Rumor: Apple to introduce game console in WWDC?

Gamer Gal's Insider: Elephant in the room.

I'd love to see Apple enter the video game console wars, as long as they manage to come up with something ground breaking and profitable, Apple can't afford a losing product.

The reality though, seems a little bit different, I don't think they'll go beyond the iPhone in gaming. There still remains a possibility of Apple TV games as an added functionality, after all Apple TV has Mac OS X, and runs on Intel processors just like any other Mac, so any Mac game can be easily run on Apple TV. Apple TV is a stripped down Mac, so they might need to up the specs a little (a lot).

Admittedly Mac OS X doesn't have a lot of games but some of the more popular PC games are also available on the Mac.
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With the slowing down US economy, it might not be in Apple's best interest to get into a cut throat market that (other than Nintendo) no one is making considerable profits on. Sony and Microsoft have the deep wallets and are diversified to handle a lose in their gaming division, Apple isn't.

So, I don't think Apple will have anything about gaming (unless it is iPhone) in WWDC this year, what I'm really waiting for is a new MacBook Pro, because I'm planning on getting myself one.