6 ms·

100% this, Apple wants complete control over the distribution and tooling used on their platforms. While it does provide advantages for their hardware developme

100% this, Apple wants complete control over the distribution and tooling used on their platforms. While it does provide advantages for their hardware development I think it just ties back to them wanting 30% of any application or gaming revenue.

CharlesW 3y ago
I don't see the connection. If Apple unveils a Game Porting Toolkit with Vulkan support, that won't affect the 30%/15% App Store fee.
- giancarlostoro 3y ago
  PC games that could be ported to Mac and published on the App Store are less likely to do so since there's a lack of support from Apple's side. They care more about mobile games it seems.
JimDabell 3y ago
> them wanting 30% of any application or gaming revenue. 15%. They only charge 30% to people making more than a million dollars a year through the App Store.
- dkasper 3y ago
  So 30% for Valve
  - Macha 3y ago
    To be fair, 30% is what Valve as a distributor charges (glass houses and all that). Valve the game developer is a hobby project subsidised by Valve the distributor.
  - JimDabell 3y ago
    No, 0% for Valve because they publish through Steam not the Mac App Store.
nostromo 3y ago
The answer is pretty simple: Apple doesn't care about gaming. This goes back to Steve Jobs who didn't like gaming and apparently saw it as a waste of time. John Carmack mentioned this from his time working with Jobs. Apple is now a leading gaming company -- not because they want to be, but because they're in a billion pockets and lots of those people enjoy gaming. The reason the tooling and developer experience sucks is because Apple doesn't have an advocate for gaming at the VP or C-suite level.