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Should Apple Make a Game Console?

SodaHead Gaming 2011/10/07 13:00:00
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Though technically the personal computer and iPhone are extremely capable and versatile gaming consoles in their own right, one thing Apple never really got involved in was the TV-display console war. While Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and Sega (for a while) battled it out with their respective machines, Apple was content to sit on the sidelines.

Now, with the public pouring over the life and legacy of Steve Jobs, references to the Apple Bandai Pippin have been popping up. The Pippin was Apple's "one serious video game console," according to Kotaku. It was released in 1995 -- a year after the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn were released and a year before the Nintendo 64.

The Pippin had a 66 MHz processor (compared to the 64's 62.5 MHz) and was intended to be marketed as a cheap computer instead of a video game console. But with two controller ports in the front panel and a TV display, it ended up falling victim to the dedicated console market.

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Unfortunately, Apple and Bandai failed to provide the system with enough software and game titles to keep it in the competition, and only 42,000 units were sold. As a result, PC World Magazine listed the Pippin as the 22nd "Worst Tech Product of All Time."

Maybe that's why Apple has shied from video games ever since.
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  • adrian 2012/10/08 03:43:37
  • Joseph Oprysko 2012/05/07 21:30:38
    Yes
    Joseph Oprysko
    +1
    Apple would need to make a light-speed jump in gaming, like fully immersive VR, A-VR controllers, and everything accessible from an integrated game "world"
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  • Endrance 2011/12/16 07:42:46
    No
    Endrance
    You're asking if i'll pay 3000$ For a overrated game system that cant even play most of the games designed for the system?
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  • scott seal 2011/12/05 20:45:42
    No
    scott seal
    It would probably explode from overheating.
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  • Jenna Smith 2011/12/03 19:54:00
    Yes
    Jenna Smith
    why not i always like to see a new console
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  • Sky Sky 2011/11/30 17:30:14
    Yes
    Sky Sky
    they should try
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  • Georgia50 2011/11/28 00:43:16 (edited)
    No
    Georgia50
    +1
    Not unless it can convert from Windows in lightning speed. No one is writing game code for Apple. (PULEEZE don't toss out the paltry few Apple game titles in the hope that doing so will accomplish something other than proving my point.) That's is not to say Apple can't exploit the Windows market (or wii or xbox, etc.) with its own innovative hardware, but I doubt Stevie's acolytes would dare tread that path.
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  • Emma 2011/11/22 00:01:08
    Yes
    Emma
    +1
    it would be expensive tho
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  • wamcalif 2011/11/19 18:40:39
    No
    wamcalif
    +1
    I don't know one way or the other. I am amazed that the gaming industry is like multi-billion $$, and exceeds movies (DVD) sales. How do you people find the time to play these games? If you go to work for at least 40 hrs a week, handle your personal business and or errands on Saturday (church & football on Sunday), how do you do it? Do the games play that quick? I know they are kind of addicting because I used to play the arcade games.
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  • Kaname Kuran 2011/11/18 17:27:57
    No
    Kaname Kuran
    +1
    everything else they makes sucks why woulld a game console be any different
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  • Light 2011/11/18 06:39:42
    No
    Light
    +1
    No, just no.
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  • Andrea Ōkami 2011/11/15 20:38:03
    No
    Andrea Ōkami
    +2
    ANOTHER console? Oh god, please, no! There are enough of them out there already, we don't need to be spending money on one more.
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  • Captaincrunch24 2011/11/11 01:39:53
    No
    Captaincrunch24
    +1
    no. just no.
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  • vetogod 2011/11/10 05:50:04
    No
    vetogod
    +1
    no apples pc and laptops suck ass so I wont be buying there games or game councils cause I hat their computers I like Hewitt Packard and dell better
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  • Jessi Dodson 2011/11/09 05:49:56
    Yes
    Jessi Dodson
    Yeah, sure, if apple wants to keep up with Sony, hell just with the ps3 they are the shyt and now the buzz of a new one? Yeah i forgot apple existed.
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  • bub 2011/11/08 23:20:17
    No
    bub
    +1
    why do we need another one?
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  • Soul Grinder 2011/11/06 20:28:52
    No
    Soul Grinder
    +1
    Looks like a Chinese knockoff of a dreamcast. :/
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  • Ezio 2011/11/05 19:29:53
    No
    Ezio
    +1
    An art and music company should NOT make a gaming console,more than likely it will fail..
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  • marty 2011/11/04 21:46:28
    No
    marty
    +1
    I thought they already had a gaming platform or two: iPad and iPhone? Apple's better off with those apps; I suppose it'd be good for Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony at least.
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  • blackrosejez 2011/11/04 09:19:36 (edited)
    No
    blackrosejez
    +1
    The last thing we need is MORE game consoles on the market! :P There is too much competition out there as it is. But then again, it wouldn't be a bad idea, for Apple. It would be great to see what they could come up with!
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  • Lukeno94 2011/11/01 20:03:04
    No
    Lukeno94
    +1
    Apple are a computing and mobile technology firm, they have no history whatsoever with gaming, in fact they have a terrible reputation as it is with gaming - and Microsoft were already to some degree involved (e.g. publishing games, releasing DirectX) in gaming when they made the first xBox.
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  • DANNY_B0i♛ 2011/11/01 06:05:18
    No
    DANNY_B0i♛
    +1
    Stick with computers, tvs and phones..not consoles.
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  • Hollis Carroll 2011/10/28 02:39:30
    No
    Hollis Carroll
    +1
    They should stick to wat they know.
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  • *The Gentle Giant* 2011/10/27 14:36:49
    No
    *The Gentle Giant*
    +1
    I could probrably loose it in my couch.......
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  • Skylaris Alanis 2011/10/26 02:27:35
    No
    Skylaris Alanis
    +1
    I don't want apple to take over the world. can't they just stick to making computers??
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  • Junior-BN-0 2011/10/25 05:12:55
    No
    Junior-BN-0
    +1
    Apple needs to stay away from the console market. They'd only make it messier than it already is.
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  • Abigail 2011/10/25 03:15:07
    No
    Abigail
    +1
    No, i like my Xbox. My iPod is also gr8, i dont need a combo
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  • Kevin Harkins 2011/10/24 21:43:20
    Yes
    Kevin Harkins
    It will be good in terms off more competition is always good for consumer but i dought they have anything original to bring to the market
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  • Classical Liberal 2011/10/24 13:27:02
    No
    Classical Liberal
    +1
    The only things separating the major consoles at this point are minute technical details, controller models, and little gimmicks that I don't take advantage of.

    The biggest thing is the games available. For example, you don't see Legend of Zelda games for the 360.

    Last thing we need is a new video game console that we need to buy just to get specific games, to have to familiarize ourselves with new controller layouts or new gimmicks, etc.

    Let Apple stick to smart phones, mp3 players, and computers.
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  • baileycornewell 2011/10/24 06:58:17
    No
    baileycornewell
    it would brake in an hour just like every thing else they make :)
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  • LittleBrothers_Better 2011/10/23 11:11:31
    No
    LittleBrothers_Better
    +1
    I wouldn't in a million years buy an iBox...
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  • Arucard958 2011/10/23 02:02:52
    No
    Arucard958
    +1
    It will be like 1000000000 dollars!
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  • Rhysovich Edmondsoph 2011/10/22 10:20:02
    No
    Rhysovich Edmondsoph
    +1
    They shouldn't! Apple products are getting thinner and thinner, I hate that by the way, and there console will be like paper!
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  • NYYankees 2011/10/20 06:38:25
    No
    NYYankees
    +1
    does apple wanna do everything? things will start to get a little bizzare if this happens
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  • vitaminanime 2011/10/19 01:13:41
    No
    vitaminanime
    +1
    Can't you guys ever put an undecided? I'm sure it would be nothing short of amazing, but it would probably cost several fortunes.
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  • Chun Hei Hung 2011/10/18 23:20:28
    No
    Chun Hei Hung
    +1
    I think that Apple could spend its time on more useful and suitable products for its company. Apple is a company that was made to improve gadgets to become user friendly and upgraded. And portable.
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  • GasMaskBoy 2011/10/18 11:55:21
    Yes
    GasMaskBoy
    be cool i would buy it
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  • meganehmbreedlove 2011/10/18 04:09:57
    No
    meganehmbreedlove
    +1
    Their world is in high tech function more than anything. None of their products are made just for fun as a gaming console is. Beyond that, there would be so many compatibility issues it wouldn't be worth the money to buy one. As it is there are still some compatibility issues with Mac and certain games and software. Imagine a new game console this late in the game of the console world, there would be nothing on the market that would be playable on the device.
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  • Stephen Green 2011/10/17 19:14:39
    No
    Stephen Green
    +1
    No they should not. I think its all right with the communications like the iPhone and the i pad but to do a console they are to far behind. They would have to do a lot of research and the competition is to steep to start a brand new console. It would just be too much effort for apple to do and it might not even pull off. I think i will just keep with my xbox and the apple should stay to there little apps.
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  • Adrian Munteanu 2011/10/15 10:09:53
    No
    Adrian Munteanu
    +2
    Better apple and sony to get together and make a psp with a freakin' gamepad
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