Comments on: Casual Games Console? http://troygilbert.com/2006/09/casual-games-console/ Gamedev 2.0 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Inner Bits » Blog Archive » Tidbits -- Changing the Games Industry, One Bit at a Time. http://troygilbert.com/2006/09/casual-games-console/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Inner Bits » Blog Archive » Tidbits -- Changing the Games Industry, One Bit at a Time. Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:58:52 +0000 http://troygilbert.com/2006/09/12/casual-games-console/#comment-283 [...] Apple Makes a Splash: Apple has announced quite a few new products, and upgrades to old products (Engadget has a blow-by-blow of the presentation). Troy Gilbert also has a good analysis of the game side of things. He speculates that Apple could very well be entering the home console market (at least with casual games). I agree with his analysis. What I find interesting is that Apple is doing the whole thing a bit on the sly. If things don’t pan out (which I doubt), if their games don’t sell, or consumers aren’t very enthousiactic about, then they can pull out, no harm down, and very little investment lost. On the flipside, if people start gobbling up the games (which I predict they will), Apple can expand, and suddenly they have another new income stream, and a massive market they can spread to. It’s ingenious really. I’m sure they will continue to keep a low-profile when it comes to games, as to not alarm the other big console manufacturers, but Sony, MS and Nintendo would do well to keep an eye out. [...] [...] Apple Makes a Splash: Apple has announced quite a few new products, and upgrades to old products (Engadget has a blow-by-blow of the presentation). Troy Gilbert also has a good analysis of the game side of things. He speculates that Apple could very well be entering the home console market (at least with casual games). I agree with his analysis. What I find interesting is that Apple is doing the whole thing a bit on the sly. If things don’t pan out (which I doubt), if their games don’t sell, or consumers aren’t very enthousiactic about, then they can pull out, no harm down, and very little investment lost. On the flipside, if people start gobbling up the games (which I predict they will), Apple can expand, and suddenly they have another new income stream, and a massive market they can spread to. It’s ingenious really. I’m sure they will continue to keep a low-profile when it comes to games, as to not alarm the other big console manufacturers, but Sony, MS and Nintendo would do well to keep an eye out. [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://troygilbert.com/2006/09/casual-games-console/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Patrick Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:32:39 +0000 http://troygilbert.com/2006/09/12/casual-games-console/#comment-235 (Grins) I knew this would be announced three weeks ago after blizazzin with my neighbor. It makes perfect sense, people are willing to play casual games, but not for $400. $250? Perhaps. Whats most interesting is the nature of the interface device. If they've got something more analogue, like the Wii controller, then they may be a nice alternative to the 360. (Grins)

I knew this would be announced three weeks ago after blizazzin with my neighbor. It makes perfect sense, people are willing to play casual games, but not for $400. $250? Perhaps.

Whats most interesting is the nature of the interface device. If they’ve got something more analogue, like the Wii controller, then they may be a nice alternative to the 360.

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