So the answer is: if Apple were to enter the market, they are positioned to have a powerful, premium console sold at a profit, while being somewhat reasonably priced, and getting a lot of exclusive compelling content. Put that way, yes, an Apple system could easily be a huge success – and again, let’s not forget to account for their sheer marketing muscle and the strength of their brand either.
Of course, as we have established several times, this is all a moot point, because of all the terrible decisions I can see any company making, trying to get into the console market is one of the worst ones. As we’ve already covered, it’s a stagnant market, with no stability, that can take years and billions of dollars to break into, all while Apple is already earning money hand over fist from video games without having to lift a finger. There will never be an Apple console – but if any company other than Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo were to have a chance at making it work, it would be Apple, and no one else.