Possibility of a new console brand coming into the market

[MrPopo]

I could see Activision coming out with a console at some point in the future. Lots of franchises that people want to play are under their umbrella.

Launching a console takes a lot of money for the R&D and a lot for the manufacturing. And unless you're Nintendo you also need to be able to absorb yearly losses for a number of years to establish your brand.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

I'm pretty sure that if any company creates a new console anytime soon, it would be Apple.

[enderfall]

So nobody considers OnLive a console? Interesting... I probably wouldn't consider it a console either, but surprised no one else thinks differently.

Just goes to show what a miserable failure it's going to be!

[AmishSamurai]

Onlive is a scam. Unless they can go back in time and send the signal to your TV before you press the button, our infrastructure just won't support it.

Additionally, Apple won't make a console. They'll say something about how consoles are dead, multimedia is the new way, the iPad is the best thing since sex, etc.

[JohnBaxterly]

They'll say something about how consoles are dead

I can't help but say that this is an excellent point. Apple is all about digital, which is slowly becoming the way to do shit.

[Pabstblueribbon]

I'm wondering what everyone on here thinks the odds of a brand new console making it on the market are, no matter how good it is.

mattel hyperscan - production stopped in 2008. i remember i saw handful of these games at a flea market once

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperScan

how I forgot about this, i'll never know. there are seriously tons of these still floating around a place up here that stocks random crap like that. Always tempted to buy one but never did.

[BlackDS]

well, a totally new company would probably tank coughgizmondocough, since they wouldn't have any sort of brand image at all, and they would have to take some heavy losses for the first few years.

[zxqdms]

I think Smith Engineering is going to re-emerge with a new Vectrex. It will be pretty awesome.

[Hatta]

Fairchild Channel G.

[MrPopo]

I think Smith Engineering is going to re-emerge with a new Vectrex. It will be pretty awesome.

Day 1 purchase if it comes with Asteroids and Defender.