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The PC gaming market is expected to be worth something north of $200bn in 2023, and (despite ongoing insanity among graphics cards manufacturers) is expected to
by fnordsensei 3y ago
The PC gaming market is expected to be worth something north of $200bn in 2023, and (despite ongoing insanity among graphics cards manufacturers) is expected to keep growing in the coming years.
Apple has been doing their usual thing, with slowly moving pieces into place, but it's been pretty clear that they're ultimately going to go for a slice of that cake. Aside for mobile gaming, it's essentially an untapped market for them, given the footprint they now have with their devices. Also, they're going to want to shift the VR game development efforts to the Vision, in time for the release of the non-Pro version.
It'd be smart of them to partner, or at least cooperate with, Valve around this, but I'm not so sure about that one. Apple _might_ have enough hubris that they'd try to supplant Steam rather than work with it. This would be a mistake in my opinion.
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- whywhywhywhy 3y agoCan you imagine anyone inside apple being passionate about supporting Steam? The app even after decades of work is so insanely janky even on its primary platform. Honestly feels like a fractal of hacks upon hacks. Makes something like Slack feel native. I know people are passionate about it because their games are locked into the service but the UI is godawful.