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Galaki on 11 September 2012
man-bear-pig said:
Galaki said:
Nintendo is doomed!

Nintendo, Playstation and Xbox would all be doomed

No. Just Nintendo.



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TomaTito on 11 September 2012

AppleTV?



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man-bear-pig on 11 September 2012
TomaTito said:

AppleTV?

 


That would require people to purchase an AppleTV first though. I just talking about a generic lead which allows iDevices to be connected to any TV screen



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

man-bear-pig on 11 September 2012
Galaki said:
man-bear-pig said:
Galaki said:
Nintendo is doomed!

Nintendo, Playstation and Xbox would all be doomed

No. Just Nintendo.


True. After all, Sony and Microsoft have other business interests, so they could just leave the console market. Nintendo, being solely a gaming company, would most likely be doomed



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

sethnintendo on 11 September 2012
man-bear-pig said:
TomaTito said:

AppleTV?

 


That would require people to purchase an AppleTV first though. I just talking about a generic lead which allows iDevices to be connected to any TV screen

Yea, good point.  Why the hell would anyone buy an AppleTV?



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man-bear-pig on 11 September 2012
bananaking21 said:
man-bear-pig said:
bananaking21 said:
if apple tries to make a move to get into the gaming industry and compete for the hardcore market they will be crushed...


Doubt it. They'll already have an install base of over 300 million...


yeah but those 300 million devices were not bought to be played on, yes gaming on tablets and smartphones has grown a lot. but poeple dont buy iphones because of angry birds, they buy it because if iOS the apps(apps such as whats app and skype not games), the features and the connectivity to the interent and all that stuff, gaming is just an extra thing. i dont say the iphone will stop selling i mean what ever they announce to attract the core and hard core gamer will fail miserably at doing so


Yeah, but lots of iDevice owners are also console gamers...So they wouldn't need to buy any new consoles because their iDevice already does the job



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

TomaTito on 11 September 2012
man-bear-pig said:
TomaTito said:

AppleTV?


That would require people to purchase an AppleTV first though. I just talking about a generic lead which allows iDevices to be connected to any TV screen

Wouldn't it be better to finally improve the AppleTV to do this, and work with your iphone with a gamepadshell just like the WiiU.

BTW appleTV is sold at 1/5 of an iDevice.



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man-bear-pig on 11 September 2012
sethnintendo said:
man-bear-pig said:
TomaTito said:

AppleTV?

 


That would require people to purchase an AppleTV first though. I just talking about a generic lead which allows iDevices to be connected to any TV screen

Yea, good point.  Why the hell would anyone buy an AppleTV?


I don't know, but it will probably use iOS, so lots of iDevice owners will get them because they may want to own a TV with a familiar interface. Besides, it will probably be able to connect to iDevices wirelessly, so people could view photos, apps etc. on their TV screens using their iDevice as a controller which might draw people in too

EDOT: Oops, I meant iTV, not AppleTV...



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

man-bear-pig on 11 September 2012
TomaTito said:

BTW appleTV is sold at 1/5 of an iDevice.


What does that mean?



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

sethnintendo on 11 September 2012
man-bear-pig said:
sethnintendo said:

Yea, good point.  Why the hell would anyone buy an AppleTV?


I don't know, but it will probably use iOS, so lots of iDevice owners will get them because they may want to own a TV with a familiar interface. Besides, it will probably be able to connect to iDevices wirelessly, so people could view photos, apps etc. on their TV screens using their iDevice as a controller which might draw people in too


Yea, I read up a little on AppleTV.  It actually is a decent price which is a little surprising ($99).  It doesn't look more than a souped up Roku box though to me.  I can see why someone with itunes and a big Apple fan might purchase it.  If you don't have itunes then I don't see any incentive to get it.   Are you talking about the AppleTV box or an Apple TV which they are rumored to be working on?

I thought we were talking about this