Oh Apple can just have some 80's Atari type games included on the iPod or have some sort of download for a small fee available.
Who needs a game console, when you have the iPod with photo and video.
2nyRiggz said:
i would love to see apple do this but i want them to focus on the computers 1st. they just might make a killing in the gaming world
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If Apple does not care about gaming on the Macintosh platform since Steve Jobs has returned, then what makes you so sure that they will have changed they plan to regain market share and profits.
Hate to break it to your people, however Apple cares about creation based applications and has placed very little if any importance on gaming on the Macintosh platform.
Computers are far better for gaming than a console, and if Apple doesn't care for it on they platform then why even start with a console.
Verto said:
I think branching out into the video game industry would be a colossal mistake for Apple, which is finally gaining momentum(and profit) after years of losing ground. Entering the console wars would cost them $$(something MS can afford to lose, temporarily), and would be a huge uphill battle: OS X gets a few nominal scraps thrown at it in terms of game ports, so Apple's console would immediately be perceived negatively by the more serious gamers. Instead of throwing away all the profit they've made from the iPod and other sales by entering a hostile market, I'd rather see them invest it back into what should be their first priority: their computers.
The only way, Apple will even consider entering the gaming market is via the iPod and Mac Mini. And we all know that the GPU in the Mac Mini is not up to it. Hopefully that will change with x86, however I do not see it as such. Eventually when you have done music, photo, video, there is one last place to conquer and that is some amateur form of gaming without being a GPU/CPU hog.
It will only happen once FrontRow is ready. And do not expect anything grand either.