Apple Extending Trademark to Include Handheld Gaming
Toys, games and playthings, namely, hand-held units for playing electronic games; hand-held units for playing video games; stand alone video game machines; electronic games other than those adapted for use with television receivers only; LCD game machines; electronic educational game machines; toys, namely battery-powered computer games
The filing took place on February 5th, 2008.Apple's iPods have always contained a few built-in games, but in 2006, Apple extended this to allow 3rd party developers release downloadable games through iTunes. The trademark application, however, will certainly reignite rumors that Apple is seriously pursing its own game development or even its own game console.
Apple has been known to be recruiting game developers back in 2006, and has authored a number of the existing iPod games. In the mid 90's, Apple did launch a short lived game console called Pippin.
Update: Game Developer Job listing from Apple, via 9to5.
Video Game Design and Production. Successful candidate possesses a proven track-record of producing and designing great video games.
This may not mean much, as Apple has already written and released a number of iPod games.Top Rated Comments
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I don't think its likely that apple will release an entirely different device for gaming. More likely is apple developed games for iPhone/iPod Touch which could be pretty cool with the use of the accelerometer.
Exactly
far out though
Saying that, itunes store as a channel for distrbuting "DS-like" games would be excellent, handheld games are stupid, tiny, inconvenient, easily lost things, and an online distribution model suits them down to a tee.. PSP suffers most from that, but the UMD is still pretty killer for putting big games on a tiny handheld. Apple would just bung an ipod HD in there though and make UMD look stupid.
I'm sure Nintendo have realised all this already though.. Well, I hope so for their own sake..
I don't think its likely that apple will release an entirely different device for gaming. More likely is apple developed games for iPhone/iPod Touch which could be pretty cool with the use of the accelerometer.
Ya, the iPhone and touch are probably pretty simmilar to what Nintendo's next handheld will probably be like, using both motion controls and a touch screen. If you think about it, they have a great game platform possibility on their hands.
MadDoc,
I used to think that the games for the ipods were pretty useless but after getting a new nano I have to say they are really playable. Ofcourse its not going to beat my psp or ps3 but they are good time wasters and could be something that will be a good revenue stream for apple
Knowing Apple, it would be sooo beautiful and sooo technologic.
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