katsubento
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Yeah, no.
This article is like 10 years too late
CultOfMac?
Source is TechCrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/27/apple-is-about-to-lay-down-its-tv-cards/How can you take a site called cultofmac serious?
Hyperbole aside.
Serious question.
Is an Apple TV with a controller that can be used for games AND an App Store a threat for traditional game consoles?? I mean you've already got millions & millions of people who already have an Apple ID.
Apple managed to sell nearly 4 million Apple Watches in 3 months and you can ONLY use an Apple Watch if you have an iPhone 5 series or iPhone 6 series phone.
This article is like 10 years too late
It sounds like the new Apple TV is shaping up to be a killer gaming console. Can it take over console gaming the same way the iPhone and iPad dominated mobile gaming? Only time will tell
I'd be shocked if this sells better than the Dreamcast.
Tim Cook revealed at the Apple Watch conference on March 9, 2015 that Apple had sold a total of 25 million Apple TVs to date.
Hyperbole aside.
Serious question.
Is an Apple TV with a controller that can be used for games AND an App Store a threat for traditional game consoles?? I mean you've already got millions & millions of people who already have an Apple ID.
Apple managed to sell nearly 4 million Apple Watches in 3 months and you can ONLY use an Apple Watch if you have an iPhone 5 series or iPhone 6 series phone.
It already has more than doubled Dreamcast sales. From Wikipedia:
Yet again Apple release something every other company has done and moved on with and people go crazy.
My bother in-law was telling me the next iPhone will shoot 4k video and was amazed by it.
I didn't have the heart to tell him that my 2 year old phone already does that as well as contactless payments.ie Apple Pay.
Hyperbole aside.
Serious question.
Is an Apple TV with a controller that can be used for games AND an App Store a threat for traditional game consoles?? I mean you've already got millions & millions of people who already have an Apple ID.
Apple managed to sell nearly 4 million Apple Watches in 3 months and you can ONLY use an Apple Watch if you have an iPhone 5 series or iPhone 6 series phone.
Hyperbole aside.
Serious question.
Is an Apple TV with a controller that can be used for games AND an App Store a threat for traditional game consoles?? I mean you've already got millions & millions of people who already have an Apple ID.
Apple managed to sell nearly 4 million Apple Watches in 3 months and you can ONLY use an Apple Watch if you have an iPhone 5 series or iPhone 6 series phone.
"Cult of Company Name" believes Company Name will take over the world.
Yeah, right.
Also, new Apple TV won't kill anything. We're still waiting on that Amazon Fire TV to do any killing.
CultOfMac?
Ignoring the article's hyperbole for a moment: who is this console for? It costs about as much as a ps3 does nowadays, and it has a smaller library and can do less things. It's not a budget console like the OUYA, and its tech is not on par with the latest stuff.
It is not a threat to console gaming.
Mobile gaming as a whole is a threat to console gaming and the rise of mobile gaming from 2009-present has been a phase where mobile gaming has been in tremendous growth and is expected to overtake revenue generated from console gaming this year or next on a global basis. In North America it's slightly different right now where mobile is massive but console still generates more revenue and will do for the next couple of years at least but mobile is rapidly catching up.
Mobile gaming has been made popular by the dual Android and iOS operating systems as they now have access to pretty much the same games library and a myriad of different genres and business models, the most popular of which being free to play. The convenience of mobile gaming has allowed it to become the new mainstream in gaming which console was around a decade ago.
That being said, mobile is already big enough without the need for an Apple TV for gaming. A new Apple TV would not threaten the traditional console market (in the West at least) because it would not appeal to traditional console gamers. It would not really appeal to the mainstream much as well as it's marketed as a digital entertainment system that plays games. This product would mainly draw in appeal from those after a Smart TV like experience where they can stream their favourite content on their TV. There is plenty of competition in that area already and whilst playing games is also a plus it's not something the average consumer will consider when they can just play the same games on their phone.
Apple TV would need to actually enter the traditional console market to be a threat to that market and it would need to have its own exclusive non mobile games as well as third party support similar to PS4/Xbox One.
Apple TV is not a threat really and the first edition hasn't exactly done well which shows it's a niche product in the first place. But it's not going to move gamers who play traditional console games over to Apple TV exclusively. There is a market for traditional console games and whilst that number maybe smaller than a decade ago they are showing support for their hobby and ARPU is now higher than ever before.
At the end of the day mobile gaming is growing massively, but traditional console gaming has also turned around a bit, the market has already contracted there and now there is opportunity for more growth and stabilisation. PS4 and Xbox One sales are expected to return the traditional console industry to growth in 2015 and beyond.
Ultimately if someone buys an Apple TV it's not because they wanted to buy a gaming console. That may be a small part of it, but not the main reason and not a threat.
Hyperbole aside.
Serious question.
Is an Apple TV with a controller that can be used for games AND an App Store a threat for traditional game consoles?? I mean you've already got millions & millions of people who already have an Apple ID.
Apple managed to sell nearly 4 million Apple Watches in 3 months and you can ONLY use an Apple Watch if you have an iPhone 5 series or iPhone 6 series phone.
At least in the United States anyway, the future of mobile gaming may not be as clear anymore.
There was a recent report from Flurry, Yahoo's mobile analytics company, that found U.S. average daily mobile game time drops over 30% in a year: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/..._mobile_game_time_drops_over_30_in_a_year.php
We'll have to wait and see if more reports like this surface in the future but this is the first time I've seen a report that claims that mobile gaming time has stopped growing and in fact has actually decreased compared with time spent in other mobile applications.
I would laugh so hard if Apple somehow made motion control gaming in vogue again.
At least in the United States anyway, the future of mobile gaming may not be as clear anymore.
There was a recent report from Flurry, Yahoo's mobile analytics company, that found U.S. average daily mobile game time drops over 30% in a year: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/..._mobile_game_time_drops_over_30_in_a_year.php
We'll have to wait and see if more reports like this surface in the future but this is the first time I've seen a report that claims that mobile gaming time has stopped growing and in fact has actually decreased compared with time spent in other mobile applications.
Man, I thought these Apple bots would stop with this bullshit after their iPhone, iPod, and iPad had failed to kill gaming consoles. But nope, we've got another one of those dolts.