ebw on 14 September 2017
| Machiavellian said: Apple does not care about games and never have. Apple does not have a game division, develop games or have any interest in doing so even though games sell great on their devices. While it seems like Apple can just jump into the console market because they are Apple but would they not pretty much be in the same place as MS. They would need to develop a games division or they would just be another 3rd party machine fighting against Sony, Nintendo and even MS. Having a device that can stream 4K content is nothing new and pretty much all the other OEMs do this besides Nintendo. Sony has no mind share as a gaming company so getting your hardcore to get the device will be a challenge. Going for the casual, they would need to go up against Nintendo which would not be a good decision unless they have something to separate Apple TV from what Nintendo offer. |
They do have some interest in games, since they hired Matt Casamassina away from IGN to manage the games section of the App Store. But yeah, the total number of games Apple has produced and sold in its entire existence can be counted on one hand (I can only think of Alice for the original Mac and Texas Hold'Em for the iPod and iPhone) — they are happy to provide platforms for third parties to develop games on, but they haven't shown any interest in becoming a games studio. To some extent, they don't need to: as long as the iPhone continues to deliver huge software sales, third-party developers will have an incentive to bring their A game to the iPhone, so there is less reason to pull a Nintendo and provide top-tier first-party titles.
