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Apple Eyeing Nintendo?
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HGW said:
You got sources to cite that say I have to buy the nun chuck seperately? And what do you mean 'laser receiver'? You talking about the wireless thing? I doubt it's major selling point will be sold seperately, :/. More like, built into the console.
not feasable
This is sad but true. Disney has more corporate backing than nearly any other american company - and aside from constantly aquiring other companies, it is itself owned by many larger companies, namely ABC. Remember Dimension Films, makers of such guilty pleasures as Van Wilder and Eurotrip? Disney. ESPN? ABC.
Disney already beat Apple in aquiring a portion of former Pixar, there's no way in hell they'll be bought out now.
Stella said:
This is sad but true. Disney has more corporate backing than nearly any other american company - and aside from constantly aquiring other companies, it is itself owned by many larger companies, namely ABC. Remember Dimension Films, makers of such guilty pleasures as Van Wilder and Eurotrip? Disney. ESPN? ABC.
Disney already beat Apple in aquiring a portion of former Pixar, there's no way in hell they'll be bought out now.
wbread5 said:
Actually, no. Disney owns ABC and in turn ESPN. Make no mistake, Disney is the parent company there. Also, there is no record of Apple wanting to buy Pixar, they could have, but it would have hurt them in the long run being seen as monopolizing both content and distribution (for future movie store). Instead, Jobs Sold ALL (not a portion) of Pixar to disney in return for a lot of money and a seat at Disney's board to keep a content owner apple-friendly. That way giving Apple access to ABC's, ESPN's, Disney's AND Pixar's content available for the iTMS.
It may suck, but it's business.
BRLawyer said:
Maybe you heard of the DS, which is crushing the PSP in every market.
Also nintendo makes billions in profit each year, while M$ looses billions each year in the gaming industry.
Nintendo knows, market share is meaningless unless you have the profit to back it up.
Why not to put the iTV into the nitendo Wii
Why not to put the iTV in the nitendo Wii (Funny games for all family and a easy media center)
Will be good for both companies!
And Nitendo can use the iTunes network for the old games downloads (Nes, Snes, N64).
Nitendo and Apple make creative, inovative and easy to use products.
And Nintendo will need a extra help with the Wii, if they do the same mistake
of the SEGA DREANCAST (Powered by Windows CE and this use to crash alot in some games) and let Microsoft put softwares into it, Nitendo will be out of the games console bussiness soon (Like Sega), and the DS will be the Nitendo's only Hope!
The next generation of games console war will be a Big one, Sony will probally built your own media solution for the PS3 and this for sure will not work with Macs.
Why not to put the iTV in the nitendo Wii (Funny games for all family and a easy media center)
Will be good for both companies!
And Nitendo can use the iTunes network for the old games downloads (Nes, Snes, N64).
Nitendo and Apple make creative, inovative and easy to use products.
And Nintendo will need a extra help with the Wii, if they do the same mistake
of the SEGA DREANCAST (Powered by Windows CE and this use to crash alot in some games) and let Microsoft put softwares into it, Nitendo will be out of the games console bussiness soon (Like Sega), and the DS will be the Nitendo's only Hope!
The next generation of games console war will be a Big one, Sony will probally built your own media solution for the PS3 and this for sure will not work with Macs.
Websnapx2 said:
The Disney buyout of Pixar was a clever bit of business by Steve Jobs. Pixar's distribution deal with Disney was coming to an end, Pixar didn't like the new terms being offered so they started looking elsewhere for a distributor. The Disney animation department has been in a bad way for a while and they couldn't really afford to lose Pixar.
All of a sudden they are all friends again, Pixar is taken over by Disney and in the process Steve Jobs becomes the largest single share holder in Disney and gets a place on the board. The main benefit being that Apple gets access to Disney content, they launch a tv download service and Disney are the first to sign up and the same has happened with films.
i prefer pc's over consoles because of definition, keyboard+mouse(strategy, fps, simulations) free online gaming, hamachi, mods, and ease to get games, the bad thing: windows
since i switched to linux and mac, i havent played, this would be a new opportunity
since i switched to linux and mac, i havent played, this would be a new opportunity
Very nice! I wonder if you could do that for real using a TV tuner.NightLord said:Sijmen, good work, but missing a few key elements
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The Wiimac
Nintendo and Mac NEED TO MERGE
I'm not sure why so many people are against this idea. Xbox and Playstation have ENORMOUS parent companies with deep pockets in Microsoft and Sony respectively. Nintendo doesn't have that luxury. It only has the tradition of gaming that it has built which is quickly fading as the third wheel.
If Wii didn't work, Nintendo would of gone under. They bought themselves some time, but that's it. As the next gen consoles roll around, they'll find themselves in the same position. There's just not enough room for 3 gaming consoles plus Computer gaming.
The Wii, caught fire and saved them. Then Sony and Microsoft followed with their version of motion controllers. So Nintendo will no doubt need another great idea to save them again, and they have no room for error.
One flop and Microsoft and Sony will push Nintendo out the door, much like what happened to Sega.
Mac gives them the pockets Nintendo needs to compete and gives us, the consumers, some things to really get excited about!
For all the talk of the mini Mac, I think the greatest potential is with the IPAD and Nintendo DS. As the DS is much like a PAD anyway. And I could see you just needing to plug in the IPAD DS to a high Def TV with an HDMI cord and connect a controller and you'd have a Wii, as well.
Potential is through the ROOF here guys!
I'm not sure why so many people are against this idea. Xbox and Playstation have ENORMOUS parent companies with deep pockets in Microsoft and Sony respectively. Nintendo doesn't have that luxury. It only has the tradition of gaming that it has built which is quickly fading as the third wheel.
If Wii didn't work, Nintendo would of gone under. They bought themselves some time, but that's it. As the next gen consoles roll around, they'll find themselves in the same position. There's just not enough room for 3 gaming consoles plus Computer gaming.
The Wii, caught fire and saved them. Then Sony and Microsoft followed with their version of motion controllers. So Nintendo will no doubt need another great idea to save them again, and they have no room for error.
One flop and Microsoft and Sony will push Nintendo out the door, much like what happened to Sega.
Mac gives them the pockets Nintendo needs to compete and gives us, the consumers, some things to really get excited about!
For all the talk of the mini Mac, I think the greatest potential is with the IPAD and Nintendo DS. As the DS is much like a PAD anyway. And I could see you just needing to plug in the IPAD DS to a high Def TV with an HDMI cord and connect a controller and you'd have a Wii, as well.
Potential is through the ROOF here guys!
Wii was a life vest, but Wii U will mark the end of Nintendo without some help.
