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Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

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Post by muhfuhkuh »

warpspeed wrote: post #34

My prediction is that Apple has been biding their time and preparing to dominate the console gaming market. Think about it- the iPod touch and iPhone are becoming more and more robust in terms of hardware, I don't know the benchmarks but I'd wager they're close to consoles in terms of actual power. Apple has enabled "AirPlay" through AppleTV, which allows the iPhone/iPod to stream directly to the TV. So what you have…

Interesting, but true: Apple actually did enter the console market, in 1995.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Bandai_Pippin

It was an unmitigated disaster the likes of which wouldn't be repeated until the CueCat 5 years later, but it was their first foray into the gaming market.

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

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Post by mongol »

ipince wrote: post #43
warpspeed wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It should be interesting to see what happens when Sergey and Larry gain complete control over the company after the stock split. "Tech Dictatorship" seemed to work well under Jobs, maybe these guys will make some riskier decisions in the name of progress.

uhm.. maybe im mistaken, but i thought their current control would remain the same. the new class of stock allows them to give out more stock without losing any more control. but their current control remains as is. or am i missing something?

I think you are completely right.

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

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Post by kennywinker »

Steko wrote: post #35
taligent wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was thinking the same thing. The real interesting part is that the AppleTV would surely be an ARM platform and Valve are exclusively an Intel platform. Given the price point it could easily be both. I agree that being compatible with whatever hardware Valve is making would be pretty awesome.

"AppleTV would surely be an ARM platform" Battery life isn't an issue in the home and ARM can't really do full fledged ports of the most demanding and popular AAA console titles. So I'd expect an Intel chip. It could possibly have an ARM chip too but I'd guess emulation is good enough and higher profit. Alternatively they could put in a bunch of ARM chips but iOS just makes a lot more sense on paper. With an Intel ch…

Not sure if you're insinuating that they would have to emulate arm to run iOS. There is absolutely no reason it couldn't run iOS on intel chips. The iOS simulator in Xcode is exactly that. Devs would have to re-compile their apps, but I assume the screen size would be different enough they would have to do that already.

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

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Post by kennywinker »

Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: Apple is buying Valve. Creating a new "Apple Gaming" wing of the company. Valve + Steam + GameCenter + AppleTV + Steambox === AMAZING. Launches with HL3 exclusive.

Like MS did with Bungie and the Xbox, only classy and aluminum.

Saying this not because there is any evidence of this, but because I want this so bad. shutupandtakemymoney.png

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

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Post by nitrogen »

kennywinker wrote: post #54

Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: Apple is buying Valve. Creating a new "Apple Gaming" wing of the company. Valve + Steam + GameCenter + AppleTV + Steambox === AMAZING. Launches with HL3 exclusive. Like MS did with Bungie and the Xbox, only classy and aluminum. Saying this not because there is any evidence of this, but because I want this so bad. shutupandtakemymoney.png

For the record, if Apple buys Valve, I'll never buy another Valve game again. If they make HL3 a Mac exclusive, I'll publicly burn (nonessential parts of) my paperweight of a Mac Mini in protest.

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

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Post by veemjeem »

kennywinker wrote: post #54

Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: Apple is buying Valve. Creating a new "Apple Gaming" wing of the company. Valve + Steam + GameCenter + AppleTV + Steambox === AMAZING. Launches with HL3 exclusive. Like MS did with Bungie and the Xbox, only classy and aluminum. Saying this not because there is any evidence of this, but because I want this so bad. shutupandtakemymoney.png

So if Tim Cook visits Microsoft, we can assume Apple is buying Microsoft too?

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

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Post by schraeds »

ary wrote: post #50

From: http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/valves-gabe... Quoting Gabe Newell, > Well, if we have to sell hardware we will. We have no reason to believe we’re any good at it, it’s more we think that we need to continue to have innovation and if the only way to get these kind of projects started is by us going and developing and selling the hardware directly then that’s what we’ll do. It’s definitely not t…

Valve Box + iPhone as controller = Wii U killer.

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

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Post by DavidAbrams »

warpspeed wrote: post #34

My prediction is that Apple has been biding their time and preparing to dominate the console gaming market. Think about it- the iPod touch and iPhone are becoming more and more robust in terms of hardware, I don't know the benchmarks but I'd wager they're close to consoles in terms of actual power. Apple has enabled "AirPlay" through AppleTV, which allows the iPhone/iPod to stream directly to the TV. So what you have…

If Apple were interested in serious gaming on iOS devices, they would've put application-assignable buttons on their edges. We all know that didn't happen, so now they have the hokey volume-control workaround for the camera's shutter release.

Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted at video game designer Valve headquarters

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Post by krashidov »

ary wrote: post #50

From: http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/valves-gabe... Quoting Gabe Newell, > Well, if we have to sell hardware we will. We have no reason to believe we’re any good at it, it’s more we think that we need to continue to have innovation and if the only way to get these kind of projects started is by us going and developing and selling the hardware directly then that’s what we’ll do. It’s definitely not t…

In terms of casual gaming, the xbox 360's Kinect and Wii have already been wildly successful. One could argue that as an entertainment all in one hub, where the whole household buys casual games over the marketplace and watches TV shows and movies effortlessly, the xbox has failed.

This is the device Apple and Valve might be building. Not only are they going to try and streamline the software and UX of the whole thing to be in line with Apple's standards but I think they are also going to try to make it a replacement for cable tv. This is something Sony and Microsoft have not tried to do with their consoles, which confuses me.

Personally, I think Apple should just make a T.V. Apple has become such a strong brand that people will trust their hardware and software, even if the markup is somewhat outrageous.

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