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#1 Gsmith92
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Apple is a great company, and they make great products. I think it would be cool if they made a game system. What do you think? What should it do? What should it be called?

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Yeah they should call it Orange.
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#3 cgi15
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I like the way the Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft work together right now, though. I wouldn't want to disrupt the force. The only change i want in the current gaming format is for games to go down to about $45. So, unless Apple entering the market makes games cheaper, i would prefer them not to.
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AND!!!! It will be called. The iCon
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AND!!!! It will be called. The iConShattered007
Nice. I don't want to see Apple anywhere near the console mkt.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin

Ask and you shall receive. :)

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Apple is a great company, and they make great products. I think it would be cool if they made a game system. What do you think? What should it do? What should it be called?

Gsmith92
I actually don't want apple making a game console, instead I'd rather have them get developers to make some games for their own computers! I have a $2600 macbook pro that has hardly any games for it (good games at least). The sad thing is it can play crysis and other games when I boot it up with windows xp so I know it's capable of playing games but it's inconvenient to have to use the inferior windows OS. On top of that, I don't think developers would be thrilled to have to develop for another console. Don't get me wrong though, I agree apple makes great products (love my Macbook Pro and iPod) and I wish they could put microsoft in their place but I don't think they could ever compete in the gaming market.
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#8 jakarai
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Apple makes decent hardware but that's it. There would be no point in them just making reliable hardware when we get that from Sony and awesome games to boot.
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Apple is a great company, and they make great products. I think it would be cool if they made a game system. What do you think? What should it do? What should it be called?

Gsmith92
They already did make a game system, and it sucked. That is why they don't do games anymore. BTW the apple system would have no third party support, just like thier computers, and ipods. They would be overpriced, like macs and ipods, and lack features like ipods (other than the ipod touch). If they made it like the iphone, cheap and packed with features it would be great.
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[QUOTE="Gsmith92"]

Apple is a great company, and they make great products. I think it would be cool if they made a game system. What do you think? What should it do? What should it be called?

Jrfanfreak88
I actually don't want apple making a game console, instead I'd rather have them get developers to make some games for their own computers! I have a $2600 macbook pro that has hardly any games for it (good games at least). The sad thing is it can play crysis and other games when I boot it up with windows xp so I know it's capable of playing games but it's inconvenient to have to use the inferior windows OS. On top of that, I don't think developers would be thrilled to have to develop for another console. Don't get me wrong though, I agree apple makes great products (love my Macbook Pro and iPod) and I wish they could put microsoft in their place but I don't think they could ever compete in the gaming market.

:lol: That explains why it's so much more accessible and useful for anything worthwhile. Macs are good for music and movie editing. That's it.
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#11 Jacobistheman
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[QUOTE="Jrfanfreak88"][QUOTE="Gsmith92"]

Apple is a great company, and they make great products. I think it would be cool if they made a game system. What do you think? What should it do? What should it be called?

FalcoLX
I actually don't want apple making a game console, instead I'd rather have them get developers to make some games for their own computers! I have a $2600 macbook pro that has hardly any games for it (good games at least). The sad thing is it can play crysis and other games when I boot it up with windows xp so I know it's capable of playing games but it's inconvenient to have to use the inferior windows OS. On top of that, I don't think developers would be thrilled to have to develop for another console. Don't get me wrong though, I agree apple makes great products (love my Macbook Pro and iPod) and I wish they could put microsoft in their place but I don't think they could ever compete in the gaming market.

:lol: That explains why it's so much more accessible and useful for anything worthwhile. Macs are good for music and movie editing. That's it.

They aren't even that good for music, something like WMP, or Winamp do way better for playing music. Macs are easy to use though.
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No they shouldn't. Apple already has its little fingers in everything, the video game industry doesn't need to be one of those. If you ask me, I think Sega needs to enter the ring. Apple, please stick to making computers, mp3 players, and trendy little phones, and stay away from my video games dammit!
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Apple is a great company, and they make great products. I think it would be cool if they made a game system. What do you think? What should it do? What should it be called?

Gsmith92
All you apple fanatics make me laugh. You guys just love paying for overpriced computers. If apple made a console it would be overpriced.... have less software... and not perform as good as other consoles.... yet somehow with amazing marketing it would sell like crazy. Have fun buying it.... because I sure as hell won't.
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AND!!!! It will be called. The iConShattered007
:) I Try...
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[QUOTE="Gsmith92"]

Apple is a great company, and they make great products. I think it would be cool if they made a game system. What do you think? What should it do? What should it be called?

CPM_basic
All you apple fanatics make me laugh. You guys just love paying for overpriced computers. If apple made a console it would be overpriced.... have less software... and not perform as good as other consoles.... yet somehow with amazing marketing it would sell like crazy. Have fun buying it.... because I sure as hell won't.

Sounds like the Wii. It even looks like an Apple product...
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Hell No! those games would suck
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#17 Malta_1980
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as long as Sony & Microsoft continue releasing consoles i dont see the need of another company to enter the console market... unless its SEGA again :)
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Lol...as if SW needs another fanboy faction, far worse than any of the three already present :D
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Here's how Apple makes its "great products." Ready?

STEP 1> Take Intel, Nvidia standard PC components that you buy from the manufacturer

STEP 2> take white plastic case

STEP 3> insert standard components into said case

STEP 4> place Apple logo on front

STEP 5> preload OS filled with gaping security flaws you'll never fix because you don't have to

STEP 6> Jack price up to several times what you paid to manufacture it...make sure that you always double competitors prices on similar or superior model PCs. Most importantly, make sure everything is unnecessarily non-upgradable. Make your software and hardware completely closed and you're done!

Yessir, that's how you get an Apple. Oh, wait. No, they shouldn't make an operating system. Because all it would be is a pile of crap with a white plastic (or maybe "iodized aluminum") case jacked up to an absurd price margin.

Then try and get software developers to make games for it. Oh weait. Looks like Apple fails on that one too.

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Welcome aboard, Apple! I'd really love to see them in the business instead of Microsoft.
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#22 BobHipJames
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[QUOTE="Gsmith92"]

Apple is a great company, and they make great products. I think it would be cool if they made a game system. What do you think? What should it do? What should it be called?

CPM_basic
All you apple fanatics make me laugh. You guys just love paying for overpriced computers. If apple made a console it would be overpriced.... have less software... and not perform as good as other consoles.... yet somehow with amazing marketing it would sell like crazy. Have fun buying it.... because I sure as hell won't.

Ummm, even their marketing is bad. Maddox has more to say on the topic.
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#23 ronvalencia
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Welcome aboard, Apple! I'd really love to see them in the business instead of Microsoft.metalgear-solid

Apple doesn't promote commodity/cloning hardware market, so they are worst than Microsoft. Imagine a company with 90 percent of the OS market with one PC vendor. Apple's iPhone development ecosystem is equated to dictatorship.

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#25 caseypayne69
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It would probably have a bunch of shovelware. Like the Iphone.
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#26 sakuragi007
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Apple, no thanks! The only good product apple have in the market is the iphone. Everything else is overpriced components for the technophobe.

But the thing I hate most about apple is the **** itunes, talk about bloatware, i Mean when you need 3 services lots of ram and even a patch to not have a BSOD just for a music player you know you failed hard.

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#27 Syaz1
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well, apple should consider it. plus, it's time for nintendo to get a real competitor in the casual games market. since the hardcore games market is already saturated enough, apple should make a casual gaming console that looks like the mac mini to compete with the wii. i think the name iPlay is ok. with apple competing with nintendo, nintendo will try to release better games on the wii, which will be good to wii owners.
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While I love Apple, I'm typing this up on my five year old eMac, Apple has no business doing anything involved with games.
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#29 ROBBYBEAR1985
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Apple, no thanks! The only good product apple have in the market is the iphone. Everything else is overpriced components for the technophobe.

But the thing I hate most about apple is the **** itunes, talk about bloatware, i Mean when you need 3 services lots of ram and even a patch to not have a BSOD just for a music player you know you failed hard.

sakuragi007
The point is it's NOT just for music.
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#30 ronvalencia
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While I love Apple, I'm typing this up on my five year old eMac, Apple has no business doing anything involved with games.ROBBYBEAR1985
Their latest MacBook Pro is not bad at playing wintel games i.e. Geforce 9400M IGP (16 streams) + Geforce 9600M GT(32 streams) in hybrid SLI and hybrid power.
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well, apple should consider it. plus, it's time for nintendo to get a real competitor in the casual games market. since the hardcore games market is already saturated enough, apple should make a casual gaming console that looks like the mac mini to compete with the wii. i think the name iPlay is ok. with apple competing with nintendo, nintendo will try to release better games on the wii, which will be good to wii owners.Syaz1
Excellent Point! Really the Wii is without competitors at the moment. If Apple jumped into the fray it could only mean good things for gamers. Competition is always good! I think that would actually make an interseting market, Sony and Microsoft battling for the traditional gaming market and Nintendo and Apple battling for . . . well everybody.
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[QUOTE="Syaz1"]well, apple should consider it. plus, it's time for nintendo to get a real competitor in the casual games market. since the hardcore games market is already saturated enough, apple should make a casual gaming console that looks like the mac mini to compete with the wii. i think the name iPlay is ok. with apple competing with nintendo, nintendo will try to release better games on the wii, which will be good to wii owners.AppleBlade
Excellent Point! Really the Wii is without competitors at the moment. If Apple jumped into the fray it could only mean good things for gamers. Competition is always good! I think that would actually make an interseting market, Sony and Microsoft battling for the traditional gaming market and Nintendo and Apple battling for . . . well everybody.

that's right. competition will make nintendo more responsible over their customers. besides, apple surely wants opportunity to get more profits.

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It'd be a trend-off between them and Nintendo!
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#34 heretrix
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NO, they shouldn't. If it's anything like their computers, It will be an overhyped, overprice piece of crap with no real software support.

And I love how people will say "They'll be better than Microsoft" No, they will be far, far worse. Apple is much more monopolistic than anybody and it's amazing how they get away with it.

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Here's how Apple makes its "great products." Ready?

STEP 1> Take Intel, Nvidia standard PC components that you buy from the manufacturer

STEP 2> take white plastic case

STEP 3> insert standard components into said case

STEP 4> place Apple logo on front

STEP 5> preload OS filled with gaping security flaws you'll never fix because you don't have to

STEP 6> Jack price up to several times what you paid to manufacture it...make sure that you always double competitors prices on similar or superior model PCs. Most importantly, make sure everything is unnecessarily non-upgradable. Make your software and hardware completely closed and you're done!

Yessir, that's how you get an Apple. Oh, wait. No, they shouldn't make an operating system. Because all it would be is a pile of crap with a white plastic (or maybe "iodized aluminum") case jacked up to an absurd price margin.

Then try and get software developers to make games for it. Oh weait. Looks like Apple fails on that one too.

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They dont just jack the price up for no reason, they actually put the latest hardware in their computers. My macbook when i got it, has a intel core 2 duo t8300, but my work, which sells laptops has yet to see anything above a t5800 and thats been a whole year. With that being said, was it worth the price tag? NOPE