Caporegime
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Not a chance.
The thing is the console market was nowhere near as gargantuan then as it is now. The cost of developing games and the amount of consoles bought by consumers were a mere fraction of what they are now and therefor the amount of experience and money required to get your foot in the door has grown significantly. Just compare the costs between Sony getting into the console market and Microsoft, iirc Microsoft are still paying off their losses now!
MS approached it in a bad way, if Apple had made the Wii (pennies to develop and make) then they'd have easily cracked it.
Problem is, what else could Apple come up with? VR helmets?![]()
But i wouldn't rule out a 4th platform that was generic. A sort of openish platform. Apple can distribute through AppleTV, maybe LG through TV's etc. If the API's where similar enough i can imagine it happening.
Look how massive the mobile phone gaming market is, because there are a lot of companies making the devices. There is room for a casual gamer market for 10 quid games.
Look at all the ports to xbox live and PSN, like DN3D, Doom etc etc. Now think how many people would buy Sonic for say seven from their TV or set top box? And like i said, if you make all the API's standard or very similar so not much work goes into porting, i think something like AppleTV with the iPhone/iPod touch, could give the live arcade, Wii channel, PSN a run for it's money
The market is definatly there.
why not?
Same as all the other consoles, if it had games that appealed to me, I'd buy it![]()
Not a chance, i can imagine the spin jobs would pull out of his arse to promote it.
"OOH ITS THINNER THEREFORE ITS BETTER WOOWOOO"
Plus the potential Apple console fanboys... Jesus Christ, the mere thought makes the current console fanboys look like angels.
"BUT ITS COSMETICALLY AND AESTHETICALLY SUPERIOR SO SHUT THE **** UP" 'sips on starbucks coffee'
Second thoughts, I probably wouldn't buy one now.
Yeah, you've changed my mind too. Bloody Apple fanboys and their crap console!![]()