It's a gaming industry epic piece of news when an original creating pioneer that has seen the digital age expand on mainly his own inventions (regardless of who stole them first), has brought the iOS and portable gaming, casual gaming, and network gaming to a level that would otherwise never had been experienced. He has declared present COO Tim Cook should take his place...
Retro gaming console emulator apps are now welcome on the Apple App Store and can even offer downloadable games.
From systems that could keep your beer cool, to oddities trying to get in on the popularity of VHS and laserdisc, you’ve got some very, very weird video game consoles out there.
I had the LaserActive... it was a nice collectors piece but not very practical. Especially when it came to needing recapping. I think i paid all of about $50 for the floor model from an incredible Universe back in the day. I ended up selling it many years later for $300 at the time due to it needing a new laser and the aforementioned recapping.
An honorable mention not on the list would be the VM Labs Nuon. It basically looked like any regular DVD player but it had ports on it for controllers to play specific games. one of which is still exclusive to it with Tempest 3000. It also offered nuon enhanced DVD movies with extra content not accessible by regular players.
Epic Games winning its cases against both Apple and Google is shaping the way forward for the future of mobile gaming.
I feel alot of mobile gamers are kids which will at some point probably turn to console or pc. Mobile gaming just doesn't cut it for me.
Don't know why, but this makes me smile
What will the Angry Birds say? And the photo there just makes me wonder if he's thinking "Heh Bill, this looks like a much cooler faster and better version of windows now doesn't it?"
Reports are saying that consumers will have less trust in the products now since it isn't Steve that's in charge. I think the Apple brand stands on its own regardless of if he's CEO or chairman, he's obviously in need of some time off and enjoyment of his life other than being 'plugged in' all the time which is respectable. As far as the iOS games, even tho Android is giving them a run for their money, they both have money to run with so I think it's a matter of consumer preference. I for one respect them both but i-apps tend to be less buggy and close correctly when you want them to not hogging up ram.