Comments on: [UPDATE] If Jim Dalrymple is right about the rumored Apple Game Controller, then something is wrong http://isource.com/2013/03/30/jim-dalrymple-apple-game-controller/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: James Rogers http://isource.com/2013/03/30/jim-dalrymple-apple-game-controller/#comment-53490 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:11:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=61140#comment-53490 I’ve heard of it. However, the Apple that produced it and other products with great promise that they ultimately couldn’t pull off (such as the Newton), no longer exists. That company was quickly killed off by Steve Jobs upon his return, and hasn’t been seen since. The way they operate now is very, very different.

My frustration with Apple has been that they currently have all of the individual pieces in place to make their current devices into a functional casual gaming system, except for the controller. Add that hardware, and tie it all together into a cohesive whole, and Apple could really hurt Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo on the low end of the market. The Pipin was launched into a void with no support, where a current effort would already have a mature ecosystem to lean on.

All that said, you are correct. Apple did fail pretty spectacularly at this once upon a time. As much as they push gaming on their mobile devices, maybe they are gunshy due to their past experience.

]]> By: Rambir http://isource.com/2013/03/30/jim-dalrymple-apple-game-controller/#comment-53489 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:32:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=61140#comment-53489 Have you guys heard of the pippin, read that and wonder whether Apple should make a games console, it was so tragic. I wish I could just shoot every last remaining one to put it out of its misery.

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