Yeah the pricepoint blows and none of this will likely happen. There's a number of 3rd party controllres but the problem is that they don't have official support so they're not in every game. If Apple atleast had a standard/universal controller support it would be awesome. If Apple they did the wiimote thing where it's a remote control for the TV but you could use it as a gampead - ah, we can dream, heh.

Tactile feedback and real buttons just feel better, baby.

You sound like you know this imaginary kid better than I do!

Did it three years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzlSjnS0l3A

Apple seems to hate gaming. If they just released a solid bluetooth gamepad for Apple TV & iPads they could destroy consoles. What would you rather do: 1) Buy your kid an expensive console with $60 games. 2) Buy your kid a ton of $1 app style games with a system you may already own. Mind you, the production quality of AAA $60 games is a huge step up but some of them app games are pretty damn good for $1.

Didn't we do this THREE years ago?

I've got an acer for business. Doesn't alienware make laptops for gaming? My next laptop will probably come from http://sinsystems.ca/ they're like a smaller alienware.