Apple Pippin – Apples gaming console and platform

Apple eyed on the gaming console market and produced its first Gaming console Pippin in 1996 by joining the hands with Bandai. This gaming console is not only targeted for games but branded as the educational resource where it includes the internet browsing as well. Sadly this turned out to be a biggest flop in the apple’s history. It is said more than 1,00,000 units were built but they were able to sell only 42,000. This product is such a disaster that more number of gaming pads has to be built than the actual number of consoles sold. The lack of availability of various games and a tough competition from Sony PlayStation and Nintendo has forced the Apple to withdraw from this market though it has a plan to improve this platform in parallel to Mac. Apple has stopped the production of Pippin in 1998.