Why Apple CEO Tim Cook Met With Valve [Exclusive] | Cult of Mac

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Why Apple CEO Tim Cook Met With Valve [Exclusive] | Cult of Mac

An unconfirmed report surfaced yesterday saying that Apple CEO Tim Cook was spotted at Valve’s headquarters in Bellevue, Washington. Whenever Cook is spotted out and about, people take notice. The CEO of the world’s most valuable company doesn’t personally visit other tech companies to simply have a chat.

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jackwhitney1

Could we see an integration of steam into the mac app store? Or maybe steam in the next version of the apple tv box maybe??

Lane Jasper

This will truly be amazing I think. Siri/iTunes/Web/gaming etc. all in one package for a home media center with the quality and build by Apple? MOST DEFINITELY going to get one.

Lane Jasper

I'd still like to see more recent games for Mac OSas well, rather than all focus being on iOS but this coming out (if rumors are true) will most likely be the new focus for Mac gaming rather than bringing newer titles to the Lap/Desk top platform OS X I believe.

Christian Moesgaard

Apple is the last company in the world I would try to license a gaming product with. Their 3D performance is absolutely abysmal.

NotSoNinja75

I think Jack has got it, much more likely to be a software/licensing deal than any fancy new hardware. I wonder is the source engine could be ported to iOS?

jackwhitney1

Yes it unlike apple to collaborate on hardware with another company as they like to have tight control of their products. Not so much with software. So as I said earlier some sort of software deal is a lot more likely.

Matthew Gonzales Landry

This is exciting news. I'd never think Apple would get into the gaming market unless they know they're going to be successful. Tacking on gaming into the Apple TV or iPanel is a great move! It's a bigger incentive than running "blown up iPad games" on the new unit. Right now I have my Mac Pro connected to my TV, but it looks like Apple wants the TV to be a standalone system. I really have clue what's coming but this looks to be the biggest year for Apple in history.

ken147

Is the cake still a lie?

Neil Paul Donal Almond

The idea of incorporated console would make sense. Especially after the patents Apple have submitted regarding 3D avatars http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9176905/Apple-patents-3D-avatar-app.html

It all fits together nicely!

James Anders

So, Tim flew to meet with Valve. Hmm. I wonder if Tim got Steve's old plane?

MacsFuture

This totally makes sense and is exiting news. I am holding off on replacing my 7 year old 42 inch plasma tv in the hopes that Apple comes out with a real tv later this year. Very cool.

Tallest_Skil

How stupid do you have to be? Apple isn't making a television. Apple isn't making a console. This is absolutely idiotic.

Valve MAY be making iOS ports of its games, or they may be bringing their desktop games to the Mac App Store.

zoomos

I think it would be awesome if apple made a complete gaming system, TV, Gaming Console and iTunes all in one package but the price will ultimately dictate it's success.

lowtolerance

How stupid do you have to be? Apple isn't making a television. Apple isn't making a console. This is absolutely idiotic.

Why is it so hard to believe that Apple might be working on a console?

iOS has more games than any console in history combined, and adapting those to the TV wouldn't be much more difficult than adapting an iPhone game to the iPad. Existing iOS devices could act as controllers, interfacing via Bluetooth 4. For those without an iPhone/iPad/iPod. Apple could sell a lower-cost "dumb" touchscreen, similar to what Nintendo is doing with the Wii U.

I don't think this is a matter of "if" as much as a matter of "when". Mark my words, within the next couple of years, we will see an app-enabled Apple TV that will do for gaming what Apple has already done for so many other industries. The pieces of the puzzle are all there; it just wouldn't make sense for them not to capitalize on it. The first-gen Apple console will be ho-hum(you won't be playing the next Call of Duty on the ATV anytime soon), but While MS, Sony and Nintendo are content with shipping a new console every 10 years, Apple will be filling in the gap by releasing more and more capable ATVs every single year, backwards compatible all the way down to iPhone OS 2.x.

Brian Edward Croner

SIgn me up! I'll make a video game for an Apple game system any day.

ShinobiDark72

Disgusting. Keep Apple and their overpriced garbage out of the video game industry. The only things they've made that were ever worth a damn were the iPhone and iPod line of devices. Anything else from Apple is an utterly useless piece of garbage.

Randall Wyatt Roberts

I can almost guarantee you that Valve will never collaborate with Apple on anything. Gabe Newell has spoken out many times against controlling and isolating platforms with an iron fist. I'm pretty sure "open" anything is against Apple's mission statement.

Alan Mail

Silly fabricated rumors with no truth

Vincent Von Dudler

If true - as long as Apple doesn't try collecting subscription fees ia la MS with the XBox requiring a Gold account to do virtually anything (like watch Netflix on top of my Netflix subscription...) I'll buy one. If I have to subscribe to an Apple service however - no. Not gonna happen. My big problem with AppleTV is that it can't stream DLNA content from a media server. It's just common sense, Apple. I would have purchased an AppleTV a LONG time ago if it had this feature that exists on EVERY other console / media player.