If Apple came out with a gaming system next gen would you buy it?

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Sam Yikin said:

stof said:

FishyJoe said:
Even MS had game studios well before the Xbox was launched. Apple has really no game development resources and would have to rely on 3rd party almost exclusively. And in order to get 3rd parties to develop they would have to give dev kits out like a year in advance. There is no way they can keep that kind of thing secret.

 

They can if it's not primarily a game system. Instead of having huge launch games, we could see all kinds of smaller XBLA/Wiiware type games (like the Iphone). Or even games already coming out for Mac. As a digital distribution unit it could have time to flourish in ways normal consoles can't.

 

Exactly. A business model VERY similar to the iPhone/iPod touch's. So far it's been incredibly successful for third party developers, so we know it can work.

Portables are not the same thing as consoles. I think we all agree that if they do something, it would be a sort of multimedia hub that can play games.