| stof said: Will Apple be the first console manufacturer to feature entirely digital distribution? My completely unfounded opinion would be that it isn't so much a brand new console as it is the evolution of Apple TV. Think about it, A single tv top unit which allows you to purchase, store and play movies, tv and games. This way it doesn't have to make a major console plunge like a gaming console. By being a digital distribution/multi purpose console, it wouldn't need the muscle of a full console entry. It could quickly rack up it's own VC equivalent, and the insured install base would guarantee that most PC games would come out for Mac as well. I'm assuming that they system would play Mac games... The largest hurdle would be the size of the hard drive. Will they invent the super mega giganto drive? Or will they actually have the games stream as you play, meaning that only save data is actually stored on your box? Did I mention that this is all my completely unfounded predictions? |
I think that's about the only way this is going to actually happen.
Apple is very dedicated to online content distribution, having pulled off deals that scarcely seemed possible with record labels, TV studios, and now movie makers. The Apple TV, though it hasn't taken off, is an important part of this this content distribution strategy, and Apple is still working to get the formula right for this device.
If Apple can make a set-top, internet-capable media center, why not add games to the content available for download? Heck, the Apple TV can run WoW (not very well, but still). Wherever you have a screen, a computer, and an input device, you might as well have games. All Apple's really missing is a compelling input device and some developers.
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