Analyst Says Apple Moving To Gaming
December 6th, 2006 by Gibran Nawaz in Business
Analyst Jesse Tortora is saying that Apple could possibly expand into the gaming market.
“The game console device could be morphed out of some combination of the MacMini and iTV, while the handheld player could be developed as an enhancement to a future version of the widescreen iPod.”
Many people have already been taking some of Apple’s ideas when it comes to consoles; downloading demos, games etc. via Internet. Nintendo seems to have borrowed a lot from Apple, especially their white porcelain design. It would definitely be an interesting move on Apple’s part.
“The video game console market is notorious for subsidizing hardware to sell profitable games… Apple would then have to either rely on the sales of its games and downloadable movies to make enough profit to cover losses on hardware or figure out a strategy to make profits on hardware itself.”
Remember that Apple already offers game downloads for the iPod, which can be considered as signs that they’re thinking of something.
Via Evil-Avatar
December 6th, 2006 at 3:18 am
Oh they must be kidding … they lost the war for the desktop … they had switch over to working with Intel for their CPUs … then they got big again because of an electronic gadget. Now they think they can make a gaming console of some sort. Wow … someone needs to have a real talk with the board and they need a BIG reality check. Simply astonishing … and suicidal on their part. If I was an investor and I saw this happening I’d pull out all my money.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:50 am
Anuban: Apple is doing fine and is continually gaining marketshare with the desktop computer, I personally agree that they should stay away from gaming and focus on doing what they do better, everything else! Seriously, the’ve got ease of use and everything with their awesome OS X and media applications.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:09 am
it was an analyst after all….
December 6th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Okay Ryan I won’t argue with you … but I would suggest you do some research and compare the real world numbers … especially in corporate America where they basically have stopped trying … other than in niche arenas like Graphic houses. Wait until Vista … they’ll fall behind again just like they did with XP. But like I said I respect your right to your opinion no matter how strongly I may disagree with it. But at least we agree that getting into gaming for then would not be in their best interest.
Let me ask you this … who do you think has a better chance of landing a job in the real world. A Mac OS expert or a Windows NT/2000/Vista expert? To me they have become somewhat like Radioshack … it’s their gadgets that are making them money and whose processor powers their machines … it sure isn’t propietary anymore … they woke up and realized they needed to partner with someone.
December 7th, 2006 at 12:38 am
Anuban, prepare to be out argued. Ryan is right, ease of use, effecient perfomance, lack of viruses, many more out of the box applications, and a fifth of the cost-add in Time Machine to boot- OS X Leopard is completely taking away the thunder from Vista. Oh and the reason that Windows experts do better is because there are more problems with Windows. he is also right in the fact that Apple is continually growing much, much more than Microsoft, and that’s the whole company Xbox 360 and Zune too.
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