Lady Lilith Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-game-controller-patent-2012-7 Hope nothing comes of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Response to the Android powered OUYA console? Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Lilith Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Response to the Android powered OUYA console? Parker Wouldn't surprise me, since Apple is competing against them in the mobile market. I just hope you're right and Apple isn't getting into real consoles..Don't want to pay $800-1000 for a console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlay_ Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Yeah.. I could buy a lot of hook-- candy with 800 dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rngesus37 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 No one would pay $1000 for a home console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A12 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 No one would pay $1000 for a home console. It's Apple. Their fanboys would murder their family's to get one. I would guess as well, it's all about OUYA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 No one would pay $1000 for a home console. You'd be surprised. When the PlayStation 3 was released there were people selling them on eBay for thousands of dollars. If someone wants something bad enough they don't care how much it costs. And you're talking about the Apple fanatics who will stand in line for days and hundreds of dollars for a phone that is pretty much the same as the one they gave in their pocket... Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rngesus37 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 When I say no one I should clarify that outside of a few people with far too much money and too little sense, I mean it would definitely not be commercially viable as an alternative to home consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoimia Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I thought "WTF?" as well, originally - but apparently, that isn't a patent for a DualShock-like controller from Apple - it's a patent concerning allowing 3rd-party controllers to be used on their devices. That's why it looks like a DualShock... it's supposed to be a DualShock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggie_Pie Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 first of all, anything Apple with more than one button is a shocker... second, yes the Apple fanboys will jump on an iConsole even if they had to pay $3000 and sell their soul. then again, i thought Microsoft was dumb for building a console but with a slick name like Xbox they have gathered a large enough fanbase... im sure the Apple iJunk would do the same... it just wont support flash and im out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navep9 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Apple needs to stay where it belongs, and that's the mobile market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techoverride Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Apple needs to stay where it belongs, and that's the mobile market. I agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 That just completely reeks of rip-off. It's a goddamn Dualshock 2. It's probably going to have the silver Sony logo scratched off by several hundred Chinese people and stamped with a poorly drawn apple. No one would pay $1000 for a home console. Ever heard of the Neo Geo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rngesus37 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 That just completely reeks of rip-off. It's a goddamn Dualshock 2. It's probably going to have the silver Sony logo scratched off by several hundred Chinese people and stamped with a poorly drawn apple. Ever heard of the Neo Geo? Yeah and how did that sell? You guys are taking the "no one" thing a little too literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Yeah and how did that sell? You guys are taking the "no one" thing a little too literally. It sold a little under a million worldwide. Still better than what the Apple Pippin sold. Neo Geo AES was $649 and Pippin was $599. At least the Neo Geo had games worth playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rngesus37 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I don't deny it had some great games, but those games were $200-$250 each. Parents weren't dropping that on kids back in the day. I didn't know a single person who had a Neo Geo when I was a kid. Back then you had either a Genesis or SNES, and only the "rich kids" had both. I had to play Samurai Showdown on Sega CD (yeah I had one lol). I know people think Apple just prints cash with it's products but a $1000 home console is not what their target audience is looking to drop that kind of cash on. Especially when those people will already have an iPad that will play games. I'm sure some people would buy it, but I at that price I think this would be a failure. Remember the CDi, expensive consoles have historically not sold well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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