Poll: What if Apple made a video game console.

[Shadow-Knight]

Imagine it, the igame. Sure, you love your ipod just as much as the next guy, but what if they put their expertice into gaming as well. Everytime I try to imagine it my brain stops working. But I can't stop trying to think about what it would be like.

Feel free to give ideas about what it would be like.

 

[Souplex]

Apple has yet to make anyting good with any type of appeal other than "Indie cred". Apple can not and will not make anyting good.

 

[Elim Garak]

From what I hear, it would be basically Spore but with half the gameplay - and cost twice as much. It sure would look pretty, though! Everything would be extra shiny and every NPC would be connected to ITunes.

 

[sneakypenguin]

I'd say it would be like the Wii with innovative control inputs (motion and touch) and crappy games. And they would do something stupid with proprietary technology that made it hard to develop for. Also it would cost twice as much as its competitors

 

[mark_n_b]

it would definitely be ergonomic and come in an array of colors. It would also cost five times as much as any other console and anyone who owned one would cop a superior attitude because now that they own one they could pretend to be smarter and more advanced than everyone else.

But seriously: An iGame would likely be mobile and feature multitouch tech. The only reason I don't think Apple will design a gaming console is because I think they are going to focus more on integrating gaming into the iPhone / iTouch (best mobile games on the market right now are for that platform and there are virtually no games for it)

 

[AceDiamond]

It would have adverts featuring a snarky twat in casual dress mocking the black-suited denziens of the lesser consoles and spreading pretentious lies.

 

[EzraPound]

Apple has yet to make anyting good with any type of appeal other than "Indie cred".

It would seem to me that the present-day industry would benefit from a dose of anything having to do with indie...

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

They did. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandai_Pippin]

It was considered one of the biggest "console flops" of all time, if not THE biggest flop.

Also, the iPhone (3G I think) has games and Apple is boasting that it's the best handheld game experience out there!

I wouldn't know. Looks like it uses sixaxis or something of the like in one of their racing games.

 

[Duke Machine]

Apple usually does a pretty good job with their products...i think a console from apple would be pretty good...although just cause its apple it might turn out like the mac's and have next to no games available

 

[ThePlasmatizer]

If apple made a console it would have to be called the apple core jk, I find the name igame a bit too dull though, maybe the apple iCon? con being short for console and it's a pun.

I think it would be interesting, I could see the console interacting with other apple devices, it would be front runner in hardware, graphics and features definitely, it would be stylish and expensive but maybe not as expensive as the PS3 and it would have a solid line-up of games.

The problem would be breaking into the market, they would need to market it like crazy and I remember reading with the original Xbox Microsoft had to make a loss with it to establish a foothold in the market so they would need to be in it for the long run.

 

[Jumplion]

All of Apple's stuff is so overrated, and I'd assume an iBox would be the same.

Everyone would be like "WHOA@! It has no wires! It's wireless! Look how chromey it is! It's so smooth and awesome! It's shiny!" but i'd assume nobody would actually care what it would actually supposed to be used for IE a PHONE/GAME CONSOLE.

But I guess that's what people do with every console, but Apple is still overrated!

 

[Possum-Man]

If Apple made a console it would cost a million-billion pounds, be only a few molecules thick, have hardware powerful enough to see into the future and no-one would make any games for it...ever.

P.M.

 

[gigastrike]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_KxN0Nepus

probably not what they would make but whatever.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

That Macbook Air pic. just made my day. It really is just the worlds most expensive calculator.

-but...it's sole purpose is to make the other products look better and less overpriced, it's like the Standalone Blu-Ray player's price tag that make people go for the PS3 instead.

 

[hamster mk 4]

I have developed software for PC and I have developed for Mac. Of the two the mac was the least enjoyable experiance. Say what you will about microsoft, at least they support anyone willing to develop for their system.

 

[Aries_Split]

Umm...you mean a mac? Mac's are prebuilt gaming platform. They all have universally identical specs, so with some effort, it could make a fairly successful gaming platform.

 

[L.B. Jeffries]

I think it got said up above, but isn't the I-Phone 3G essentially their stab at the gaming market? I played Monkeyball on it and I was impressed. Not with the game, but with the potential provided someone clever came along and thought up a cool game for a shifting screen.

You gotta remember, cell phone games make staggering amounts of cash right now, so it's only a matter of time.

 

[Mirika_the_warrior]

hmm, I think x-play once did a skit on this topic, anyway it is virtually guaranteeing that apple would do something to screw up their console, weather it being licensing issues, marketing only to their primary fanboys (the indies), or just making it significantly more expensive than their competitors. Most likely though apple, if this ever comes to pass will cause all three to happen.

 

[Caliostro]

If such a thing was to happen, and knowing what I know of Apple, said console would be:


- Pretentious.
- Absurdly expensive.
- REALLY pretentious.
- Possibly more gimmicky than the Wii... And that's some serious competition right there.
- With a very limited "niche appeal", mostly to the people who already have an i-everythingelse and wouldn't pass up a change to metaphorically deep throat Steve Jobs.
- A pool of serious compatibility issues.
- Ultimately of inferior quality.
- Did I mention pretentious?

In short, like everything else Apple makes.