AeonGaidenRaiden
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Rumor: Apple is currently discussing internally to re-enter the gaming console market
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TBiddy
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Sure they are. Their new processors are extremely capable and would be a perfect fit for a console, considering their integrated nature. The issue is, of course, that they aren't running x86, so it would take a lot of work for the developers to port their games.
Their mobile CPUs are also at the top of most benchmarks. But maybe you thought I was referring to design? Design is of course subjective.
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biggest company when you look at gaming revenue, they just play in a different sandbox.
I do think they might get interested if the Open App Market Act goes through.
lostinblue
Banned
That's not an issue these days, differences in architecture can be mostly transparent for the developer providing they didn't develop the code with a lot of specific dependencies.
Even when they do they just have to replace those and recompile. It's still a new platform to support and it requires resources though on the risk of spreading your team and support too thin.
Rykan
Member
It's 2022. You don't need a Box to stream anymore and there already is one major playing doing just that.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
They don't have the stones to take on Nintendo in the portable gaming market. Not talking about cellphone gaming.
hemo memo
Gold Member
I'm taking games here and talking big scale.
lostinblue
Banned
You don't like capitalist driven neutral pseudo-woke authoritarianism that's heavily reliant on falacies and cherry picked information that only suits them.
Well, you should never trust Apple on that front, but the M1 and anything over it is probably safe for a while, perhaps 5 years+ of support. It's a good baseline so they might as well try to lower die size and with it production costs, this while keeping the level of performance mostly similar instead of increasing it.
M1 support will probably end at least as late as the upcoming M2 support lasts (it's clocking in 2 years in november, so total 7 years support). From there on? 5 years and losing features against newer equipment once 2/3 years go by. That's the Apple way of doing things.
They should be doing 10 years support minimum on "pro" machines.
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CobraAB
Member
Hateful people going to hate.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Apple should just buy Nintendo
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
on the behalf of every single gamer that exists on earth, stay the fuck out apple for the love of god
i hate iphones, i hate macs, i hate apple watches, i hate IOS, i hate everything apple does and i'd rather not see them add yet another shitty thing into their already shitty lineup of products. if they do this they'll bring the joystick back to atari 2600 levels because "courage" or some bull.
i hate iphones, i hate macs, i hate apple watches, i hate IOS, i hate everything apple does and i'd rather not see them add yet another shitty thing into their already shitty lineup of products. if they do this they'll bring the joystick back to atari 2600 levels because "courage" or some bull.
tylrdiablos
Member
Saw the word "Rumor" and stopped reading. As soon as something substantial/confirmed appears; who cares.
lostinblue
Banned
Both have proven to be innovative in their indifferent response to the Russian-Ukranian conflict.
Perhaps not such a bad fit.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
so great at their hardware design in fact that Louis Rossmann has made multiple videos on how amazing it is....
Fbh
Member
They have the tech and engineering to make a good console.
But they'd also need to heavily invest in games as I don't think even apple would find much success releasing an expensive box that just plays third party games.
Pricing would also be interesting. Apple like making premium products for premium prices. If it's going to be a $1000 console with $150 controller the performance and build quality needs to be a considerable step above the Ps5/SX.
But they'd also need to heavily invest in games as I don't think even apple would find much success releasing an expensive box that just plays third party games.
Pricing would also be interesting. Apple like making premium products for premium prices. If it's going to be a $1000 console with $150 controller the performance and build quality needs to be a considerable step above the Ps5/SX.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
TBiddy
Member
I don't care much for random clickbait by a random Youtuber. Sorry. I trust you have better arguments than that?
The cost of aluminium has rocketed.
bender
What time is it?
Mute the commentary and just look at the heatsink placement versus the fan placement in that Macbook Air video.
TheDreadLord
Member
I think they will do their own thing like they’ve been doing with Apple TV+. I guess that adding games to the AppleTV box as one of the key selling points it is a natural step for them. With the advancements they have made with their new chip it has a lot of potential.
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Interfectum
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Eh? Apple Arcade is the best thing to happen to modern day mobile gaming. No ads, no MTX and good games. If they can stay on this track a console from them could be pretty cool.
Much like TV+ it feels like Apple is attempting to put quality above quantity to a certain extent. I'd love to see them push for higher end AA and AAA games with that same mindset.
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I like Apple but no, those Macbooks thermal throttling are anything but good design.
SentientStone
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There is not much Apple can do to get me interested in a potential Apple console or gaming service, but this would surely do it for me.
Nintendo fits pretty well with Apple since their content is family friendly, might as well buy Disney too while they're at it. lol
ManaByte
Member
AppleTV already plays games.
TrebleShot
Member
I’d lap this up, it would dominate and obliterste competition in terms of hardware. DO IT.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Apple dont wanna rock with Nintendo in the portable market.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
That's not a random youtuber man - Rossman has been fixing macs for years, he's seen through a microscope thousands of units of mac hardware and he's also a big voice in right to repair advocacy.
Kazekage1981
Member
i guess apple making controllers so you can 'dock' your ipad and iphone, but holy shit that notch is annoying!!
does the metal api allow you go make games for MacOS and iOS at the same time from the ground up?
does the metal api allow you go make games for MacOS and iOS at the same time from the ground up?
yurinka
Member
It's one of the top companies, but not the biggest one. Other ones like Tencent and Sony are above Apple.
Yeah I was mistaking revenue for profit.
Apple estimated to earn more from gaming than Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo
A new report suggests Apple is generating more revenue from video games than the three console platform holders -- desp…
www.gamesindustry.biz
Biggest company by estimated gaming profits.
It won’t. You’re looking at the M1 Max SoC before you find something capable of comparing against the PS5 in terms of 3D rasterization performance, and that isn’t found in anything under $2000.
At console price points, they’d chuck
In the M1 which is much weaker GPU wise than the Series S.
The M1 powered Mac mini isn’t as powerful as the Series S, GPU wise.
Better CPU, certainly.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
Not yet, waiting for the new revision this year with M2 chip.
