Nickname: Wii Revoltionist

Review: Apple becoming a winner of the console war is unlikely. I've been a gamer for most of my life, been playing since I could hold a controller in my hand.I understand the console wars better than most, and believe me Apple doesn't have a chance. Wii will dominate the console wars,with the 360 in 2nd and the PS3 in 3rd if; Apple launches a system in time, it will make 4th, maybe 3rd if lucky. With the Wii Revolution starting Apple should give up while it's a head.

Date reviewed: Dec 24, 2006 9:29 AM

Nickname: tommy

Review: I would love to see Apple come out with a game console. It would be a great step in Apple's direction.

Date reviewed: Nov 21, 2006 2:21 PM

Nickname: Dan

Review: Are games the best way to get into mainstream market? Let's think about this. Primary demo for your typical video game player: 17 year old with minimal social life and problem acne. Primary demo for an iTV-like device: everyone else. Why do you think Tivo, not XBox, has become a part of everyday speech?

Date reviewed: Oct 3, 2006 3:28 PM

Nickname: Shadow

Review: It is hard to mention Sony and Microsoft as the only ones competing for the living room? Mentioning Nintendo without mentioning their new console, the Wii, shows how much this writer does not know about the console wars. The Wii is poised to take over the living room with a combination of an innovative new control system and an actual affordable price point. I for one will welcome spending $250 for it and $50 for games as opposed to $600 or $400 and $60+ for games. All in all, I believe that Nintendo has a much better chance at being successful than Microsoft or Sony.

Date reviewed: Oct 3, 2006 1:23 PM

Nickname: AssesForTheMasses

Review: Quote: "The exact event is known in literature as Paris' judgment, when Paris chose to give the apple to Helen. It has long been recognized as the triggering event of the war."

Date reviewed: Oct 3, 2006 8:28 AM

Nickname: Tom

Review: Trojan horses? Apples? The message has gotten lost in the soup of bad metaphors. Without describing what Apple's new device is, your semi-coherent comments make no sense. Whatever Apple has in the works isn't like to beat Media Center on either price or ease of use, and it'll end up being just another niche "I won't use Microsoft" product in the growing digital convergence marketplace. In the day of the $300 portable video player and the $500 Media Center PC, I just can't see Apple beating the Redmond Giant on price, ease of use, or performance. Speaking as one who's replaced his DVD player with a PC and his TV with an LCD flat panel display, I think Apple is going to be (to use another over-used metaphor) a day late and a dollar short. How do you like them apples?

Date reviewed: Oct 1, 2006 5:50 AM

Nickname: Velireon

Review: Aaron, I don't know if you read your article comments, but I hope you do. I just want to say -- usually, when journalists writing in the standard newsmagazine style try to employ metaphors, it sounds trite and unskilled. This article, however, may be one of the best implementations of metaphor in journalism I've ever seen. Congrats.

Date reviewed: Sep 29, 2006 11:39 PM

Nickname: Nephus

Review: Well, although I'd have to admit that this theory is interesting, it doesn't seem to be based much on facts. How would adding simple cellphone-esque games to an iPod suddenly make Apple the top player in the console market? All I see is mention of wild theories about how this could replace input devices on your main computer and let you play from the couch. Other than the casual games market, which let's face it is not the power hungry demographic that drives new console sales, I'm not seeing Apple getting anywhere with game devices. Really, this just looks like another Apple fan pipe dream. Like so many I've heard over the years, this one is most likely going nowhere. At this point, the difference between a Mac and a PC has narrowed considerably, and it wasn't the PC that changed. I can go out and pay far too much for a Mac with a dual core Intel processor and run Windows on it or I can pay half and get a PC. Games console king indeed.

Date reviewed: Sep 29, 2006 2:26 PM

Nickname: Sterling

Review: A plausible argument by Roughly Drafted's Daniel Eran has the iTV being held just long enough for Apple to introduce 802.11n, which would allow 200 Mbit connections to an access point, nearly 10 times the a/g variety and more than enough to stream DVD-quality content wirelessly from a Mac. That would help explain the inclusion of an HDMI connection on Apple's new device. As Eran points out, you don't need an HDMI connection if you are simply streaming downloadable 640X480 content. Dude, 640 X 480 IS DVD quality. DVDs are either 640X480 or 720X480 depending on whether or not their pixel aspect ratios are NTSC or square. Of course, all video sold in iTunes uses square pixels, so yes, they are already at DVD/broadcast quality. Next stop is HD. Bring it on.

Date reviewed: Sep 28, 2006 3:14 PM

Nickname: Bert

Review: I think a set-top box is about the only way Apple could get into the gaming market. A lot of hardcore gamers like to build their own rigs, and will accept nothing less. If they can build a fairly good gaming rig for around $1,000--the closest Mac is a souped-up Mini, which can't even begin to compare with integrated graphics and a Merom Core 2 Duo. Apple's closed hardware platform means that without a set-top box, they will never be a gaming machine champion. Even the Mac Pro has some issues for gaming because simply upgrading the graphics card requires a card with EFI-compatible firmware, greatly limiting the available options to end users. Thus, Apple's only chance to really break into gaming is a set-top box.

Date reviewed: Sep 28, 2006 9:43 AM