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Apple CEO Tim Cook spotted at video game designer Valve's headquarters
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It's really hard to keep up with this thread lol
What about all the iOS app developers? Instagram was bought by Facebook for a billion dollars. A app that was iOS exclusive nearly it's entire life.
The iOS dev community is an entire industry almost on its own employing thousands.
If Apple closed shop tomorrow there would be mass chaos. And it would cause a massive negative impact on the economy.
At least not the last quarter, they made double MS from what I recall.
And it isn't like Valve needs the money.
I doubt gaming is that much of a priority for Apple to even consider buying Valve.
Now maybe getting a high quality Steam App, and talking about the best ways to interface an iPad with a TV/PC monitor and controller or something along those lines, most likely.
Those are the things that are really holding the iPad back from competing in the games industry.
Now maybe getting a high quality Steam App, and talking about the best ways to interface an iPad with a TV/PC monitor and controller or something along those lines, most likely.
Those are the things that are really holding the iPad back from competing in the games industry.
I don't know man I don't know. Could be Yeah but I alos do think that they could easily be replaced. TheirUSP still imo is a certain sense of image, catering to a certain lifestyle. Its less about the quailty of their products or more important, what their products do. Though they had a certain Sense for Innovation some years ago. I still don't think they are imprtant for anything right now. Doesnt mean they are useless though. But to each his own.
Since they sued that little health food restaurant, because they had an apple on their sign.
razgriz417
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Wow I had no idea Apple it the $600 Billion Market Cap mark and with so much liquid capital, it definitely is the most valuable company in the world today. My guess is this has to do with them revisiting the apple TV. I wouldn't mind them creating a console with steam, the more people that get to enjoy PC gaming the better
replaced by who?
it's not each it's own, it's about you ignoring facts.
You think the biggest company in the world is replaceable ?
cicero
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That was a trademark issue, and trademark owners have to defend them or risk losing them.
Yes I Do. Because their products Palette is not important. OSx may be in certain aspects or areas but iPod ipad and iphone imo is just image and luxury. It does nothing for society and could easily be dropped or exchanged. Just my opinion we will See Where they are in 10 or 20 years.
The iPad kick started the tablet market which is on track to become the best selling pc form factor (already is outselling the desktop market). How is that not hugely important?
HP_Wuvcraft
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This is interesting and I, for one, would be sad if nothing huge came out of this.
freenudemacusers
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this is crazy talk. srs.
Rollo Lawson
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probably beaten but...nothing to see here. big wigs chill together all the time just for the fuck of it
at the same time...wow...imagine what valve and apple what do together...
the things they'd do...
at the same time...wow...imagine what valve and apple what do together...
the things they'd do...
razgriz417
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Apple's iPhone also kickstarted the smartphone market in the US as well. Prior to that you had choice of Blackberrys or importing smartphones from Europe (at least for ATT and Tmobile). It wasn't until the iPhone launched that other manufacturers entered the US market in force. Whether you like/dislike Apple as an organization, it has made a significant impact in the mobile/tech industry. I'm an android user myself and I highly doubt Android would have come into existance without the iphone, Symbian would probably still be around
Those three products shaped/are shaping the way people all over the world consume music, video, news, books, etc. In 10-20 years from now physical media will be laughed at as an ancient thing of the past. Apple and those three products will be the catalysts for that change of paradigm.
Most valued publicly traded company at this very moment. Not overall.
How fast you can fall from a top spot has been shown by Cisco.
Not that this is going to happen to Apple. Impressive nonetheless.
razgriz417
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That is true, it still boggles the mind that they went from nearly bankrupt to having so much capital. I'm really curious what business textbooks will say about our current leaders in the tech industry. You wouldn't happen to have any links describing what happened to Cisco would you?
maniac-kun
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consolewar never changes...
I think Cisco is just the most extreme example of what happened in the dot-com bubble.
Personally, I don't see touch to be the future. It's not sci-fi enough. For the dot-com stuff, see here.
The console war has changed. It's no longer about large hardware companies making consoles. It's an endless series of proxy companies making content fought with indie developers and corporate studios. The console war, and it's consumption of good developers, has become a well oiled machine. The console war has changed.
Apple fundament are much stronger than Cisco ever was. apple last Q1 was the 4th biggest ever in the history of any company. Apple is actually under valued, unlike Cisco.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...gest_Corporate_Quarterly_Earnings_of_All_Time
But, you are correct. A company that relies on retail products, it has to keep innovating and maintain , which is extremely hard to do
No amount of money enables you to buy something that is not offered for sale.
Yeah no way Valve will sell. But partner to develop a console? Far more realistic of an idea.
Angelus Errare
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I doubt Gabe was the one begging if Tim came to Valve HQ and not the other way around.
neoism
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JaseMath
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lmao perfect.
People forget that before Apple's rough times prior to Apple getting rid of Steve Apple was on top and starting trends and making moves. They act as if success is new to apple.
Ladies and Gentlemen, and the rest of you... The Macintosh Dating Game....
http://youtu.be/5J3FUOCRXPo
I miss Bill Gates...I tried but am not willing to drop sony for microsoft or nintendo.. But I'd definitively could be persuaded for a valve or apple system. Put them together and its a wrap.
Technosteve
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all hail the steamboxpad
DonasaurusRex
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...long as apple doesnt fuck with steam for the PC im cool and dont care. Steam has proven to be the best app of them all at what it does. I remember when it was shit too but man has it become ...indispensible.
whalleywhat
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Maybe Tim Cook just loves knives.
funkystudent
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Maybe Cook just wants to know more about PC/Mac gaming so he visited Valve and asked questions about things they can do to make gaming on Mac bigger and better.
Gaming is probably the biggest revenue earner on iOS for Apple but they have always failed to get Mac gaming off the ground.
The last Mac gaming thing at a Apple presser was iD tech 5 demo back in 07. With the new mac line coming it seems like as good of a time as any for Apple to give the ol' Mac Gaming horse another kick.
Gaming is probably the biggest revenue earner on iOS for Apple but they have always failed to get Mac gaming off the ground.
The last Mac gaming thing at a Apple presser was iD tech 5 demo back in 07. With the new mac line coming it seems like as good of a time as any for Apple to give the ol' Mac Gaming horse another kick.
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Damn, this would have been an amazing first reply.
Cant buy what isnt for sale.
MisterAnderson
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Yeah. Me too. The Apple store with the 30% cut is a giant cash cow, and so getting involved with Valve doesn't make much sense to me, especially given Apples transition from a computer company to a device company. So I don't really see what kind of deal would be getting made.
Having some Apple tech guys discuss with Valve as a developer what some future AppleTV could have to encourage it as a platform for games would make more sense.
So maybe it was purely just a personal visit.
So much hyperbole. Tim Cook gets around, so did Jobs. They're always going to developers, political leaders, manufacturers, competitors to get input (or to give input).
The last thing Apple is going to do is buy Valve or partner with them for hardware. Apple doesn't need Valve because Valve has nothing to offer them (unless Valve secretly has facilities that mass produce displays or ram better then Apple's current partners).
App Store already mirrors what Steam does but only on a much broader scale. They don't need or want Steam.
Vast majority of Steam's userbase is Windows users. They probably want to work with Valve to better suit their OS and hardware for developers to gain marketshare.
The last thing Apple is going to do is buy Valve or partner with them for hardware. Apple doesn't need Valve because Valve has nothing to offer them (unless Valve secretly has facilities that mass produce displays or ram better then Apple's current partners).
App Store already mirrors what Steam does but only on a much broader scale. They don't need or want Steam.
Vast majority of Steam's userbase is Windows users. They probably want to work with Valve to better suit their OS and hardware for developers to gain marketshare.
Woo-Fu
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I've purchased them in the past, when they were still relevant. The console model doesn't fit the tech/economic landscape anymore, though. I'm seeing it at the end of this generation, I expect next generation will make it obvious to everybody. It is already obvious to Apple, indeed they've been investing in the demise of the dedicated gaming console for almost a decade at this point. Whatever they're doing with Valve---if anything---it isn't a home gaming console.
Yes, every game currently available for the mythical Apple-designed, Steam-supported console is also currently available for PC. Should that state of affairs change, perhaps my opinion will too. Sane people argue about exclusives they can play today, insane people argue about exclusives they can't play today, may never actually be exclusive, may end up as timed exclusives, or may never get released at all. Red Dead Redemption is the only console exclusive that exists today that has me considering re-buying a current gen console. Every other game I really want to play that is out is covered by PC or Handheld.
the gif is great but the smile happens to fast. the transition from shock to insanity should take a few more seconds than that.
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