Apple Are Going To Try To Expand Into Console Gaming

[God Gohan]

One of the next Apple TV’s tentpole features will be near-universal Siri control, a feature hinted at in Apple’s invitation to the event. But the other will be deep support for gaming, representing Apple’s largest-ever effort to lure players from traditional consoles. In addition to the convenience of downloading games directly from the Apple TV’s built-in App Store, and controlling many of them via a new bundled remote control, Apple will also support more complex, console-style Bluetooth game controllers with the pressure-sensitive buttons and joysticks previously introduced for iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches…

 

Apple TV 4: Gaming and Siri will be major focuses, expect Bluetooth game controllers + enhanced wireless

[Seacliff]

I highly doubt this will get far, considering what happened to Android when they released the Ouya. And it matches all the things that made the Ouya fail: it's power seems to be over a generation behind and seems to only play downloadable games.

 

It's obvious it's not trying to compete with the big 3 consoles, but it's definitely going to be overshadowed by them. I'd be surprised if support for it goes over two years.

[noah]

yep

[Shimakaze]

Apple needs to calm its tits

[God Gohan]

Apple needs to calm its tits

 

Lol I know right.

[noah]

yes

[Modyrts]

This seems highly improbable even if it has been a while since you posted this.

[mechaBD]

This will never work for apple. With poor game support for years I don't see people buying into this. Apple should just stick to what they got.

[Columbus]

If Apple did come out with a gaming console, it'd be crazy expensive like most of their products are.

[ThatCynicalSnob]

How about they just make there current mac stuff gaming compatible.

I honestly bet if they did that, the sales will sky rocket.

[Fundah]

In my opinion OUYA was just a failure from the start, I know they were in the right place at the right time but it was really under priced even for an andriod console, they did a good job generating the hype for the system but they didn't deliver it the way everyone had hoped, with that said those who funded it on kickstarter had one hell of a time trying to get their system from the campaign, I believe I read one of the comments a year after the OUYA was funded saying they were waiting on there system to be delivered. What really killed them was their idea of offering all the games for free, it's good for the ones that are already free in the google store, but no developer would make something with out making a few bucks off it -- Unless it was a hobby.

 

@Seacliff

"And it matches all the things that made the Ouya fail: it's power seems to be over a generation behind and seems to only play downloadable games."

I beg to differ on this, OUYA was a start up trying to break into the console market with out any footing in anything else, as for the generation, I don't know, perhaps we will see something like that in the future but done properly and at that time everything will be download only, but since companies such as Samsung (Not sure about intel or crucial) have been working on furthering storage (Near the end of last year -- I believe -- samsung made a statement about creating a 15.4TB ~16TB SSD drive, being the storage for a single drive to date would love to pack that into me E5 ) you will most definately see the declining need for CD, even for movies.

 

But for Apple one of the worlds leading tech companies to step into gaming, this means that they know whats up, for the past 3 years I've been waiting for apple and google to step into the gaming market, once they step in I personally believe they will end up causing havoc for the big 3 of gaming, especially google because they aren't afraid to let loose on things.

Apple has nearly a decade's experience in the tech market, something OUYA didn't

Apple knowns their iOS like the back of their hand and can manipulate it anyway they see fit, adding in a cluster of features, OUYA didn't

Apple can afford a failure, OUYA couldn't

Apple already has a market place available for this project, OUYA had to make their own

 

The list can go on, I believe apple will do an amazing job stepping into the console market.

 

"It's obvious it's not trying to compete with the big 3 consoles, but it's definitely going to be overshadowed by them. I'd be surprised if support for it goes over two years."

 

I don't know, they only tell us what they want us to know, who knows maybe in 2 years time they actually are competing with the big 3 (Though it seems unlikely), spec wise apple will most likely be at the level microsoft is right now in no time, it is just a matter of will they be serious about this or just want to put out a console for kids and casual/non-hardcore gamers, even then I could see it being semi-popular.

 

That said, if google jumped into the mix it would really stir the pot.