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Valve Co-Founder Says Tim Cook Didn't Visit Valve HQ
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At first I thought games on iPad would be stupid. But now after playing some I really wish Valve would create something for the iPad. The retina display is gorgeous and feels smoother/faster and better looking then even the xbox on 1080p. Definitely sharper than the wii.
His doppelgänger
or this was them trying to push it under the rug so nobody is expecting valve to pop up at WWDC (not likely but you never know)
or this was them trying to push it under the rug so nobody is expecting valve to pop up at WWDC (not likely but you never know)
Apple believes in what Apple wants to do. SIMPLE AS THAT. Nothing more needed. This goes for anyone. People will either buy or they won't.
However . . . it is then up to consumers to decide. By the looks of it, Apple is doing pretty well with their current "gaming strategy", which is focused heavily in Mobile.
In tech circles there has been a percentage of users that have always complained about the videocard options, expandability, etc. Yet, despite that, Macs continue to a) set the standard in consumer satisfaction year after year, and b) they continue to outpace the rest of the PC industry in growth year after year.
You *already know* where Apple's main focus is in terms of computing: the iPad and the App Store model, supported by Cloud services. Macs continue to be important, but the real breakout, forward looking markets are all mobile-related, not to the exclusion of Mac notebooks, but rather shifting toward greater inclusion of the Air form factor.
Your complaints are nothing new. They are historic and rather tired. You might think they are perfectly legitimate. Perhaps they are. But Apple has proven that they could bypass them completely and be wicked successful doing it.
So where is Apple's incentive to do what you want?
**By the way, for the 1000000th time, there WILL BE NO headless Mac box you can tinker with. Any chance for that flew out the window years ago, and especially after January 2010.) You've got the Mac Pro or the Mini. Pick one. If that doesn't suit you, you can always go here: http://www.dell.com/
How did this rumor even get started?
Isn't that pretty east to verify?
It took almost a week for someone who was actually there to say Tim Cook didn't visit... sheesh...
Isn't that pretty east to verify?
It took almost a week for someone who was actually there to say Tim Cook didn't visit... sheesh...
Ahh..The power of rumor sites at it's best.
"We actually, we all sent mail to each other, going, "Who's Tim Cook meeting with? Is he meeting with you? I'm not meeting with Tim Cook." So we're... it's one of those rumors that was stated so factually that we were actually confused."
So these guys at Valve seem to read the rumor sites.
Ha !
MR and AI could conspire and make stuff up and bring down the whole tech industry.
funny stuff indeed.
Oh. and btw guys. Doing that could manipulate the stock market if any of the market analyst actually listen to rumors.
*cough*
"We actually, we all sent mail to each other, going, "Who's Tim Cook meeting with? Is he meeting with you? I'm not meeting with Tim Cook." So we're... it's one of those rumors that was stated so factually that we were actually confused."
So these guys at Valve seem to read the rumor sites.
Ha !
MR and AI could conspire and make stuff up and bring down the whole tech industry.
funny stuff indeed.
Oh. and btw guys. Doing that could manipulate the stock market if any of the market analyst actually listen to rumors.
*cough*
What's with all the people on this site that seem to think this isn't noteworthy? The rumor swept across a ton of major Apple related blogs, most of the ones I visit had at least one writeup on it. This is setting the record straight, which is the only responsible course of action at this point.
Actually don't answer my first question, troll on.
Actually don't answer my first question, troll on.
What's with all the people on this site that seem to think this isn't noteworthy? The rumor swept across a ton of major Apple related blogs, most of the ones I visit had at least one writeup on it. This is setting the record straight, which is the only responsible course of action at this point.
Actually don't answer my first question, troll on.
"I don't play games other than Draw Something so I don't care about this."
It's almost like you want to be downvoted.
Anyway, this is disappointing news. I'd love nothing more than Apple and Valve to work together on something. Maybe this will reach Tim Cook's desk and plant the idea in his head to make a visit.
Ouch. I ate it up when announced... I guess because it seemed to portend some kind of amazing sevice that could be created by a colaberation between Apple and Valve. It was too exciting NOT to believe.
Oh well, it's caller MacRumors for a reason...
(which is because it's based in America; if it were based in the UK it'd be MacRumours
)
Oh well, it's caller MacRumors for a reason...
(which is because it's based in America; if it were based in the UK it'd be MacRumours
)"No one here was meeting with Tim Cook or with anybody at Apple that day. I wish we were! We have a long list of things we'd love to see Apple do to support games and gaming better."
They could be misdirecting to keep the surprise... Maybe they met the day before...?
They could be misdirecting to keep the surprise... Maybe they met the day before...?
Man, if you go around the internet to comment on all the things you don't care about you'd have the busiest and least meaningful life imaginable.
I think I should get the byline as I had this rumor beat 6 days ago: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/14717304/
Well it came from AppleInsider, which is reason enough to assume it's fiction.
Wonder if this was a denial to protect the known feature set for the upcoming ATV/iTV..?
Didn't Steve Jobs flat out deny rumors of a phone in the lead up to the iPhone?
Wishful thinking on my behalf perhaps...
Didn't Steve Jobs flat out deny rumors of a phone in the lead up to the iPhone?
Wishful thinking on my behalf perhaps...
I think Apple should provide better game support
After all, how else could we train more Norwegian right-wing terrorists like Breivik, who locked himself up with a couple of them for a year and a half to prepare himself for his slaughter?
Okay, okay, of course not everyone will turn into some kind of terrorist after playing shoot-em-up games. But they'll be pudgy adolescents who've wasted their lives getting fast-twitch reflexes.
After all, how else could we train more Norwegian right-wing terrorists like Breivik, who locked himself up with a couple of them for a year and a half to prepare himself for his slaughter?
Okay, okay, of course not everyone will turn into some kind of terrorist after playing shoot-em-up games. But they'll be pudgy adolescents who've wasted their lives getting fast-twitch reflexes.