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WhiteEaglePL on 07 January 2015

I am hoping for Samsung, but my second choice would be Google....



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Dusk on 07 January 2015
OdinHades said:
Apple. They win by default.


Right, cause it worked for them when they tried it the first time...



Gotta figure out how to set these up lol.

OdinHades on 07 January 2015

Wow, so many quotes! Guess I hit a nerve! ;D

Yeah, Apple failed once. But the company was small like fuck compared to now and also didn't have any hype factor. It was the hipster thing back then (which was part of what led to world domination some years later, but anyway).

If Apple released a console today and threw some money at it, there would be no stopping them. That thing could have mid-range hardware and still sell for 999 € because it's made out of metal or something. People would be lining up like crazy, I kid you not. I also once doubted them but time showed that they can get away with ANYTHING! Seriously, they don't even have to try anymore. They can sell a friggin' cell phone for 1000 € and sell more of that sucker than Samsung sells of some 99 € Android phone! 

And now here I am and own an iPhone myself. Resistance is futile.

or... something... =D



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S.T.A.G.E. on 07 January 2015
OdinHades said:

Wow, so many quotes! Guess I hit a nerve! ;D

Yeah, Apple failed once. But the company was small like fuck compared to now and also didn't have any hype factor. It was the hipster thing back then (which was part of what led to world domination some years later, but anyway).

If Apple released a console today and threw some money at it, there would be no stopping them. That thing could have mid-range hardware and still sell for 999 € because it's made out of metal or something. People would be lining up like crazy, I kid you not. I also once doubted them but time showed that they can get away with ANYTHING! Seriously, they don't even have to try anymore. They can sell a friggin' cell phone for 1000 € and sell more of that sucker than Samsung sells of some 99 € Android phone! 

And now here I am and own an iPhone myself. Resistance is futile.

or... something... =D

If Apple bought bungie like bungie wanted...it would've solidified their entrance into the gaming realm. Microsoft screwed that up for them once they took Halo from them. 

As for a new contender, I would say Samsung since they are the new Sony, but of the Korean variety. They are runnig the show no different than Sony was in the 90's and early 2000's before they lost touch.



OdinHades on 07 January 2015
S.T.A.G.E. said:
OdinHades said:

Wow, so many quotes! Guess I hit a nerve! ;D

Yeah, Apple failed once. But the company was small like fuck compared to now and also didn't have any hype factor. It was the hipster thing back then (which was part of what led to world domination some years later, but anyway).

If Apple released a console today and threw some money at it, there would be no stopping them. That thing could have mid-range hardware and still sell for 999 € because it's made out of metal or something. People would be lining up like crazy, I kid you not. I also once doubted them but time showed that they can get away with ANYTHING! Seriously, they don't even have to try anymore. They can sell a friggin' cell phone for 1000 € and sell more of that sucker than Samsung sells of some 99 € Android phone! 

And now here I am and own an iPhone myself. Resistance is futile.

or... something... =D

If Apple bought bungie like bungie wanted...it would've solidified their entrance into the gaming realm. Microsoft screwed that up for them once they took Halo from them. 

As for a new contender, I would say Samsung since they are the new Sony, but of the Korean variety. They are runnig the show no different than Sony was in the 90's and early 2000's before they lost touch.

Well, imagine Apple buying T2 with Rockstar, relasing GTA 6 exclusive for dat apple console and BOOM! 

Sure EA failed with buying T2, but EA is small fish compared to Apple. Really really small. All the money EA could gather from banks and stocks and such is just pocket change for Apple.

But to get a little serious, I don't think it will happen. Apple has no interested in the gaming market because the margins are just too low. They want to make real money and don't enter a market without a good reason. But if they would enter the market with a console, I'm pretty sure they would wipe the floor with the competition.



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the_dengle on 07 January 2015

The question is, why would anyone want to enter the gaming console market? Half the companies in it are trying to get out.



MoHasanie on 07 January 2015

Nobody. There is no more room for anybody in the dying and not very profitable console market.



    

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S.T.A.G.E. on 07 January 2015
OdinHades said:

Well, imagine Apple buying T2 with Rockstar, relasing GTA 6 exclusive for dat apple console and BOOM! 

Sure EA failed with buying T2, but EA is small fish compared to Apple. Really really small. All the money EA could gather from banks and stocks and such is just pocket change for Apple.

But to get a little serious, I don't think it will happen. Apple has no interested in the gaming market because the margins are just too low. They want to make real money and don't enter a market without a good reason. But if they would enter the market with a console, I'm pretty sure they would wipe the floor with the competition.


If Apple had entered the gaming realm they would bring a lot of American values into it just like Microsoft. A lot of paid DLC, central online hub philosophy with connectivity to apple software and sync to alternative hardware. Steve Jobs really didnt like Microsoft so I can imagine pissed he must've been once they got in his way again, but in terms of gaming.



OfficerRaichu15 on 07 January 2015

Apple
itll probably sell well to the iphone fanboys and fangirls



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Aeolus451 on 07 January 2015

I think there's too much competition for a new player to enter the console market unless one of the big 3 sells it's console or backs out. Various companies have tried but failed at it.