Soundwave said:
Apple ain't Microsoft, don't kid yourself. Microsoft is a clumsy, bit of a dumb dinosaur of a company that gets by because they had daddy's back account (the Windows business). Contrast to Apple which has proven itself over and over again with hit after hit product. They're not even trying to be a gaming company and their gaming revenue almost matches Sony and in some years has even overtaken Sony, lol. Think about that for half a second. This is like a basketball player who doesn't really train for baseball just stepping onto a baseball field and casually being able to not only hold their own against other All-Star level talent but even outperform them in several cases. What would happen if they actually put some effort into practising baseball? |
Money from whales is not the same as money from gamers. What this means is that if Apple made a console, the consumers who spend currently the most on the App Store by far won't transition because they aren't interested in consoles to begin with. And obviously Apple would have to make a console, because it's abundantly clear that a non-console cannot make consoles obsolete.
So the proper sports analogy here would be a baseball player (baseball is not a respected sport, so it matches mobile gaming which is not respected gaming) thinking that he can compete in football (what Americans call soccer). He'll fail spectacularly and get booed off the field, because the required skills are in a whole different league.
Microsoft may suck at consoles, but they would still beat Apple easily. Microsoft lacks games in comparison to Sony and Nintendo, but that's still far above Apple's no games.
Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.
