In the future, what company would you want to enter the console war?

[steveie]

i gues evreyone has thought of htis before but what company would you like to see enter the console business?

im thinking Apple would be cool. It would be a realy compact and sleek design but probably be a bit pricey


i also think samsung would do a good job aswel there products are alwats quality


EA would be the worst i could think off

[Lethal]

I dont want to see anybody try and enter the console war. At this point it would be suicide for anybody that tried.

[steveie]

I dont want to see anybody try and enter the console war. At this point it would be suicide for anybody that tried.


obviously i dont mean right now i mean in the future. Can you edit my topic title to reflect this?

[Nitrus]

Apple would be more like Nintendo imo, not for serious hardcore gamers.

EA would be seriously over-branded.

I reckon Dell, would be ineresting, not god but interesting lol.

[sum182oftheyear]

I'd like to see Sega come back.

[Hybrid]

Creative Labs Technology

[matt_don]

Apple would be cool, just to look at probably but it would be interesting.

[TBGixxer]

I'd like to see Sega come back.
Dell and Apple... agreed. Not Sega. I swear their consoles had the shortest life span ever!

[Joystick]

I'm a Sega boy, so I'd love to see them make a comeback, but it's such a risky thing to do.... I doubt they will, ever again. It'll end up like Atari.

[Lethal]

I would want Sega to come back. Of course that will never happen now because they sold all their exclusives to Sony,Microsoft, and Nintendo.

[Krayzie]

Apple would be well cool, lol like a iConsole.

LOL.

[F34R]

The iGamer... overpriced.

[Nitrus]

Creative might be good, but instead of a great graphics, it would have AMAZING sound.

[N1CKD]

I'd like to see Sega come back.
Gensis 2 AHHH I would fork any amount for that...just re-creations of genesis games

[Hybrid]

If Creative Labs were to make one, it would have a X-Fi chip. Don't know about graphics and support though lol

[HavokChylde]

The Capcom Fightstation. lol

That's not who I'd like to see enter the "war", but it'd be cool.

[Night]

Google :lol:

[Knightmare]

Apple would be cool, just to look at probably but it would be interesting.


Apple made one in the 90's.

The Apple Pippin:
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/f/fe/200px-Pippinfront.jpg

[vamosrafa]

What were the graphics like on that thing?

[HavokChylde]

What were the graphics like on that thing?

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

Bow to Wikipedia.

[vamosrafa]

I saw that ages ago. Theres nothin about graphics on there though which is what I wanted to know.

[Nitrus]

Basically it sucked. Thats all you need to know.

I think Apple will re-enter the market, they've done computers, mp3 players, now they are doing TV and phones, it would make sense for them to do a console, most likely when PS4 comes out I reckon, as they say thats when ALL games played on the next gen consoles wil be downloaded, no discs anymore apparently.

[m1ndless]

I wanna see Atari back in the game :lol:

Apple has never built a gaming console before, so it would be interesting, if EA made a console, it would be covered in ADs, and Samsung..I dont know. I think Sega would be cool, but they dont have jack squat anymore.

[GVTTW]

I want Sega to come back into the console war. I really liked the Dreamcast. I would buy their console if they came out with one.

[HavokChylde]

I saw that ages ago. Theres nothin about graphics on there though which is what I wanted to know.
Basically it sucked. Thats all you need to know.
That's basically what the wiki link said too. :tongue:

For more specifics, check out the 3DO specs, I believe they're pretty close. Not sure.

[Lethal]

next gen consoles wil be downloaded, no discs anymore apparently.

I dont see that ever happening. That means companies like Gamestop and EB Games would go out of buisness. Plus the companies making the games will lose money. Stores buy large bulks of games and Blockbuster buys lots of games to rent. Systems will have to put out ridiculously large hard drives. It will never happen.

[m1ndless]

Lethal is Right. That would NEVER happen...unless you wanna spend 2k on a console with 2 TB's of space or something.

I don't think we will see any next gen consoles for at least 3-4 years, but I think we will have a new company (not sure who) entering the war with Sony and Microsoft.

[Nitrus]

I dont see that ever happening. That means companies like Gamestop and EB Games would go out of buisness. Plus the companies making the games will lose money. Stores buy large bulks of games and Blockbuster buys lots of games to rent. Systems will have to put out ridiculously large hard drives. It will never happen.

Im just going on what I have read.

[m1ndless]

I don't think Sony will enter the next Console War, after the lack of sales witht he Ps3 they'd have to seriosly revamp their system and fire their designers, that console is one ugly hunk of crap. Spiderman sucked, why steal the font?

I hope we devolop some awesome new technology, like virtual reality gaming. That would be BAD ASS!

[Nitrus]

I don't think Sony will enter the next Console War, after the lack of sales witht he Ps3 they'd have to seriosly revamp their system and fire their designers, that console is one ugly hunk of crap. Spiderman sucked, why steal the font?

I hope we devolop some awesome new technology, like virtual reality gaming. That would be BAD ASS!

What? OF COURSE Sony will enter the next console war, their rich, they've done it for years, they just have to do it a bit better this time, and the PS3 WILL generate sales, but not yet.

[HavokChylde]

What? OF COURSE Sony will enter the next console war, their rich, they've done it for years, they just have to do it a bit better this time, and the PS3 WILL generate sales, but not yet.
Definitely Sony will be in it next time around. And I also see the PS3's stock going up big time. They seem to create these "sleeper systems" if you will. If anyone can remember the PS1, eh. It took it a while to pick up the pace, especially against Nintendo's N64. PS2 had a little trouble, mainly because of it's terrible release line-up. (if I'm remembering correctly.) What are the complaints against Sony now?

"No good games out." That's easy. Just wait. They've got some fantastic franchises under their belt. May have some problems if everyone releases multi-platform, but not EVERY developer in the world is going multi-platform, come on now. We've got to give it some time.

"It's too expensive." Plenty of people bought the system, and dropping the price isn't the hardest thing to do, especially for a rich ass company such as themselves.

Anyways, I'm helping to trail from the topic. I'm not a [big] Sony fanboy (say something about Microsoft pulling out of the next console race, I'll back them up too), but I see everyone being too quick to judge alot of the time. When a system is decent, it sticks around. Sony, Nintendo, an Xbox all released systems that stayed out for a nice looong time. Why? Because people liked them, and bought their games/consoles. Otherwise these consoles would've disappeared without a trace, aside from some short-winded Wikipedia description. All of these conversations, and battles of "who the better system is" really equals this = a bunch of opinions. (The numbers count too, but let's wait until the NEXT Gen is released to discuss that :tongue:) Like someone here already said "they're all good in their own ways."


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Who else is even left to join in the console wars, that hasn't already tried and failed, or tried and is still succesful? Do game developers in general do better making games? Or are there some out there that produce enough games, to make the creation of their own games, on their own system, a beneficial move? Maybe it's time for a new, unheard of company to come in and take a shot at this battle. Just some food for thought.

[sum182oftheyear]

Basically it sucked. Thats all you need to know.

I think Apple will re-enter the market, they've done computers, mp3 players, now they are doing TV and phones, it would make sense for them to do a console, most likely when PS4 comes out I reckon, as they say thats when ALL games played on the next gen consoles wil be downloaded, no discs anymore apparently.
Not everybody will have broadband even then if that ever happens.

[Lethal]

Sony will always be around. They are going to win the console war by the year 2009. This is what I think. I feel that the Blu-Ray is really going to pay off for them. Blu-Ray sales are dominating HD-DVD sales.

[Wonkizzle]

Infinium Labs. Long live the Phantom Hype! I waited years for that dissapointment. Bastards.

[Nitrus]

I remember that, I read about it in a magazine about two years ago, didnt hear about it since,

[Alon]

GOOGLE dude they will take over everything in the future just wait and see!

[HavokChylde]

GOOGLE dude they will take over everything in the future just wait and see!

Nonsense, Taco Bell will be the victor in the end.

[steveie]

personaly im waiting for the lean mean console enjoyent machine from george foreman.

Or he can at least put that PS3 Grill into production