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Subject: Should Bungie make its own console?

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Posted by: x Foman123 x
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Blame Stosh.

  • 02.27.2012 5:38 PM PDT


Posted by: Destiny 7
No thanks.

  • 02.27.2012 5:38 PM PDT

I very much doubt they'd have the economies of scale to make such a venture even remotely profitable. (even if they did manage to jump through all the hoops of design and manufacturing.)

  • 02.27.2012 5:59 PM PDT

There comes a time in every mans life... and that time is not now.

If they want to lose a lot of money, sure, go right ahead.

  • 02.27.2012 6:11 PM PDT

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A lot, a lot, a lot of work and knowledge, and money goes into making consoles. I do agree that they go back to making games for the Pippin. That would be awesome.

  • 02.27.2012 6:47 PM PDT

"No, Hoobla. No."
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No.
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  • 02.27.2012 7:07 PM PDT

Citizens of Me! The cruelty of the old Pharaoh is a thing of the past. Let a whole new wave of cruelty wash over this lazy land.

Hear the word of Pharaoh. Build unto me a statue of ridiculous proportion. One billion cubits in height......that I might be remembered for all eternity!

And be quick about it!

It should be called a Sauce Console and they should make Epic Meal Time: the Game for it.

  • 02.27.2012 7:52 PM PDT

Maybe sometime down the road, but at this point they shou;ld just focus on their next game.

  • 02.27.2012 7:54 PM PDT

How hard would it be to find somebody who makes a properly sized case, get a microATX motherboard with a low-medium level graphics card, throw it all together and call it console? Using off-the-shelf hardware it wouldn't be that hard. That's how Microsoft made the 360 (and how, supposedly, it's gonna make its successor).

Edit: For more or less those reasons there isn't any point to making your own console anyways, there's a lot of software work that goes into it as well. You basically have to write an operating system (though of course you could just hack some flavor of Linux together, and it would be awesome).

[Edited on 02.27.2012 9:55 PM PST]

  • 02.27.2012 9:54 PM PDT

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Is this a jokes?

  • 02.27.2012 10:15 PM PDT


Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: TilledMule9946
Posted by: Recon Number 54
Bring back the Pippin!

What's a Pippin? A short hairy dude?

I miss GJJ, he got my obscure references.


It's ok I've got your back. I remember the Pipp!n and that boomerang of a controller. Awesome stuff indeed.

  • 02.28.2012 12:39 AM PDT

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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Bring back the Pippin!
During the N64 and Playstation days, it would take approximately 15 seconds for me to load up a game. Look at how long it takes to load up the Pippin.

Apple, in my opinion, is great at making iPods and computers, just not game consoles. And history shows the Pippin hasn't held the test of time for a reason.

  • 02.28.2012 4:45 AM PDT
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Posted by: Madmaxepic
It should be called a Sauce Console and they should make Epic Meal Time: the Game for it.
Will it have Kinect functionality?

  • 02.28.2012 6:29 AM PDT

Кланяються мені!

Ugh no. I have enough consoles already. I hate the console wars enough, adding another contender to the mix blargh

  • 02.28.2012 6:41 AM PDT
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I <3 you too Bungie

To my understanding, consoles rarely make money on their own. Most companies barely break even with them simply because the money isn't in consoles, it's in peripherals and games.

  • 02.28.2012 8:05 AM PDT

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Posted by: TilledMule9946

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Bring back the Pippin!

What's a Pippin? A short hairy dude?
i was thinking of a small dog that rides around in a spotty airplane.

is this what you meant Recon?

  • 02.28.2012 8:07 AM PDT

Hi I'm RT and I like to argue!

While they're at it, they should make a car, too. Why not?

:-/

  • 02.28.2012 8:34 AM PDT
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I want a bike!
Posted by: RighteousTyrant
While they're at it, they should make a car, too. Why not?

:-/

  • 02.28.2012 8:35 AM PDT

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In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
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Posted by: Qbix89
I want a bike!
Posted by: RighteousTyrant
While they're at it, they should make a car, too. Why not?

:-/


I want a Bungie boat.

  • 02.28.2012 8:36 AM PDT

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