Since the utter failure of the Apple Pippin in the mid-'90s, there's always been a certain subset of the tech world obsessed with the idea of Apple swooping in to save the game console market from itself. That suggestion gained real traction, though, after the iPhone and then the iPad revolutionized the market for gaming away from the the TV, lifting mobile gaming from a Java-based joke to an industry that's worth tens of billions of dollars worldwide.
The newest Apple TV model is the company's long-awaited attempt to bring that mobile gaming revolution to the living room TV, complete with a unique touchpad Remote, optional support for more traditional, button-filled GamePads, and the familiar, wide open App Store model. The result is a product that captures some of the best and worst features of mobile gaming in a living room box, and serves as the most compelling gaming microconsole to date.
What if your TV was, like, a really big iPad?
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