Is there space for Apple in the gaming undustry?

Discuss :)

In console or handheld market?

Assuming handheld, then yes, since there's only Nintendo and Sony...

console

In the console market they failed terribly.

But I sure do love my Ipod Touch 32GB 3G.

if apple made a console it would sell millions out the gate. they will find some gimick and it well sell like hot cakes . i know the popn failed but that does not mean apple wont try agian . sega floped many times by the time they gave up

With the way they over charge for stuff, i think it will fail. Plus i think the 3 that are in right now won't being going anywhere anytime soon and they are enough.

I think the Apple Pippin should remind them not to get into the console market. They are already growing in the handheld market; that's their best bet.

There will be room in the handheld market after they boot Sony out of it.

But in the console market it's a tough fight. Perhaps if one of them was struggling on the point of bankruptcy.

There will be room in the handheld market after they boot Sony out of it.

But in the console market it's a tough fight. Perhaps if one of them was struggling on the point of bankruptcy.

treedoor

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There will be room in the handheld market after they boot Sony out of it.

But in the console market it's a tough fight. Perhaps if one of them was struggling on the point of bankruptcy.

savebattery

Right.......piracy and lackluster software sales aside......

I hope not. All we need is another piece of overpriced hardware from Apple.

The psp is doing well in Japan so i doubt they will be booted out.

wouldn't an influx of gaming consoles from various companies recreate another scenario like the 80s, in which the video game market crashed almost for good?

if apple made a console it would sell millions out the gate.they will find some gimick and it well sell like hot cakes . i know the popn failed but that does not mean apple wont try agian . sega floped many times by the time they gave up

dontshackzmii

They don't even need the Gimmick. They could just say HEY LOOK IT PLAYS GAMES AS WELL AS PLAY YOUR MUSIC ON iTUNES AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU CAN FIND ON A MAC OR iPAD! and slap the Apple logo on it and call i*insert word here* and then people like this would be at the Apple store buying it.

It can suck but if it has the Apple Logo on it...it's immediately "better".

[QUOTE="savebattery"][QUOTE="treedoor"]There will be room in the handheld market after they boot Sony out of it. But in the console market it's a tough fight. Perhaps if one of them was struggling on the point of bankruptcy.treedoor

If Apple released a gaming console, people would claim until their dying breath that the games aren't comparable to those on other systems.

Far from selling millions and dominating the industry... hardcore gamers generally are/act unimpressed and distrusting of Apple. Apple would do better to stick with technophiles and casual gamers, as they're already doing.

There definitely is

there probably is room for Apple but i am not going to buy their console, but i know that many people will buy their console.

I can't even fathom the kind of fanboys an Apple console would produce.

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

if apple made a console it would sell millions out the gate.they will find some gimick and it well sell like hot cakes . i know the popn failed but that does not mean apple wont try agian . sega floped many times by the time they gave up

LegatoSkyheart

They don't even need the Gimmick. They could just say HEY LOOK IT PLAYS GAMES AS WELL AS PLAY YOUR MUSIC ON iTUNES AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU CAN FIND ON A MAC OR iPAD! and slap the Apple logo on it and call i*insert word here* and then people like this would be at the Apple store buying it.

It can suck but if it has the Apple Logo on it...it's immediately "better".

I quoted this for truth.

I can't even fathom the kind of fanboys an Apple console would produce.

kussese

Against the video gaming oligopoly, yes. The more competitors, the better, as I feel that an oligopoly is no better than an monopoly.

Interesting that "free market" and pro-competition gamers want competition in the industry, but do not want Apple to compete and strongly support the oligarchs.

I can't even fathom the kind of fanboys an Apple console would produce.

kussese

So they would propably fit in SW pretty nicely :D

Seriously though, Apple has never been a company that would bleed money for years in hopes of future profits and that's what console market requires. What's more..Apple likes to release new versions of their hardware every year, on console market it wouldn't work. I think they will just keep on expanding iPad and iPhone and that's how they will secure their own permanent place in gaming.

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

if apple made a console it would sell millions out the gate.they will find some gimick and it well sell like hot cakes . i know the popn failed but that does not mean apple wont try agian . sega floped many times by the time they gave up

LegatoSkyheart

They don't even need the Gimmick. They could just say HEY LOOK IT PLAYS GAMES AS WELL AS PLAY YOUR MUSIC ON iTUNES AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU CAN FIND ON A MAC OR iPAD! and slap the Apple logo on it and call i*insert word here* and then people like this would be at the Apple store buying it.

It can suck but if it has the Apple Logo on it...it's immediately "better".

I'd rather have a buffalo take a diariah dump in my ear.

I'm always curious as to why people bring up the Pippin. It's not only ancient history (and not relevant to the current Apple), it was also not Apple alone who made the failed Pippin. Bandai, friends.musicalmac

It all comes down to software, if there are games I want exclusively on an Apple console im gonna get it.