What if Apple made a Console?

slooksterPSV · Sep 27, 2004

What if apple made a video game console? What would it look like? What would be its specs? How would it interface? For those who have Photoshop or Illustrator (or any Graphics Program) post your best work up here. I wanna see what kind of creations people can come up with. Here I won't post a pic yet, but here's my idea:
Apple's - PowerStation G5
It offers Dual 1.5 GHz G5 processors
256MB of DDR333 RAM
20GB Hard Drive
and the Games are on Dual Layer DVD's.
Oh and its shaped like a Pyramid.
It comes with 4 ports for controllers, but can be expanded to 8 or 16 and those come with TV connectors so you don't have to use the same TV, but can use the same console. It would have Ethernet, and a Web Browser (just like Dreamcast). The Video Card supporter would be ATI, with 128MB VRAM Radeon 9000 or 9200 Architecture.

What do you guys think for a game system like that?

stealthy · Sep 27, 2004

The controllers would be bluetooth.

MisterMe · Sep 27, 2004

slooksterPSV said:
What if apple made a video game console? What would it look like? What would be its specs? How would it interface? For those who have Photoshop or Illustrator (or any Graphics Program) post your best work up here. I wanna see what kind of creations people can come up with. Here I won't post a pic yet, but here's my idea:
Apple's - PowerStation G5
It offers Dual 1.5 GHz G5 processors
256MB of DDR333 RAM
20GB Hard Drive
and the Games are on Dual Layer DVD's.
Oh and its shaped like a Pyramid.
It comes with 4 ports for controllers, but can be expanded to 8 or 16 and those come with TV connectors so you don't have to use the same TV, but can use the same console. It would have Ethernet, and a Web Browser (just like Dreamcast). The Video Card supporter would be ATI, with 128MB VRAM Radeon 9000 or 9200 Architecture.

What do you guys think for a game system like that?

Apple did that several years ago.

slooksterPSV · Sep 27, 2004

what was the game console called, I'm talking about a newer console though here too.

dotnina · Sep 27, 2004

stealthy said:
The controllers would be bluetooth.

Think so? I think gaming generally shies away from bluetooth, since wires = better response time.

Of course, I love having everything wireless, so I'd be all over bluetooth controllers.

dotnina · Sep 27, 2004

slooksterPSV said:
what was the game console called, I'm talking about a newer console though here too.

Apple Pippin!

http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macproto/Pippin.html

Oddly enough, I just heard about this for the first time today, too.

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Edit: Doh, now I have two posts right next to each other. Sorry.

slooksterPSV · Sep 27, 2004

OMG I want an apple pippin.

jdechko · Sep 27, 2004

<sarcasm>And just like the Mac, there'd be no games for it. </sarcasm>

Actually, though, I'm not so sure that it is a wise decision for Apple to go into the console market. It is already hard enough for the game devs to get multi-platform games out as it is. This would just thin the developers resources and then everyone would complain that their console's version isn't out and/or that it doesn't look as good as the XBox version (I use XBox cause it seems like its often used as the console benchmark)

Jovian9 · Sep 27, 2004

Wouldn't this be great!

Link to a cool design:

http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macdesign/iPlay.html

hcuar · Sep 27, 2004

Jovian9 said:
Wouldn't this be great!

Link to a cool design:

http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macdesign/iPlay.html

Nice, but the controllers need to be wireless. I'd buy one.

homerjward · Sep 27, 2004

Jovian9 said:
Wouldn't this be great!

Link to a cool design:

http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macdesign/iPlay.html

oh dear god i want one

jtgotsjets · Sep 27, 2004

i got it

Apple Hobo · Sep 27, 2004

Jovian9 said:
Wouldn't this be great!

Link to a cool design:

http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macdesign/iPlay.html

Maybe that should be the headless iMac that everyone wants.

slughead · Sep 27, 2004

He wins:

jtgotsjets said:
i got it

Macs R Us · Sep 28, 2004

WOW, If Apple made one it woild be better then the Pippin

(if you know of that)... It would make the XBOX look like the dumb toy it is... Well so is XP a babies OS...

AmigoMac · Sep 28, 2004

They better go out of the cube design as it would just remind people about the gamecube... at least the name, take the iMac G4 half-dome and let it be a G5 for a console... yes! and that "wireless firewire" for the controllers...

Ja Di ksw · Sep 28, 2004

I wish Apple would do this. It would look amazing, work perfectly, never have games skip or be unable to be read, and play every new game only 6 months to a year after they were released for the XBox.

earthtoandy · Sep 28, 2004

Jovian9 said:
Wouldn't this be great!

Link to a cool design:

http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macdesign/iPlay.html

that is freakin sexy

and if i am correct i believe bluetooth has enough bandwidth for the response times to be more than adequate. am i wrong?

and i have a wireless controller for my gamecube.. certainly has no problems preforming.

BornAgainMac · Sep 28, 2004

Apple console. I like that idea. I would buy one!

Chaszmyr · Sep 28, 2004

If Apple made a console it would lose as much money as Xbox, but Apple can't afford to lose that much money.

AmigoMac · Sep 28, 2004

Chaszmyr said:
If Apple made a console it would lose as much money as Xbox, but Apple can't afford to lose that much money.

You took the fun of this thread off... We wanted to dream about one, like we used to about the dual processor 12" PB ...

slooksterPSV · Sep 28, 2004

OMG those pictures are awesome, even though they aren't original, the design of them is just perfect. I want either of those 2, those look awesome.

AmigoMac · Sep 28, 2004

slooksterPSV said:
OMG those pictures are awesome, even though they aren't original, the design of them is just perfect. I want either of those 2, those look awesome.

If you mean the half-cylinder and the cube... i hope you know there was a cube mac years ago... just in case

, you may get one of those for less than 800 bucks...

BornAgainMac · Sep 28, 2004

What about the profits from titles?

Chaszmyr said:
If Apple made a console it would lose as much money as Xbox, but Apple can't afford to lose that much money.

True, but I think the console business isn't about the hardware but the sales on titles. It's like a coffee pot or color printer, they make money off the supplies.

The Apple Music store isn't about selling music, it's about selling iPods and possibly iMacs and Powerbooks.

slughead · Sep 28, 2004

Ja Di ksw said:
I wish Apple would do this. It would look amazing, work perfectly, never have games skip or be unable to be read, and play every new game only 6 months to a year after they were released for the XBox.

Good call

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