Adam Kos Apple has the Apple TV smart box in its range, which has a lot of potential, but perhaps even a company like Apple has not been able to fully exploit it. What about offering the Apple Arcade platform when the world of gaming is going the way of streaming rather than hard performance in a given console.
Apple TV 4K 3rd generation is a relatively young device. Apple only released it in October last year. It is equipped with the A15 Bionic mobile chip, which the company first used in the iPhone 13, but also in the basic iPhone 14 or iPhone SE of the 3rd generation. So far, the performance is sufficient for mobile games, as it is practically surpassed only by the A16 Bionic chip included in the iPhone 14 Pro.
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Even if there is really big money in mobile games and games in general, it is practically impossible to expect that the Apple TV will ever turn out to be a full-fledged game console. Although we have the Apple Arcade platform and the App Store designed for the television interface with many applications and games, but as the trend shows, no one wants to deal with performance on consoles anymore when everything can be done via the Internet.
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Sony points the way
Apple may have already passed that ideal time, especially with the unused potential of the Arcade platform. It was in it that he was supposed to show the world the stream of mobile games, not the outdated possibility of installing content on the device, which then provides the game performance. Yes, the idea was clear when the platform was presented in such a way that it was possible to play games without an Internet connection. But time flies forward in leaps and bounds, and with the Internet, every one of them counts. Most of them have already joined this game.
So the future is streaming games to a device that doesn't have to be so dependent on hardware. All you need is a display, i.e. a display, and the possibility of an Internet connection. For example, Sony recently showed its Project Q. It is practically just an 8" display and controllers, which is not a full-fledged console but only a "streaming" device. You'll play on it, but the content won't physically be there because it's being streamed. Internet connection is therefore a clear necessity, both an advantage and a disadvantage. In addition, Xbox, another big player in the form of Microsoft, should also be preparing its own similar solution.
Take a sneak peek at new accessories revealed at today's Showcase — the Project Q device for playing games installed on your PS5 and streamed over WiFi, plus our first official wireless earbuds offering lossless audio on PS5 and PC.
More details to come in the months ahead. pic.twitter.com/0nzemSWSCV
- PlayStation (@PlayStation) May 24, 2023
Of course, Apple TV still has its place for many on the market, but even as the capabilities of smart TVs grow, there are fewer and fewer arguments for its purchase. Plus, there's woefully little going on from Apple in the gaming space, so if you're expecting the Apple TV to ever be anything more than what it is now, don't get your hopes up. Apple would rather have resorted to a similar solution that was introduced by Sony and is being prepared by Microsoft. But even that wouldn't make much sense when we have the best gaming tool here, and that is the iPhone and thus the iPad. With sideloading in iOS 17, we will hopefully finally be able to install official applications from companies that offer game streams on these devices.
I dare to disagree.
For children, instead of an expensive console, the best thing, and the real offline one has magic. +Arcade