Soundwave said:
I think what people aren't getting is this means you're going to probably have iPads starting even this year, but almost definitely next year which can run potentially even PS5 level games. The M2 chip may already be good enough to do it, but if it's not the M3 chip coming next year probably will be. So theoretically you'll be able play console games on this too: 
And yes that is a Dual Sense controller, Apple even sells them directly from their stores. That experience will be much more akin to a Steam Deck or Switch. The chip in the iPhone is cool and all, but the M1/M2 chips that are in Apple iPads and Macbooks is considerably more powerful and M1 Max/M2 Max chips would be able to run PS5 games outright. Keep in mind too these Apple chips have machine learning upsampling just like Nvidia's DLSS too, so they can render from a lower resolution and display at a higher output. The M chips are really, really impressive, since switching their own silicon Apple is making chips that are like desk top GPU quality but don't use anywhere close to the same amount of electricity. A few months ago Apple announced a Game Porting Tool for game developers aimed at letting developers port their Direct X 11/12 games (meaning basically PS5/XSX titles from PC) to run on Apple silicon (M-series chips, A-series chips). This is not a consumer tool, this is meant for developers to be able to see how much work they would need to do to port a game, but some people have been using it like an emulator to run PC games on their M-series Macs (I wouldn't recommend that, it's not what it's designed to do): So what is probably going to happen is developers will start making ports just for all Apple silicon chips. That port can then work on a Macbook laptop, a Mac Mini, an Apple TV, an iPad, and yes iPhone too, with scaling adjustments. That's what I don't think people are not understanding. It's not just an "iPhone port with touch controls!". You're gonna have one port and it will have fidelity of the PC or XSX/PS5 or better on the top end and then scale down to the iPhone which will probably be PS4++ fidelity. I think really for iPad this is going to be something Apple pushes. iPad is rumored to be getting a big refresh next year with OLED displays and if you put an M3 chip in there ... welp, you're gonna have a gorgeous gaming device and you can play that game on your iPhone 15 Pro too, so it can have a lot of that Switch or Steam Deck type functionality of "your game is always with you" but probably even moreso. People carry their iPhone everywhere, a Switch or Steam Deck not so much. Apple isn't happy with iPad shipments being "only" 50 million/year (lol), people have been asking why they are putting M1/M2 chips into iPad's since it's performance overkill for a tablet ... well I think gaming is the answer. They plan to start making a push into traditional gaming. | 
