Apple should release a video game console

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Fri May 9, 2008 11:17 AM EDT

Article Source: CNET.com

technology, apple, games, gaming, game, console, video-game-console

The Industry Standard posted an interesting article recently discussing the possibility of Apple releasing a mobile gaming platform. According to the writer, the circumstantial evidence points to Apple trying its luck with gaming once again. And while I think the company may want to do just that, it should attempt to make its way into the console market.
Apple Pippin

I'm sure some are wondering what my justification for such a move would be considering Apple failed miserably in the console market back in the mid-1990s with the Pippin, but let's not forget that it wasn't really an Apple product. Apple's Pippin was licensed to Bandai, a company that was trying desperately to get into the gaming industry. In essence, Apple envisioned Pippin to be a product that it could market and go above and beyond just gaming. In essence, it wasn't really an Apple console.

Regardless, it failed. Miserably.

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JustinPM

I'm sorry, I missed this story. I've been away for a bit in regards to Gamevine. I would say that Apple generally just dismisses games outright. PC vs Mac gaming has always been of that idea unfortunately. Apple, if they were to embrace gaming, would've had to have done it a while ago. DirectX became the dominant API for gaming, good or bad.

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#1 - Wed May 14, 2008 11:28 PM EDT

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DONALD TURNBULL

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Apple should release a video game console

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