How many will just reply to the title (cuz I know many don't read thread contents) with "but da Pippin", "but they already get a 30% cut of erry gaem on iOS so why wud they make there own"?
Apple is becoming an entertainment company, they're gonna launch their own streaming service with their own original content, a direct competitor to Netflix, Amazon and Disney. Why would they enter this highly competitive market, which is gonna cost billions, and not consider entering gaming, which is a 100 billion dollar industry and one of the fastest growing? Netflix isn't making more money than gaming, it's not a more lucrative business.
I think Apple is gonna enter the gaming business sooner or later, especially with Google, Amazon and Facebook(VR) also in it now.
With Apple making triple A TV shows and movies, nothing stops them from entering the AAA gaming business. Consoles make sense for them too, traditional gaming aka the living room/TV environment is the only place where Apple isn't huge yet, Apple TV isn't competitive with other consoles and isn't selling as well. They've reached a ceiling in iPhone sales and Apple is trying to be less dependent on phones. I think consoles, cementing Apple as the home entertainment center is a plausibility. The last 6-7 years have proven that consoles are a mainstay of gaming despite so many other avenues to play.
A well designed Apple console, with its own original games, that doesn't cost too much (hell, what is the Apple premium anymore when Samsung is launching a $2000 phone?), could be a real disruptor. Apple is also designing its own hardware and won't be dependent on others like AMD. Apple is the only ones I see dethroning Sony. The Apple brand, just like PlayStation has global worldwide appeal.
Now that we've established gaming actually makes sense for them, which studios and publishers should they buy? Who should they hire? I think of J Allard, and former Sony execs (plenty have left over the last few years).
Apple is becoming an entertainment company, they're gonna launch their own streaming service with their own original content, a direct competitor to Netflix, Amazon and Disney. Why would they enter this highly competitive market, which is gonna cost billions, and not consider entering gaming, which is a 100 billion dollar industry and one of the fastest growing? Netflix isn't making more money than gaming, it's not a more lucrative business.
I think Apple is gonna enter the gaming business sooner or later, especially with Google, Amazon and Facebook(VR) also in it now.
With Apple making triple A TV shows and movies, nothing stops them from entering the AAA gaming business. Consoles make sense for them too, traditional gaming aka the living room/TV environment is the only place where Apple isn't huge yet, Apple TV isn't competitive with other consoles and isn't selling as well. They've reached a ceiling in iPhone sales and Apple is trying to be less dependent on phones. I think consoles, cementing Apple as the home entertainment center is a plausibility. The last 6-7 years have proven that consoles are a mainstay of gaming despite so many other avenues to play.
A well designed Apple console, with its own original games, that doesn't cost too much (hell, what is the Apple premium anymore when Samsung is launching a $2000 phone?), could be a real disruptor. Apple is also designing its own hardware and won't be dependent on others like AMD. Apple is the only ones I see dethroning Sony. The Apple brand, just like PlayStation has global worldwide appeal.
Now that we've established gaming actually makes sense for them, which studios and publishers should they buy? Who should they hire? I think of J Allard, and former Sony execs (plenty have left over the last few years).
