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Yeah, the AAA franchises are doing great, but they're still part of a stagnant market that's selling into a market that doesn't see the value in what they consume.

Apple would need to spend a fortune in hardware costs just to enable the current expectations of AAA titles, and even then they wouldn't be bringing anything to the table that Sony and MS aren't already.

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I think it might run the same risk that I think the OUYA does in that case.

Sony & MS will launch new consoles with some jaw dropping must have launch titles to push sales to "hardcore gamers". At the same time they wait to see which independent Apple/OUYA titles are becoming popular, approach the devs and get ports for their consoles.

As the price for the next gen Sony/MS consoles drop the reasons for buying the other consoles start to shrink because all of the best games are available on the PS4 anyway.

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