Report: Apple not interested in console production

Last month we covered a rumor that was reporting that Apple was producing a gaming console to be released in late 2012, most likely integrated with Apple TV. According to Apple's CEO, though, they're up to "non-traditional" gaming projects – simply put, they have no plans to jump into the console business.

Apple CEO Tim Cook, speaking to reporters at the D10 conference, Cook dismissed the rumors stating, "I'm not interested in being in the console business in what is thought of as traditional gaming. But Apple is a big player today, and things in the future will only make that bigger."

If you are looking forward to Apple's next "big thing," you can now bet that it will not pertain to console gaming, at least in the production aspect. Though we weren't quite sure what to think when the rumors began to surface last month, we're a bit disappointed that we won't see Apple and Valve's – who was rumored to be partnered with the corporate giant on the project – take on the "console war" (if we still want to act like that's a thing).

Source: [GameInformer]