> Game consoles always had their own non-standard 3D-APIs, and this didn't hinder games being created or ported. Game consoles offered developers benefits in r

> Game consoles always had their own non-standard 3D-APIs, and this didn't hinder games being created or ported. Game consoles offered developers benefits in return for that, though. Both technical, deeper hardware integration and finer control, and non-technical, a very large market & various financing offerings (for exclusives in particular) Apple offers nothing here by contrast. Metal is a fine API on its own merits, but it's not offering the game developer anything but more work at the end of the day. And the market size is a joke for MacOS & games that would compete with consoles. > But it's already starting at the hardware, embedded Intel GPUs don't cut it for gaming. Macbooks have had above average GPUs for a long, long time. It hasn't helped with MacOS gaming so far, why would you expect it to now?