> This should be their entry into the TV space. I don't know why they don't see this -- probably because their senior management is too old to take the gaming space seriously.
It's not an issue of age, Apple has never been interested in games; just look at Electronic Arts (founded by an former Apple employee in 1982 because of Jobs/Apple's disinterest in games on computers).
Forget Pippin, remember what happened to "Through the Looking Glass"? A game which was scheduled to be included on every Mac that got shelved because they didn't want the Mac to be seen as a gaming company:
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Alice.txt
I bought one in the late 80s as an impulse buy for $5, was quite amazing for it's time.
It's not an issue of age, Apple has never been interested in games; just look at Electronic Arts (founded by an former Apple employee in 1982 because of Jobs/Apple's disinterest in games on computers).