It looks like apple is entering the gaming space with apple tv.

[Conina]

XanderXT said:

Soundwave said:

There will probably be more controller support for games if Apple TV sells decently (which I think it will). Wouldn't take a whole lot to add physical controls a lot of iOS games.

There's the fact that touch controls and physical controls feel very differently. You can't expect a game meant to be played using a touchscreen to respond as well when it uses controllers.

It's also a fact that there are already over 700 iOS games with controller support: https://mfigamelist.afterpad.com/allgames

For some of them the controller support is an afterthought, but many of them already work better with a bluetooth game controller and the touch screen input is only an optional compromise (especially the ports from PC/consoles like SW:KoTOR, Bioshock, GTA San Andreas...). https://mfigamelist.afterpad.com/best

With the new AppleTV, the number of games with good controller support will climb even faster than until now. More iOS-games than before will add local multiplayer and use other features that made not so much sense on iPhones or iPads.