Mac Rumors: Apple TV A Gaming Platform?

I hate to say I told you so — especially when the evidence I have that I was “right” is a single post based on the slip of a tongue of a game developer that was then posted to a notorious Apple rumormongering site, but, check it: Mac Rumors: Apple TV A Gaming Platform?.

In a recent interview with Wired, Greg Canessa, the ex-General Manager of XBox Live Arcade, and now Vice President of video game platforms at PopCap games indicates that his role at PopCap will be to help proliferate their games onto multiple platforms, including the Apple TV.

I told you so.

Er, wait…I just read my old post again. Apparently I was ranting about how focusing on games for the Apple TV would be stupid, but that the real killer app would be allowing people to download movies and TV shows directly from the iTunes Store.

Which would, in fact, be the killer app.

I agree with me.

That and having a base station built into the damn thing. Is Apple seriously telling me that I have to buy another box in order to get wireless Internet access in an Apple TV-equipped home? WTF?

Although I do notice something interesting in that write-up of the new Airport Extreme:

New to AirPort Extreme, AirPort Disk turns almost any external USB hard drive into a shared drive. Simply connect the drive to the USB port on the back of your AirPort Extreme and — voila — all the documents, videos, photos, and other files on the drive instantly become available to anyone on the secure network, Mac and PC alike. It’s perfect for backups, collaborative projects, and more.

Hmmm. All of the sudden we’ve got about 75% of that home server I was going on and on about a while back. Plus, it looks like there are some goodies built in to enable you to have different user folders, password and so on. Kudos, Apple.

Now…build it into the Apple TV!