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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Apple's videogame future | Games | Game Room | Macworld

Apple's videogame future | Games | Game Room | Macworld: With the iPad 2 (), Apple certainly has the hardware to make such a daring move. The iPad 2's technological prowess is nothing short of incredible when you consider its svelte frame; already impressive iOS titles like Infinity Blade () are given an additional layer of detail that approaches the sort of lavish imagery we're accustomed to seeing on our Xbox 360s and PS3. With the current generation of iOS gaming arguably giving the Nintendo Wii a run for its money in graphical terms, an all-new Apple "console" based on the Apple A5 ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU—which powers the iPad 2 and is expected to make its way into the next iPhone model—could easily be up to PS3/360 standard...or possibly even beyond.