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Apple Has No Plans for Dedicated iOS Gaming Controller
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Macs aren't. iDevices are (can be) decent gaming machines because of the convenience of convergence.
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Definitely. Touch controls are a joke for serious gaming. Game developers would love knowing a sizable portion of iDevice users have HW controllers. Unlike the case now, where it's only the digital-only iCade (and compatibles) that has measurable market penetration but not a single analogue controller.
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Get yours before they're all gone.
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Hey kids, Mac Pro ain't old, it's vintage goodness.
Get yours before they're all gone.
Cause we ain't makin' any new ones, schmucks.
iOS is a prominent gaming platform, and Macs aren't bad as long as you don't want to play certain games like Call of Duty BO2. Well, Bootcamp might work actually, but then that's Windows.
For the games I want to play, I find Macs slightly better just because there aren't any driver problems.
I guess dedicated is the key work here...
So it'll be useful for many things.
Maybe the watch is really a muscle gesture band that could then be used to pick sign language hand gestures for typing. Provide touch and visual feed back. That would be usefully for visually impaired people, but mass market as well for games and other uses...
So it'll be useful for many things.
Maybe the watch is really a muscle gesture band that could then be used to pick sign language hand gestures for typing. Provide touch and visual feed back. That would be usefully for visually impaired people, but mass market as well for games and other uses...
I've used Mac for a few years now, iPad 3 (previously 1), iPhone 5 (previously 3G and 4), new 2012 iMac (previously a Mini)... only recently discovering playing games on the iMac through the Store and Steam (not that I haven't played games through the Store before)... but I do wish there was a controller I could easily use. Unfortunately I am one of those 'plug-and-play' people where it means that if Apple sold I controller I could use for Steam etc then I'd buy it and use it (so I didn't have to try and install drivers, or buy any additional kit, or buy anything that didn't look Apple-esque)... although I am getting back into the 'olde ways of using Q for left... and E for right... and SPACE for Jump... quite nostalgic 
You're failing to put yourself in anyone else's shoes. Let's say I want to play a game like Jet Set Radio or Street Fighter, which are available officially in the iOS App Store but not for Mac OS 10; playing them on a touchscreen is nearly impossible but if I could play them on an iPad with a good wireless controller then it would be much more enjoyable. Even if I were to play them on OS 10 through an emulator, they would still require me to buy third-party controller.
There are third-party Bluetooth controllers out there for iOS but no one stands out, many are overpriced, and all of them have issues with support. If anything Apple could sell the best one in their stores and support would skyrocket. It's a lot cheaper to buy a Bluetooth controller then it is to buy a home console system, especially for people who just want to pick up and play a good game for maybe 30 minutes tops.
15 years ago Apple weren't in the Music Business.
6 Years ago they weren't in the Phone Business.
If they upped the ATV specs to the A7 or whatever they could Kill in the console market. Look at xbox nextgen ( again not microsofts business at all untill they did it ) and the PS4 they are going to be expensive and probably fairly identical. Both running PC hardware - the games will be the same!
I suspect they would rather make a universal API for gaming devices, over Airplay (Gameplay!) and sell that chip to the manufacturer to make devices, like they do with airplay.
Yeah, that's true. It's not "Bad" for gaming. But like I said, definitely not ideal. I'll leave the gaming to PC's.
Nope, because they started with a tablet and later decided to do phone first
What Steve said no to was a '7 inch tablet', which Apple still hasn't made (cause they made an 8 instead)
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Get yours before they're all gone.
Cause we ain't makin' any new ones, schmucks.
What's this got to do with anything? Apart from word from Tim's mouth that a new one is already coming... What do you think that they make the iPhone / iPad on and code the software? High end Windows machines? Nope! iMacs possibly... but they are always going to need the bleeding edge to create the devices below.
Utterly agree they have not kept it up to date and have skipped Processor generations - but can understand it. The last gen would have involved a complete architecture change only to have to do it again year later.
I reckon whatever is coming is going to be epic.... and extremely expensive!
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Um, given that that a huge percentage of iOS sales are games, I think thats not the case. They may provide the tools I can't see them ever becoming a game developer.
You need more than a controller. iOS devices don't have processing power for the type of games the console snobs are demanding
I've used Mac for a few years now, iPad 3 (previously 1), iPhone 5 (previously 3G and 4), new 2012 iMac (previously a Mini)... only recently discovering playing games on the iMac through the Store and Steam (not that I haven't played games through the Store before)... but I do wish there was a controller I could easily use. Unfortunately I am one of those 'plug-and-play' people where it means that if Apple sold I controller I could use for Steam etc then I'd buy it and use it (so I didn't have to try and install drivers, or buy any additional kit, or buy anything that didn't look Apple-esque)... although I am getting back into the 'olde ways of using Q for left... and E for right... and SPACE for Jump... quite nostalgic
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Home consoles, sure. However it's pretty comparable to the current crop of handheld consoles. It's just lacking in the control area.
Jim better be wrong. He has to be wrong unless Apple is pulling the "well you said the word 'controller' and we are not making a 'controller' but instead it's an 'active gaming device'" deal like they did with the iPad and iPhone. "We're not creating a phone. We're creating a touch screen communications device." Boom, there's the iPhone.
Common sense says they have to make this. If it doesn't happen I'm going to start losing my faith in Apple. I used to be a Microsoft fan in the 90's before they started doing a bunch of stupid sh** which led them to where they are today.
If Apple isn't doing it, then they may as well call in the holiday season because most people will be buying an XBOX 720 or Playstation 4.
The Apple TV is the perfect casual gaming center. You cannot control a game on the Apple TV with a touchscreen.
Common sense says they have to make this. If it doesn't happen I'm going to start losing my faith in Apple. I used to be a Microsoft fan in the 90's before they started doing a bunch of stupid sh** which led them to where they are today.
If Apple isn't doing it, then they may as well call in the holiday season because most people will be buying an XBOX 720 or Playstation 4.
The Apple TV is the perfect casual gaming center. You cannot control a game on the Apple TV with a touchscreen.
Common sense might also say they have to start their own ISP, cable company, cell phone company etc.
But it's not uniform and not built into the system, if I am correct. That is, Apple doesn't really support it but allow it. The apps talk directly to the controllers with no real standard, right?
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Depends on the console snob. N64 gamers, no problem
I can imagine now playing Ocarina of Time on an iPad.
Something like Grand Theft Auto IV sounds like a nightmare.
I don't see how you can relate iOS games sales to this issue. iOS games need no real support. They are just apps, and rather dumbed down games due to hardware limitations and simplified touch screen controlling.
I still think that the mind of the Apple executives are controlling the company. If they aren't interested in serious gaming themselves, they will make no real effort to get into this market.
Besides, they are control freaks anyway, and whatever gaming platform, console, controller, etc, they would introduce would suffer heavily from being locked into the Apple eco system, and god knows whatever else restrictions would be there. Probably the controller would have only one button (providing a second button 2 years later as an incremental update) to not confuse the dumb masses out there. That's what todays corporate world is about anyway, to exploit the dumb masses out there which are always in majority.
Most game consoles are just as locked down as iOS. Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all license each and every game published to their systems. If a developer is refused a license then their game cannot be published for that platform.
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