danvm

danox said:

Microsoft is flushing $69 billion dollars, buying a nebulous game content company, if they were buying Unreal Engine, or Unity, that would be worthwhile, particularly Unreal Engine, buying a hollow game company were the actual talent isn’t tied to the company and usually hired on a per game basis and then let go at the end of a project, all Microsoft is getting in the end is just the game titles, but the talent is free to go anywhere to work that isn’t a good deal, the federal government unintentionally was saving Microsoft from itself.

That $69 billion acquisition is probably more than what Apple has spent in its entire history on mergers and acquisitions. In fact, it probably is three times maybe four times more. And most of the talent can just fly away because that is the nature of game development, once a particular project is over usually you’re gone.

When your competition is about to make a big mistake let them, smile and congratulate them, Tim Cook is probably smiling……

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wood1208 said:

If I am Apple or Google, I would not rest on my laurels. ChatGPT along with Microsoft is formidable threat to many Tech companies in online Search.

wood1208 said:

If I am Apple or Google, I would not rest on my laurels. ChatGPT along with Microsoft is formidable threat to many Tech companies in online Search.

Fixed it for you sounds like Google’s Ad business is the one that’s going to get hit over the head if it does search well.

Remember that MS will use Open AI technology in their browser, Windows and MS Office.  We'll have to wait how it works, but if they succeed, they could be a threat to Apple software too.  

I doubt it if it works and provides accurate search. Google ad empire is the number one target and most affected, nice try however with the false Apple equivalence, but even without AI everyone knows to look on page two for what you really are searching for with Google. That’s been true with Google search for years.

entropys said:

I have a touch screen on my work HP f dragonfly. I don’t use it. For scrolling, and that is about it. And let’s be honest, touchscreens are probably offered because for some unfathomable reason windows trackpads are crap, and have always been crap, despite the mac example to copy.

if apple goes touch screen in 2025, it will be because the iPadisation of MacOS is complete; or it has become too hard to get a non touch OLED display.

Ironically, we are getting a thinkpad P14s workstation for engineering student daughter. It doesn’t have a touchscreen. And comparably priced to a very tricked out MBP. But I digress.

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.