Apple readying a handheld console to compete with Nintendo Switch

12 October 2021
Major studios already developing games for the new console.

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They gonna crush Nintendo with A15

    HELL YEAH and I hate Apple's closed philosophies and iOS. The reason this has me interested is because their SoC blows away anything Qualcomm comes out with. As long as we can run emulators, I might be in.

    Most consoles are closed. Windows is closed. But people find ways to run emulators on them. I got into emulators from a first generation iPod touch. Imagine playing them on an A15? Snapdragon 888 can barely play GameCube games smoothly and has a little trouble with Wii games.

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      • Invai
      • S3c
      • 12 Oct 2021

      It will retail at an affordable $995, and for $1495 you can get the model with 64 GiB extra storage.

        Since apple have the A15 which in theory is powerful as a PS4 Pro, this console really have potential.

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          • Anonymous
          • GQU
          • 12 Oct 2021

          The only problem is IP, Nintendo has a huge legacy, with titles dating 40 years back, that they can cash on year after year after year.

          Apple has to create a name for its titles and IP and stick to it.

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            • Anonymous
            • GQU
            • 12 Oct 2021

            Amazing, with their efficient ARM processor and their financial muscle they can outright buy or hire studios to make exclusive high quality first party games for them.

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              • MAD
              • nEs
              • 12 Oct 2021

              funny really funny:

              "Apple readying a handheld console to compete with Nintendo Switch"

              I mean come on who makes this stuff up....Nintendo will kick there ass, without even trying lol.

                HopeFilledIdiot, 12 Oct 2021This is so weird. Apple the company that charges a huge... moreimagine complaining about having more options to choose from like a real 🤡

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                  • NLB
                  • A0n
                  • 12 Oct 2021

                  O dear one hour battery with better graphics in 4K . Apple start worse, upgrade it a little but still worse, upgrade it more a bit better, upgrade with the best ever for every Apple products in History and still medium, upgrade again and looks better but only a extra camera, roll out a year later camera on the other side and every time asking more money. Hell NO

                    Anonymous, 12 Oct 2021Competition is good for consumers, Switch has monopoly . So... morethis is not a competition at all, switch are for nintendo games alone, you can't play anything else on them.
                    and for the apple one its most likely going to be just like the switch with specific games and nothing else is allowed to run on it.
                    its just monopoly with 2 players.

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                      • James
                      • L1w
                      • 12 Oct 2021

                      No one can beat Nintendo in the handheld market, even Sony has failed.

                        They should. They have a kinda good game ecosystem with some exculsive titles excluding *ehm* Fortnite *ehm*; their GPU in A/M series, IMO, is now better than the Tegra one that Switch has been using for almost 5 years. The only challenge for them I think is how to achieve that unique fun gaming experience that people always get from Nintendo consoles.

                          This is so weird.

                          Apple the company that charges a huge amount as it's "Apple Tax" is trying to enter a market where you have to actually sell the product at a loss and recoup costs throughout the years.

                          Apple fans are probably still gonna buy it tho lmao

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 2mA
                            • 12 Oct 2021

                            Competition is good for consumers, Switch has monopoly . Sony should Jump in too.

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                              • Arod
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                              • 12 Oct 2021

                              ButterBlock, 12 Oct 2021Sounds good to me, Apple SOCs are very efficient. Even an i... morelol true
                              even playing minecraft it lags or freezes (i dont my bro plays it)

                                I'd never seen that Apple console. Discontinued after 1 year. Yikes. I think I do remember seeing that controller, so I guess I just didn't know it ever materialized into an actual product.

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                                  • Arod
                                  • ri}
                                  • 12 Oct 2021

                                  i heard that its gonna have a a14 chipset and the remotes will not be detachable (these are rumors i heard dont be pissed off)
                                  but if add a cooling fan on the chip (like the switch)
                                  this will be a beast of a mobile console

                                    Sounds good to me, Apple SOCs are very efficient. Even an iphone from 2017 destroys the switch.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • d%$
                                      • 12 Oct 2021

                                      No chance for Apple

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