Could Apple Become The Next Gaming Giant?
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Two things that never really happened with any level of success was an Apple video game console and mainstream gaming on the Mac that was as popular as on the Windows PC. Despite this, the iPhone and the app store itself, has brought gaming full speed ahead to the masses thanks to the ease of adoption.
While it might be true that today’s iPhone is simply no match for the complexity of the DS or PSP, give it a couple of years and I definitely see this changing. Not because the graphics or game play will be better. Rather the means of game delivery and the fact that the games are approachable by NON-GAMERS will deliver a huge blow to much of the portable gaming industry I believe.
All of this said, the Wii, XBox and PS3 have nothing to worry about. As dedicated consoles, they are in a league all of their own. No single mobile phone is likely going to come along and change the rules of gaming that much I suspect. In five years time, perhaps. But even that would likely be a stretch.
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Pedro Remedios
May 3rd, 2009
at 4:19pm
Cudos to Apple if they can pull it off! I really hope they do it because Apple computers look so much better, I admit! That’s the final piece I need put in the puzzle for me to get a Mac :D
bbaction101
May 5th, 2009
at 3:50pm
lol they can game better because they look better? Are OK? What matters is flexibility with new hardware and software with video cards and drivers with game developers to support it all. I dont think a game company is going to say “Hey look that mac looks cool so we are going to make our game for that!”