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Reason 3 of the article focuses on the PlayStation ecosystem. This fails to address the PlayStation software. macOS and iOS share a common architecture. TvOS an
by alsetmusic 9y ago
Reason 3 of the article focuses on the PlayStation ecosystem. This fails to address the PlayStation software. macOS and iOS share a common architecture. TvOS and watchOS are derived from iOS. Aside from patents, Apple would have little use in acquiring the PlayStation OS because it wouldn’t be possible to integrate without considerable rewriting (I can’t imagine Apple maintaining it separately).
What is more likely, given Apple’s actions in the past, is iterative development of game technology atop Apple’s existing technology. Acquiring the PlayStation software would not be strategically useful.
- zie 9y agoPlaystation is based on FreeBSD, and Apple's OS also comes from BSD, apple's UNIX underpinnings are basically FreeBSD userland. I'm sure there is a lot of technical gotcha's here, but they are not at complete technical odds at an OS level, like say Apple buying Microsoft would be(which would just be a disaster for everyone).