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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
A7 is powerful but it's sort of wasted on handheld games, since the only ones that make money are shovelware pay to win titles. And if they try to make a 'console' type device (like a new Apple TV with A8) it will have the same problem as the Ouya (but with more power).. so it is sort of in between. Besides, Apple have shown that they have no interest in gaming at all.
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Apple developed a sprite framework and gaming controller framework in iOS 7, then expanded the sprite framework while adding two more (a 3D framework and Metal) for iOS 8. That's quite the investment for a company with "no interest in gaming".
The Ouya? That failed for several reasons. The biggest was relying on an OS with poor support for gaming and inferior development tools. Couple that with a console that shipped with a crappy Tegra 3 and anyone could have predicted their failure. And to think people actually gave them millions in funding.