14 DAY TRIAL // Secrecy is very good for a company that became popular, because it increases the public's curiosity and, in some cases, the shares' market value. We heard so many rumors about the iPod and iPhone lately that I have to confess one thing to you: I am tired of them; I need something new, at least from time to time!
Thanks to Apple Insider's Prince McLean's article published yesterday, I have been able to find more about the news of the Prudential analyst Jesse Tortora that also delivered some interesting facts about the iPhone, and we checked those already. Now the time has come for a little gaming!
Since Tortora claims that Apple Computer has hired video game designers and he doesn't talk just to have an occupation, things look really interesting. Don't think about seeing the first game console from Apple this spring, but in the long run, I am sure that something will happen. After all, you don't hire video game designers just for the sake of it!
The catalysts of Apple's future gaming market experience are the design superiority, the notoriety of the Apple brand name, and since they recently announced the availability of various games for the iPod through the iTunes store, things begin to get a clear shape, don't you think?
"The game console device could be morphed out of some combination of the MacMini and iTV, while the handheld player could be developed as an enhancement to a future version of the widescreen iPod", said the analyst, according to Apple Insider.
The video game market is a real challenge, and Apple will have to battle Microsoft and Sony if it decides to enter the market. However, since the first step has been taken with the launch of the first iPod games, only the future will show Apple's decision, because everything's up to them!