Some time ago, Apple had their sights on the gaming industry... handhelds and consoles were on the agenda.  I think many of us laughed back then, but now the iPhone has become the new talk of the town with its growing lineup of games.  The DS is getting a bit jealous now of the talk the iPhone has been getting.

I am convinced now that Apple will once again dabble in console gaming with a Pippin 2 of sorts... God help us if they made a Pippin 2.  No way will they make that mistake again... they'll put a lot of thought into this one, except for the name, maybe.  The iPad, perhaps?  The iGame or iBox... or iWii?  Eh, who knows.  What I know is Apple has a lot of resources at their disposal and I expect a next-gen console from Apple to be loaded with goodies like an iPod dock or iPhone connectivity... iTunes on your console?  Could happen.  Trust me, Apple could totally rival Microsoft at their online game, rival Sony in multimedia apps, and maybe even rival Nintendo in gaming innovation.

Apple, next-gen could be yours if you don't relive the sins of the past and be the Apple you have been the past few years.

Some time ago, Apple had their sights on the gaming industry... handhelds and consoles were on the agenda.  I think many of us laughed back then, but now the iPhone has become the new talk of the town with its growing lineup of games.  The DS is getting a bit jealous now of the talk the iPhone has been getting.

I am convinced now that Apple will once again dabble in console gaming with a Pippin 2 of sorts... God help us if they made a Pippin 2.  No way will they make that mistake again... they'll put a lot of thought into this one, except for the name, maybe.  The iPad, perhaps?  The iGame or iBox... or iWii?  Eh, who knows.  What I know is Apple has a lot of resources at their disposal and I expect a next-gen console from Apple to be loaded with goodies like an iPod dock or iPhone connectivity... iTunes on your console?  Could happen.  Trust me, Apple could totally rival Microsoft at their online game, rival Sony in multimedia apps, and maybe even rival Nintendo in gaming innovation.

Apple, next-gen could be yours if you don't relive the sins of the past and be the Apple you have been the past few years.

iPad, lol. AppleBox!

Although competition is a good thing, I think having 4 consoles on the market, plus two more if you add the PSP and DS, is hard enough to keep up with in terms of games. If Apple made a console, I can't really see where many people would be interested unless they somehow managed to get major exclusive titles to their system that people were eager to play.

The Wii is basically what I think Apple would make. The only good games are first-party, the system has the worst hardware and is very expensive for what you get. It's also the most durable and reliable of the consoles.

Apple should focus on working with valve to make a good, reliable gaming PC with full steam support
I think they could make something effing awesome if they worked together

if Apple do so it will lose

No because gamers don't just want a nice looking  console, they want a console that can actually do something besides tell itself it looks pretty. Not to mention gamers don't want to oggle it mindlessly thinking what they think they can do with it because it's a console but only to see it can't because it's just not the same. In the end, gamers with an Apple console can only look back and wonder if that weird smell coming from the melting material of the console will cause cancer.

"No because gamers don't just want a nice looking  console, they want a console that can actually do something besides tell itself it looks pretty. Not to mention gamers don't want to oggle it mindlessly thinking what they think they can do with it because it's a console but only to see it can't because it's just not the same. In the end, gamers with an Apple console can only look back and wonder if that weird smell coming from the melting material of the console will cause cancer."

I think apple actually already has a console out, the Apple TV.  It does everything the MS and Sony wished their consoles achieved, streaming music movies and podcast to the living room in a functional way. Just it doesn't have games yet.  I'm sure we'll see downloadable casual games on it soon.  Just wait.  

I don't think they'll bother with a console - the iPhone and iPod Touch have garnered enough attention in the four months that the app store has been out, especially now that they're getting ports of previous handheld games like Puzzle Quest (which looks on par with the PSP version with the better control scheme of the DS version). I'm excited to see what other sort of titles are released - Square has some of their previously Japanese-only mobile games and there's no reason they couldn't port DS games with better graphics.

I'd love to see things like Phoenix Wright, Professor Layton, or Elite Beat Agents, all of which would work perfectly on an iPhone and allow for much greater detail due to the higher resolution of the screen compared to the DS.

I think an Apple console is highly likely. In fact I believe they'll try and make a system with download-only games. It may be a bit early for it to be possible yet though. But I totally expect an iStore (more central system for some kind of hub, linking your games, movies, music, books, etc.)

I would really enjoy this sort of thing.

If Apple did make a console, it would most likely be the most pretentious  thing ever. Then again, Apple has been known to do some really pretty things with graphics.

Yea, well... Apple sucks.

iGame sounds pretty fucking badass.

The only thing that Apple does good is iPods, its OS and hardware design is awful (they're about 4-5 years behind in terms of gaming, perhaps it's because they only JUST introduced nonintegrated graphics), therefore I don't think they'd be very successful with a console. Plus the Wii already has control of the "I don't know what this is but it's shiny and it's white and I like shiny white things" market.

Geno;

iWii?

I like the sound of that XD

iWii?

I like the sound of that XD

I think that Apple should partner with Nintendo and bring out the most awesome consoles ever.  Won't happen even if it is a perfect match.

What's with peoples beef with Apple? I've got a black MacBook, and it's by far the best computer I've ever owned/used. Anyways, I think that if Apple partnered with Nintendo something really interested would be born. 

Brontes Muse knows his stuff. :D