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Apple iGame?

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
 
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
 
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.
 
iGameBoy?

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/
 
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:
 
MacQuest said:
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.
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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.
 
nagromme said:
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
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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.
 
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).
 
EricNau said:
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.
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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.
 
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!)
 
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.
 
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:
 
Foxer said:
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.
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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.
 
Not quite what I had in mind...

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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
mopppish said:
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.
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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.
 
mopppish said:
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.
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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...
 
funkychunkz said:
Nintedo sucks. They're too hyped up in their little gay men (mario etc.) and Pokémon to notice where trends are going.
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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?
 
zap2 said:
...And what kind of insult is "gay". So you are saying "you have an different orientation, that not cool." Come On.... WTF?
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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.
 
boncellis said:
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."
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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
 
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??
 
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