Stabitha_Christie

Beats said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

Beats said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

Beats said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

Beats said:

Quibi  also had a “sticky” subscription model.

If the content sucks, no one cares. 

Change the headline to “APPLE is positioned to dominate the gaming market, but won’t”

You also think Apple makes most of it's money from gaming...... so not exactly the best informed source on the subject. 

No. Apple makes most of its money from iPhone hardware. They make most of App Store money from gaming.

Edit:
Because I know more people with bad reading comprehension will continue to reply:

I used the word “dominate” because Apple still has platforms they have barely set foot in like Mac, consoles and 1st party IPs. Apple Arcade is a joke compared to Nintendo, Microsoft etc.

When I say “Apple”, I literally mean Apple. Not EA, not Rovio, not Zynga.

Game Center has been garbage for over a year and Apple has ONE game on the App Store that no one even knows about.

Literal quote from you:

"Apple has also shown games have made them the most money and have created Apple Arcade."

There is no reading comprehension issue here. You said games make Apple the most money. Hop back in the clown car and move on. 

Yeah in response to where most of their App Store revenue is from.

OBVIOUSLY.

Nice try.

The ease at which you are dishonest is really remarkable. 

Here is the comment you were responded to, it was mine, it has nothing to do with the App Store. Literally not even mentioned. It was about why Apple isn't going to make a competitor to the UE. 

"It’s pretty obvious why the don’t. They feel resources are better spent on things. 

This is going to blow your mind. Apple has way more information on what it’s customers do with its products and what features they want than you do. 
Seriously, Apple has demonstrated it knows what’s it doing. Sorry your pet project doesn’t make the cut. I’m empathetic, I’d like Aperture to come back but it ain’t happening." 

Oh yeah you got mad that I said Apple makes most of App Store money from games. Which makes sense that Apple should take gaming seriously.

I don’t think any AppleInsider regulars think Apple makes most of their money from gaming. That’s stupid. Have some respect. We all know Apple makes most money from iPhone which is why people here often criticize Apple. Also why critics call Apple a “one trick pony”. 

Nice try taking it out of context though.

Beats said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

Beats said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

Beats said:

Quibi  also had a “sticky” subscription model.

If the content sucks, no one cares. 

Change the headline to “APPLE is positioned to dominate the gaming market, but won’t”

You also think Apple makes most of it's money from gaming...... so not exactly the best informed source on the subject. 

No. Apple makes most of its money from iPhone hardware. They make most of App Store money from gaming.

Edit:
Because I know more people with bad reading comprehension will continue to reply:

I used the word “dominate” because Apple still has platforms they have barely set foot in like Mac, consoles and 1st party IPs. Apple Arcade is a joke compared to Nintendo, Microsoft etc.

When I say “Apple”, I literally mean Apple. Not EA, not Rovio, not Zynga.

Game Center has been garbage for over a year and Apple has ONE game on the App Store that no one even knows about.

Literal quote from you:

"Apple has also shown games have made them the most money and have created Apple Arcade."

There is no reading comprehension issue here. You said games make Apple the most money. Hop back in the clown car and move on. 

Yeah in response to where most of their App Store revenue is from.

OBVIOUSLY.

Nice try.

"It’s pretty obvious why the don’t. They feel resources are better spent on things. 

This is going to blow your mind. Apple has way more information on what it’s customers do with its products and what features they want than you do. 
Seriously, Apple has demonstrated it knows what’s it doing. Sorry your pet project doesn’t make the cut. I’m empathetic, I’d like Aperture to come back but it ain’t happening." 

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mattinoz said:

No mention Of Apple Pay later I mean thing most likely to disrupt a company’s business model enough to cause them to close. 

Apple Pay came about like iMessage the Mac and iOS ecosystems weren’t getting any real support, Apple Watch the same, Apple is currently in the process of Sherlocking game development software for the same reason no support from AAA game developers.

Apple over the years has had to roll up it’s sleeves many times because of lack the support on Mac or iOS.

Apple needs to destroy the Unreal Engine with their own that takes full advantage of Metal and Apple Silicon. We’d see some crazy fast games. With full support we’d see better games on older hardware also.

Keep dreaming.

I don't think it's as far off as you may think. Apple now has the advantage of a developer that can make a game (not just port it) and have it work across all of the Apple platforms. It's certainly taken a while, but Apple has built the foundation for this to happen and it's already happening with other apps that aren't games. Previously, a game developer (or any developer for that matter) had to either port a game or write it for macOS and it ONLY worked for macOS, and Apple wasn't interested in making large, loud, heavy devices specifically for gaming. So, it wasn't lucrative for game developers to release games for macOS. It simply wasn't worth their time and money to do so.

With Apple Silicon, they now own the platform top to bottom. They can optimize the hell out of it and create API's and such for developers to also take advantage of these crazy fast SoC's. It's making a large commitment to Metal which is starting to take off.  Apple Silicon is making huge strides and they can create something very powerful while sipping power and limiting the amount of heat they create in the process. When a first revision of a new SoC hits the market and starts to approach graphics performance of something that costs $2000 just for a plug-in card itself, that's pretty impressive. Apple will only continue to develop Apple Silicon to be more and more powerful without the need for major cooling systems, separate cards to achieve this performance. Yes, Apple has a ways to go with gaming on their platforms, but I bet its making game developers look at Apple instead of looking the other way like they previously did as they have multiple platforms they can build for with the same code. 

All the pieces are already there. I have no idea why Apple doesn’t take the step forward.

Apple has:
Hardware (Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Watch, Face ID, AirPods, HomePod, Beats)

Software (macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, Metal, APIs, Face ID, AirPods)

Apple Arcade (could develop Apple Arcade+ for $9.99 to include AAA games)

Epic just has the software. Even then they don’t own the OS. Apple can create something that runs circles around Unreal. Why the f*** can’t they just hire a small dedicated team for gaming? I would argue even TODAY it’s easier to develop for Apple than Windows machines that have infinite configurations and hundreds of thousands of software issues and viruses etc.

Now imagine Apple develop an engine that fully supports Apple hardware/software and removes all the bottlenecks? It doesn’t even need to be as powerful as Unreal to surpass it.

Apples camera array used for FaceID can open a new era of game and movie development.

It’s not an argument of “they can’t” but “they don’t want to”.

chadbag said:

Now I know why BMW drivers are  attracted to BMWs.   "Takes one to know one".  Arrogant a-hole drivers attracted to arrogant company.

(Note the above is said in jest, but only partially.  Whether deserved or Not, BMW drivers do have a certain stereotyped reputation). 

sdw2001 said:

It's an experiment to come back to work? There is absolutely no health reason to do it.  Covid is endemic and not the plague we were all told it was.  The interventions clearly did nothing to stop it, from social distancing to masks to stay-at-home orders.  The virus does what it does.  We have vaccines, therapeutics, and strains that are far less deadly than the original.  For 90% of all people, Covid is a cold.  It's 99% or more of working-age people.   The reasons people are pushing for remote work have nothing to do with Covid.  It's about social engineering and remaking our society.  It's about "fighting climate change" and some bizarre Star Trek-like fantasy where money doesn't exist.