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Is Apple preparing a game console?
"We think the videogame market represents a distinct possibility for Apple, especially considering that it recently announced the availability of videogames for its iPod through its iTunes store. The game console device could be morphed out of some combination of the Mac Mini and iTV, while the handheld player could be developed as an enhancement for a future version of the widescreen iPod," explained the analyst.
Although these claims are not backed up with any hard evidence, the analyst has an interesting point. Apple could make a stand to defend their position in the home entertainment market. Microsoft is now offering TV shows and movies through Xbox Live, something that could affect iTunes business in the long run.
In the other hand, let's not forget how difficult and costly it was for Microsoft to enter the console market. This analyst is obviously overlooking other critical aspects like securing deals with game developers. Apple is not even close of being the behemoth Microsoft is financially, maybe they will prove me wrong, but for now take this as pure speculation.
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Hmm, Apple Game Console! Based on the history of apple computers. This console would probably be very small, expensive, not many games on it but very high tech!
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Besides the the small part, it sounds like you're describing the PS3.
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Just buy a media center PC and get a wireless controller...
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Yep spydercanopus, PC is much better except that you can't play games on a large nice TV, I'm positive as when they do that, more than 1/5 of console users switch to PC gaming.
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Yeah why would someone buy a "MacBox"?Plus PC gaming is alot better because games like Counterstrike & Half-life or Day of Defeat arnt for Xbox ( well they are but they suck really... really bad
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