If Apple made a new console.

[castletonsnob]

I know Apple already tried their hand at the console market in the 90s with the Apple Pippin, and it flopped, but do you think they would be more successful if they tried again? Keep in mind that Apple is a MUCH bigger company now than they were back when the Pippin came out, and they have MUCH more money they can put into making a console.

[xCompackx]

It's not necessarily a traditional console, but an Apple TV combined with a PS4 or Xbox controller and Apple Arcade is a solid platform for gaming. I don't think we really need another game console as Sony and Microsoft have it covered with Nintendo thriving on the handheld side, but if you could run Xbox Game Pass or whatever Sony's cooking up as their response to Game Pass on an Apple TV, that'd be a great reason to buy one.

[Sir Woodrow]

I'd call it the Ted Lasso Series X

[G✇JI☈A]

They sort of do, with the Apple Arcade you can use a Apple TV unit as a console

Edit: sorry didn’t see the post above

[Lizuka #BLM]

I don't think at the moment there's really an entryway into the market honestly. Anything that even tried is inherently at a major disadvantage compared to the PS5 and Series Whatever's backwards compatibility giving them gigantic libraries (that it's often pretty cheap to load up on games for) and Nintendo being Nintendo combined with the Switch's relative affordability.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Mar 13, 2022 23:18:13 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I don't think at the moment there's really an entryway into the market honestly. Anything that even tried is inherently at a major disadvantage compared to the PS5 and Series Whatever's backwards compatibility giving them gigantic libraries (that it's often pretty cheap to load up on games for) and Nintendo being Nintendo combined with the Switch's relative affordability.

Basically this. The console market is virtually impenetrable right now, and will be as long as the big three are still in business.

[A Platypus Rave]

Mar 13, 2022 23:52:18 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Mar 13, 2022 23:18:13 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I don't think at the moment there's really an entryway into the market honestly. Anything that even tried is inherently at a major disadvantage compared to the PS5 and Series Whatever's backwards compatibility giving them gigantic libraries (that it's often pretty cheap to load up on games for) and Nintendo being Nintendo combined with the Switch's relative affordability.

Basically this. The console market is virtually impenetrable right now, and will be as long as the big three are still in business.

Atari recently tried to bring a new console to market and it flopped hard... and there's the Intellivision Amico debacle still in development.

and not to mention the OUYA!

anything outside of Sony, MS, and Nintendo are likely to fail... mainly since no big publisher is going to take a chance on a new comer to the market and limit their games to that system... and any small time publisher probably would want to get there title onto as many outlets as possible.

So unless they have in house development teams that are able to program some killer apps and that is appS plural. The market is basically tapped.

[Mozenrath]

Stadia's problems probably would give Apple pause about trying what Google failed at. Beyond that, there's the big three, of course, along with stuff like the Ayn Odin, Steam Deck, and other handhelds and mini-PCs, etc, that make it more of a gamble than it's worth.

If anything, they'd more or less be competing with themselves, too, since iPads and other tablets occupy a similar space in some respects.

[xCompackx]

Mar 14, 2022 1:35:14 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Stadia's problems probably would give Apple pause about trying what Google failed at. Beyond that, there's the big three, of course, along with stuff like the Ayn Odin, Steam Deck, and other handhelds and mini-PCs, etc, that make it more of a gamble than it's worth.

If anything, they'd more or less be competing with themselves, too, since iPads and other tablets occupy a similar space in some respects.

Yeah, Stadia's failures is exactly why Apple shouldn't try something like this, but the Steam Deck and other handheld PCs you mentioned are absolutely the best way to introduce a new gaming device in today's world. Take advantage of an already existing library, but allow you to play that library on the go without having to repurchase games you already own. Complimentary devices are going to be the way forward, I think.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

I could see them being more prepared to put their hand in their pocket than google, buying Ubisoft or even EA to give themselves developers and a library of exclusive titles. A console would be a horrible idea as the costs are huge, but I have to imagine they've considered it because Apple have been throwing stuff at the wall since Jobs, including things he'd already rejected.

[Ultimo Gallos]

It might work. Look at the Evercade. It is doing decently. But it is aimed at a niche audience.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Mar 13, 2022 21:20:11 GMT -5 xCompackx said:

It's not necessarily a traditional console, but an Apple TV combined with a PS4 or Xbox controller and Apple Arcade is a solid platform for gaming. I don't think we really need another game console as Sony and Microsoft have it covered with Nintendo thriving on the handheld side, but if you could run Xbox Game Pass or whatever Sony's cooking up as their response to Game Pass on an Apple TV, that'd be a great reason to buy one.

An Apple TV with Game Pass streaming integration would be fantastic

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

Someone needs to get working on remaking the Odyssey.