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You're gonna sell your stocks in the most successful tech company of all time because they don't have enough video games? I think Apple has proven they can grow

You're gonna sell your stocks in the most successful tech company of all time because they don't have enough video games? I think Apple has proven they can grow a company's value without games. But what we all want is a larger investment in games so the Mac becomes a competitive platform again. Not to mention the headset... we'll see, but there is no reason to expect it won't be an insane commercial success by gen 3.

AmericanChopper 3y ago
> But what we all want is a larger investment in games so the Mac becomes a competitive platform again. As a Mac-only user, I really don’t care about games. I guess it’s cool if they work on it, but I wouldn’t want Apple diverting resources away from other areas to try and make it a gaming device.
- yurishimo 3y ago
  I don't think it's about diverting resources. Apple has the funds to buy more developers to focus on gaming.
  - AmericanChopper 3y ago
    Yeah probably. My main point was mostly that it’s a bit of an overstatement to describe investment in gaming on Mac as something we all want.
the_gipsy 3y ago
Right now, the headset exclusively appeals to shareholders and apple cultists.
- robenkleene 3y ago
  Just like the first iPhone...
whizzter 3y ago
That's why I have stocks now (I bought them just before the first post-M1 xmas report because all I could hear about was them hitting out of the ballpark but the stock had hardly moved so I knew it to be undervalued), but past performance never guarantees future performance. Games are a canary, Apple likes to lock in developers with their own API's and that works as long as you are the clear leader but once you're not it'll bite you. Apple mobile leadership since early iPhones attracted developers, but once the mobile market stagnated developers has looked elsewhere. And the headset, I have a hard time seeing that people who buy Apple laptops,etc for their atheistic will put on these ski-goggles on a daily basis? And that's not even mentioning the pricepoint. Apple had a runway after Jobs left the first time before things got bad, sure they know their history now and will do their darnedest not to repeat history but whilst Ive wasn't the right person to build professional machines, I can't wonder if he was still the type of person Apple needed for "personal devices" like the headset.

AmericanChopper 3y ago

> But what we all want is a larger investment in games so the Mac becomes a competitive platform again. As a Mac-only user, I really don’t care about games. I guess it’s cool if they work on it, but I wouldn’t want Apple diverting resources away from other areas to try and make it a gaming device.

yurishimo 3y ago
I don't think it's about diverting resources. Apple has the funds to buy more developers to focus on gaming.
- AmericanChopper 3y ago
  Yeah probably. My main point was mostly that it’s a bit of an overstatement to describe investment in gaming on Mac as something we all want.

the_gipsy 3y ago

Right now, the headset exclusively appeals to shareholders and apple cultists.

robenkleene 3y ago
Just like the first iPhone...

whizzter 3y ago

That's why I have stocks now (I bought them just before the first post-M1 xmas report because all I could hear about was them hitting out of the ballpark but the stock had hardly moved so I knew it to be undervalued), but past performance never guarantees future performance. Games are a canary, Apple likes to lock in developers with their own API's and that works as long as you are the clear leader but once you're not it'll bite you. Apple mobile leadership since early iPhones attracted developers, but once the mobile market stagnated developers has looked elsewhere. And the headset, I have a hard time seeing that people who buy Apple laptops,etc for their atheistic will put on these ski-goggles on a daily basis? And that's not even mentioning the pricepoint. Apple had a runway after Jobs left the first time before things got bad, sure they know their history now and will do their darnedest not to repeat history but whilst Ive wasn't the right person to build professional machines, I can't wonder if he was still the type of person Apple needed for "personal devices" like the headset.