Do we really want Apple in the game console industry?

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scottie said:

Joelcool7 said:

Alright with the recent rumours about Apple looking to break into the industry with an aquisition of EA or Sony, this begs the question. Do we as gamers really want Apple to break into the industry, do we really want a fourth competitor? What can Apple add to the industry that would make it appealing to us gamers?

Do you want to see Apple join the console wars with their own console, or do you want them to just leave our industry the hell alone?

> looking to break into the industry

Fucking lol, they have broken into the industry. Their console has/is

1) Outselling the DS and PSP put together, infact, sales of iphone/ipod/ipad aprobably come close to rivaling all 5 of the other 7th gen console put together.

 

At first glance, this claim seems outrageous. Then I checked the numbers:

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 04th Jul 2010 to 02nd Oct 2010:

Console	Wii	PS3	X360	PSP	DS
Total	2,032,240	2,331,422	2,687,087	1,545,058	3,705,137

Total game consoles sold in Q3: 12,300,944

Apple's unit shipments in the same period:

iPhone: 14.1 million

iPad: 4.2 million

iPod Touch: Estimated to be roughly 60% of 9.1 million iPods sold, or 5.5 million units.

I don't think "rivaling" is the right word for this comparison. In terms of hardware, Apple is almost twice the size of the entire console industry.