature of OS X, perhaps Leopard. There are thousands of shareware applications, and there is room for competition with Kagi and other portals.

In many ways, we should fear this kind of software transfer. Imagine, a new kind of software file that is locked to your computer just like an iTunes file. On the other hand, it make software less expensive.

[funkychunkz]

I do not believe it. I do not want to believe it. I want that picture to die in in so wany horrible ways.....


I'm all for an apple gaming system though. Just not a portable one. I'd much rather have a tablet style thing, or an x-box whooper.

[funkychunkz]

You know what might actually be a viable gaming plan for Apple? Make an ipod sort of like the mockup in the EGM article, and team up with Nintendo, who will soon be releasing most of their classic catalog available as a download for their Revolution console. I'd certainly be willing to pay an extra $100 for a fully functional ipod that also happens to be able to download a whole slew of Mario and Zelda games through the iTMS. That alone would probably make the first generation of "iGame" products successful, and then from there Apple could break into getting exclusive titles.

Nintedo sucks. They're too hyped up in their little gay men (mario etc.) and Pokémon to notice where trends are going. The ipod should never be combined witha any other product, and apple should never 'link forces' to create a product (nothing further than componenet suppliers). I will not have nintendo design apple stuff, and make it look like crap like the DS. They should just continue currupting children, and it'll be the end of that.

[nxent]

You know what might actually be a viable gaming plan for Apple? Make an ipod sort of like the mockup in the EGM article, and team up with Nintendo, who will soon be releasing most of their classic catalog available as a download for their Revolution console. I'd certainly be willing to pay an extra $100 for a fully functional ipod that also happens to be able to download a whole slew of Mario and Zelda games through the iTMS. That alone would probably make the first generation of "iGame" products successful, and then from there Apple could break into getting exclusive titles.
you know, i wouldn't be surprised if this was tossed around apple's and/or nintendo's board room. you figure nintendo's main competitor is sony's psp, which also happens to be one of the main competitors to the ipod. if apple wants to seriously develop a portable multimedia device to compete with the psp point for point, they have to consider expanding into the portable gaming market and allying with nintendo. same goes for nintendo- only from the perspective of integrating mp3's and movies to which their best ally is the ipod. both companies have similar design philosophies. apple's been on the rise and will be for the next several years. nintendo's been falling, especially with the dominance of xbox2 and ps3 (with some already predicting the nintendo revolution to be nintendo's last console). here's my prediction. in about 5 years tops, assuming apple continues to grow and nintendo continues to be restricted to it's portable gaming market- apple will be in position to buy out nintendo. whether it'll happen, who knows, but it'll be up for serious consideration. crazy, i know, but think about it...

[zap2]

Nintedo sucks. They're too hyped up in their little gay men (mario etc.) and Pokémon to notice where trends are going.


Ok, Mario is a Classic, and so is Link, DK, Samus and all there other games, shotting games like Halo are great but they come and go as graphics get better, the early Mario games are still good games!

And what kind of insult is "gay". So you are saying "you have an different orientation, that not cool." Come On.... WTF?

[Eniregnat]

...And what kind of insult is "gay". So you are saying "you have an different orientation, that not cool." Come On.... WTF?
Good point. This is not joining the PC band waggon, but rather supporting the underlying thought. I got pissed off when people don't think that gypped is a racial slur, but I have used the term "gay" in a pejorative sense. Thanks for reminding me about altering my internal and external language.

The more I think about it the more we should hope that this kind of system does not appear. If they can lock games to particular machines, then eventually all software can be locked to a machine. Some programs are already like this, but I try not to purchase too many of these titles. I like that if my machine goes belly up or I upgrade that I can move my software to my new machine. I am quite proud that I own FCP, MS office, some typography programs, and a bunch of utilities. If iTunes goes beyond media and moves to applications, I would hope that we could de authorize the software we use and move it to a different computer(s).

While I like the concept of adding features to the iPod, I don't know if I like the direction that this would move Apple in.

[TMA]

Come on, offended? Really? I agree that the construction portrayed in the mockup is not up to Apple's standards, but I agree with nagromme when he says "never say never."

I'm easily excitable about new Apple products and the thought that whoever drew that crappy picture thinks I might find it believable is an insult.

I'm also offended that people feel the need to 'fool the Apple fan-boys'. grrr

[mickeyc]

Uh, i'd hate to ruin on everyones parade, but it is an April issue. Couldn't this just be the magazine's April Fool's Day joke??

[Hunts121]

Uh, i'd hate to ruin on everyones parade, but it is an April issue. Couldn't this just be the magazine's April Fool's Day joke??

it is the april fools joke...they do one every year, it didn't take me 5 seconds to realize this was it for this year

[Atlasland]

Enough with this Apple game colsole/handheld rubbish.

It will never happen.

[TMA]

it is the april fools joke...they do one every year, it didn't take me 5 seconds to realize this was it for this year

The problem is its not April 1st If an April fools day trick is spotted/revealed early then it's 5 (7?) years bad luck for whoever came up with this idea.

[amacgenius]

I very much dislike April 1 :)

arn

Blasphemy! How could you not? ;)

[mjstew33]

How did this get onto Page 2 rumors?
That's what I'm thinking.


:rolleyes:

[narco]

I knew it was a fake instantly because the Apple logo is from the late 90's, right?

Fishes,
narco.

[InTheBand]

Hey, Let's not forget this!

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/02/20050221164000.shtml

Could this actually be true?

[from that linked article above]

"...experience working with embedded systems", "ARM7 RISC processor experience..."

The job listing was posted on Feb 17, 2005."

Hehehe... "RISC processor experience."

DOH! We've gone x86 [and soon x64]!!!

Uh, i'd hate to ruin on everyones parade, but it is an April issue. Couldn't this just be the magazine's April Fool's Day joke??

it is the april fools joke...they do one every year, it didn't take me 5 seconds to realize this was it for this year

Yup. It also didn't take me but a few seconds to read the first post which states:
"EGM reportedly posts April Fools articles in their April magazine issues, which this is felt to be:"

and from the article's author's quote:

"Thanks to the many readers who have written in to fill me in on some of EGM’s past April Fool’s Day plants."

Come on people, at least try to read through the first post.

:rolleyes:

[InTheBand]

Please delete. Thanks mods!

[Hunts121]

The problem is its not April 1st If an April fools day trick is spotted/revealed early then it's 5 (7?) years bad luck for whoever came up with this idea.


true but it is the april issue of EGM and that always has the joke in it

[TMA]

If it's in the April edition and the April edition is released in March (that's how it works in the UK) then this is not a suitable format for playing an April fools day prank.

April fools day pranks MUST not be pulled before the day or after midday.

As I said earlier, this really winds me up. It's in the same league of annoyances as people that say it's their birthday today, when actually their birthday is 2/3 days away but they're claiming it's today because they have friends around them. Or people that say they're 23 when they're actually 22 and 8 months (like it's ok to round up!)

[MacinDoc]

[from that linked article above]

"...experience working with embedded systems", "ARM7 RISC processor experience..."

The job listing was posted on Feb 17, 2005."

Hehehe... "RISC processor experience."

DOH! We've gone x86 [and soon x64]!!!
That's "ARM RISC processor experience". ARM processors are typically found in PDAs and are unrelated to Apple's switch to Intel.

[maestro55]

Yes this is a fake, but the idea seems like it might be a good one. Even if they didn't start out with a portable device, but a regular console. If Apple pulled it off, just think about how Bill would feel. However, maybe it would be wasted money for Apple, but as someone else said, never say never when it comes to Apple.

[cycocelica]

I cannot see Apple ever getting into the gaming industry.

[iShane]

Ehh. Stretched out Gameboy Color with an Apple logo on the front? That's what it looks like.

[Gasu E.]

73% of the folks in this discussion have a deficient sense of humor. I thought this was a terrific satire of the preoccupation of the entire known universe with the iPod and Apple product design. Poo on you all.

[duke49er]

WOW! I've never seen anything faker!

[kinless]

Way too funny.

Some people get so up-in-arms over April Fools.

I've been getting EGM for about 7 years, and they've been doing the April Fool thing for at least 4-5 years.

When I first saw the iGame, it actually took me about 6.2 seconds to go "WTF?... Oh, must be the April issue. Ha ha. Next." If I was not such a die-hard Apple-rumormonger I probably would have fell for it.

One EGM April Fool joke put a "secret code" in where you could play the volleyball girls from Dead or Alive with no bathing suits on.

Another was the Zelda Twilight Princess gag, which someone else already mentioned.

I think the first one I fell for a while back was a hybrid Nintendo system that could play all your old NES, Super NES, and Game Boy games on. I think I spent a better part of a day looking for it online. I was so mad then.

People only get mad when they fall for it. There's no more need for speculation folks.

I will have to laugh at all the people who don't follow rumors like we do, and WILL fall for it until the revealing of the joke in the next issue. Great stuff.

[asteroidblues]

If you go to AppleiGame.com it will take you to Apple’s website.

[MUCKYFINGERS]

yeah as soon as i saw final fantasy ii on that list i knew it was horse poo.

[supremedesigner]

I can tell it's 100% fake and I know it's April Fool Joke. I'm a print designer and I noticed how terrible they screwed it up. :rolleyes: I put 2 red circles and I know most print designer won't do that. :p

[weg]

i don't see apple EVER releasing a gameboy/PSP thing

edit - that picture looks totally fake, i could have done a better job

Not necessary. Have a look at the Nintendo DS lite (http://http://www.cabel.name/2006/03/nintendo-ds-lite-first-look.html). Goes very well with the iBook ;-)

[Whotheheck]

I can't beleive that you guys are getting so worked up over an April Fool's joke. IT'S JUST A JOKE! It did take me a couple of seconds to realise that when I was reading the magazine. But they always give subtle hints to make you know that it is not true. if you look at the screen shot of iTunes, look at the games. There is a game called Oprah Chronicles under simulations. :D

[RustyM]

Boot Camp = iGame :)

[lonelemur90]

haha, i hav a subscription to EGM and i hav 2 say, this could be one of their most shameless, hilarious looking editorials yet. i doubt this is an april fools joke, but just them building their "dream portable". usually the jokes are less obvious and take a month or so for people to actually test and find.

[anti-win]

2 duel core Intel processors
-“MacStack” make the new Mac Mini 2x higher; fan system like G5 (wind tunnel) one quad core processor stacked on top of another.
SLi graphic interface
Blu-ray disks, DVD, CD etc.
10,000 rpm GB HDD
HDMI output
Optical Audio out
Upgradeable ram
Wireless w/ gigabit network for downloading games off of iTunes (remember that Sega online service thing…?)

System boots to Front Row; load the game, internet, music, photos, movies, etc.

Wireless mouse and keyboard, along with game controller through new Bluetooth Front Row receiver.

[hob]

If you go to AppleiGame.com it will take you to Apple’s website.
yeah, right
registered with GoDaddy...
nice try

[JamesJerome]

http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/entertainment/mp3_player/apple_to_launch_handheld_games_machine

Has anyone seen that? That one seems like it's real.

[ygo2slow]

for those of you too lazy to click the article and see the pictures ...

Man this was just a joke. Apple would never put something this wack out....
But what do you guys think about the new 6g ipod that is rumored to come out...anywho...I think it is ironic that Jobs reminds use to Not steal Musik, when here he is under a what? PIRATE FLAG...Yeah we know whats up..Holla at your boy.

[n8grey]

I know the article was prob a fake but I am hoping against hope we will see this at E3 next week since apple will be there.:rolleyes: :D

[octoberdeath]

that would be pretty sweet if they did release something like this... maybe they could get together with nintendo... they could offer downloadable games from iTunes...how awesome would that be.