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This is another case where Apple fundamentally doesn't "get" games. They had a plan for clearing out crap from their store which probably sounded reasonable, bu

by TillE 4y ago

This is another case where Apple fundamentally doesn't "get" games. They had a plan for clearing out crap from their store which probably sounded reasonable, but nobody even thought about an entire class of programs. Lots of stumbles and missed opportunities - like, what if they had actually been serious about making the Apple TV a Wii-style games console? They have the hardware expertise to do that at a reasonable cost, but they just have no idea about the market, and apparently no desire to learn.

musicale 4y ago
I understand that Apple is trying to deal with the sort of shovelware/accumulation problem that the Wii had, but the blanket approach of culling games based on release date seems wrongheaded. If Nintendo took that approach then they'd end up throwing away Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
- spullara 4y ago
  Probably not since they get plenty of downloads...
themagician 4y ago
Oh, they get it. Apple products very much have a time and a place. Their plan is recurring revenue. Something that happened 3 years ago is almost entirely irrelevant to them. It's true with both hardware and software. Wii-style games on AppleTV would not be a win for them. They don't want to sell a few million copies of Wii Sports once every 3-5 years. They want you buying a new 99¢ game at least once a month. They want you spending $5-10 in micro-transactions a month. They want you subscribed to AppleOne for $15-30 a month. They want you to buy a whole new iPhone every 2-3 years and start the process all over again with some new AirPods, cases and bands in between. Apple doesn't want to sell you a new game for $59 every 2 years. They want to sell you what amount to an average of $59 worth of goods and services a month… forever. And while that sounds like a lot, that's a low target. If you have your TV subscriptions through Apple and Apple Care you can easily be contributing $100/mo or more to Apple's bottom line.

by TillE 4y ago

musicale 4y ago

I understand that Apple is trying to deal with the sort of shovelware/accumulation problem that the Wii had, but the blanket approach of culling games based on release date seems wrongheaded. If Nintendo took that approach then they'd end up throwing away Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

spullara 4y ago
Probably not since they get plenty of downloads...

themagician 4y ago

Oh, they get it. Apple products very much have a time and a place. Their plan is recurring revenue. Something that happened 3 years ago is almost entirely irrelevant to them. It's true with both hardware and software. Wii-style games on AppleTV would not be a win for them. They don't want to sell a few million copies of Wii Sports once every 3-5 years. They want you buying a new 99¢ game at least once a month. They want you spending $5-10 in micro-transactions a month. They want you subscribed to AppleOne for $15-30 a month. They want you to buy a whole new iPhone every 2-3 years and start the process all over again with some new AirPods, cases and bands in between. Apple doesn't want to sell you a new game for $59 every 2 years. They want to sell you what amount to an average of $59 worth of goods and services a month… forever. And while that sounds like a lot, that's a low target. If you have your TV subscriptions through Apple and Apple Care you can easily be contributing $100/mo or more to Apple's bottom line.