I don't think the Super Mario comparison is entirely fair here. Super Mario Bros runs on a single piece of unchanging hardware. Even when you play it on any ot

I don't think the Super Mario comparison is entirely fair here. Super Mario Bros runs on a single piece of unchanging hardware. Even when you play it on any other platform, you're playing it through an emulator designed to mimic the original hardware. And that's the case with all video game consoles. Even when the physical hardware changes, you're given the guarantee that it won't be breaking to the software. The few times that has not been the case has been notable. iOS devices don't have that guarantee. The hardware can have breaking changes. You software now has to contend with the fact that there is no guarantee that certain features may or may not be present. Things that were previously not customizable, now are. If you want your software to run on the latest iOS, it is at least partly your responsibility to ensure that it does.