Re:Are you insane? (Score 1)

They could do it properly this time. The Mac Mini already costs as much as a PS3 (albeit sans controller). If Apple had a mind to get into the console games industry, all it would take is some strict controller, hardware, and installation/save game compatability requirements for game developers. No really special hardware or software, just a set of standards and a stripped-down version of OS X. Insert a properly configured DVD, and the system would ask if you'd like it to act like a computer and install the game or pretend to be a console and play it with standard save file settings. If it worked, the gap between consoles and PCs would be a little smaller, we could buy games through iTunes and play against friends met through .Mac, and computer users could enjoy some undoubtedly pretty and ergonomic controllers. If it failed, we'd have a ~$500 entry-level Mac, some games designed with an optional installation process, and some undoubtedly pretty and ergonomic controllers. Apple's already done wonders for MP3 players and legal online music - I'm neither a user nor a fan of their products and I still think they could succeed where crappy companies like Phantom have failed.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with the Wii remote. I'm just killing time until someone lets me map the pitch of the controller directly to the pitch of my aim in HL2.