danvm

9secondkox2 said:

Apple should do this. EA is huge with fantastic IPs. 

That would provide Apple with tremendous leverage in the gaming scene and plug the only hole Macs have. 

Mass Effect
F1
Dragon Age
Fifa
Need for Speed
Titanfall
Battlefield
Command and Conquer
Dead Space
Numerous Star Wars games

 Etc etc etc

its a treasure trove. 

The Bungie acquisition gave Microsoft the must-have it needed back when. 

This would do that for Apple. 

Apple Arcade is crap. Sorry. It’s a joke. It’s the same as not even trying. Just a way to get recurring payments from people who don’t buy games much. In the beginning, it was a way to focus on higher quality mobile games. But now it’s just a subscription tier for the same old crap. 

Apple has the ecosystem, hardware, software, APIs,  and trusted brand to dominate the gaming industry. 

Focus on M2 Pro based “Apple Arcade” console (or have a new Apple TV+Arcade higher tier device), Mac and iOS and then port the games to third party console and pc a few months later. Create movies and tv series with these IPs and feature them on Apple TV+. It’s a business that wouldn’t be denied. So much potential here. 

Beats said:

danvm said:

genovelle said:

brian.on.android said:

Beats said:

Not like MS is a competitor to Apple or anything.

And MS is right! Let’s also open up all of Microsoft’s stores to 3rd parties! I wanna be able to sell my crappy games on Xbox without giving them money!!

Microsoft has a monopoly on Windows!! Microsoft, police yourselves!

Microsoft doesn't put the same controls on Windows that Apple puts on their platforms.

For one you can install whatever you want on their devices. For another they allow third party payments for when you do use their store.

Windows is Not a mobile device that stores all your data and can be easily stolen or misplaced. When windows phone existed they had a similar store but it failed miserably and they a jealous now. 

If MS is jealous of Apple mobile market, I suppose Apple is jealous of MS enterprise market, right?

They are afraid Apple will finally get serious about enterprise software and compete with Office in a concerted manner. They also see the Mac install base increasing significantly since the pandemic. That means fewer windows licenses. What’s crazy is that if Apple doubled their install base Microsoft would still have 80% of the market, but they are just greedy and want it all. 

Do you really MS is afraid of Apple enterprise software? Apple has a lot work to do if they want to get close to MS in the enterprise, specially when you consider the ecosystem MS have for enterprises.  

And yes, Mac installed based grew, but looks like Windows too, considering Windows 10 / 11 are installed in 1.5B devices.  

What a stupid comment.

Why the fu** would anyone think Apple is “jealous too” when they aren’t making any ridiculous claims to the government?

The jealous argument is based on a FACT and not a random fallacy. 

netrox said:

libertyforall said:

So add side loading, disable by default, give customers the choice.  
VOILA.  

That's not how it works.

When Facebook and Netflix decide not to do on App Store, what choice do you have? They will force you to pay on the side, not in App Store to get around the 30% fee. 

I am tired of people thinking that they should have a free choice when it's deigned to protect you from criminals. 

MplsP said:

The intel processors are such energy hogs compared to the M1 that I have a hard time believing the battery numbers. Of course, if the ipad were 50% thicker like the Surface was that would all be battery so you’d probably get close to a 20 hour life on the iPad. You also wouldn’t be able to keep your coffee hot with it.

“In Microsoft's favor is, sadly, Windows.” This is the problem. IT doesn’t care that it’s a mediocre device. They care that it’s on the same platform.

Apple has done an incredible job packing an insane amount of power and potential into the ipad. Now they just need to put their effort into maturing iPadOS so it’s abilities match the power of the device.