You exaggerate Metal's level of abstraction. It's still far lower level than OpenGL or D3D9 and allows most modern optimisations. It's supported by all popular

You exaggerate Metal's level of abstraction. It's still far lower level than OpenGL or D3D9 and allows most modern optimisations. It's supported by all popular game engines, same as with D3D12 and Vulkan. Of course there are plenty of niche ones that don't, but that's also the case for Vulkan. In practice, games (usually through engines) overwhelmingly target the native graphics APIs. D3D12 on Windows and Xbox, GNM on PS5, Metal on iOS/macOS/tvOS, NVN on Switch, etc. In practice it doesn't matter much. MoltenVK is not as good as DXVK right now, sure. That still has nothing to do with either Apple or Microsoft. They both offer exactly as much support. The chips in MacBook Pros aren't the bulk of the cost. I think it's unlikely Apple would make a console, but still possible. They have all of the necessary ingredients already vertically integrated. I am a game developer, btw.