Console Talk #1: If Apple Made a Gaming Console

Apple is a huge corporation that produces many devices that people of any age can use. These include smartphones, music players, tablets, laptops, desktops, and TVs. An application that all of these products have is iTunes, a library of TV shows, movies, and songs that you can purchase and watch or listen to at any time. Most of Apple's products also have the App Store, which allows users to purchase additional applications, from games to fitness apps to social networking apps.

After knowing all these things, one may wonder:

Is there even one device that Apple can't produce successfully?

Well, there was.

The Apple Bandai Pippin.

This console wasn't exactly a huge hit, it couldn't compete with the other consoles in its time. If you want a huge explanation of why it didn't succeed, you could find it somewhere else.

I'm just gonna say this: It wasn't fun.

The Apple Bandai Pippin was released a while ago, which makes me wonder:

What would happen if Apple made a gaming console today?

Today's world of gaming consoles includes the Wii, the Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. These consoles have even more popular successors, or the Wii U, the Xbox One, and the PlayStation 4.

Today's consoles allow you to do more than just play video games. They allow to use applications such as Netflix and YouTube, or search engines such as Google and Bing.

Now, imagine if Apple made a gaming console today.

• Being able to use iTunes straight from your gaming console, playing any song or TV show or movie you've purchased onto your TV.
• Being able to access your iPhone or iPod or iPad's messages without having to look away from your TV.
• Using the App Store to play games like Angry Birds or Cut the Rope on your TV 

Most important of all, having all of these features and being able to play games like Call of Duty or Madden like usual.

If Apple made a console, it could end up amazing and a huge hit.

Or, it could end up like the Apple Bandai Pippin.

In the end, at least we can always count on Apple for our phones and music.