Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple Working on Apple TV Models With A12 and A14 Chips, New Controller, and More
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
The sad thing is that the original AppleTV allowed you to store movies on it, but now everything bust be streamed.
You know what would be really nice, is if we could plug our old $3000 Apple Cinema Displays into them to use as the TV. Sound via the Atv‘s output. They’d work fine as a tv, & place one more apple logo in peoples homes... & anyway what else are we supposed to do with these old displays...
If you think apple is “too pc and inoffensive” you obviously have not been watching apple tv+.
Surely all existing iPad games e.g. RR3, COD-M etc .. could just be ported to ATV ? Many are not lacking and they play beautifully even on an A10 Fusion.
I'm finding the tablet to be a better controller than an any other controller on most games I've been playing ... proper buttons would be nicer for triggering, but love using a smooth surface for joypad movements and accelerometer rotation for racing games rather than a joypad (I have Steel Series that's been relegated to a drawer).
Something in-between the two would be ideal, two solid tracking areas instead of pads/analogues and couple of buttons and rear triggers would be awesome.
Wonder if they are looking to release 2 with one marketed at streaming only (basically a direct replacement of the current 4K using an A12) at a cheaper price (say around the price point of the current HD) and a more expensive Arcade version marketed at gaming which would have an A14X (or whatever is coming for the next iPad Pros and entry level Macs) and more RAM. That’s the way I’m reading these rumours at least...
Yup, particularly now that the new, California-based Sony keeps even traditional female-showing anime (not even "mature"!) stuff out of their platform, anime-styled game writers now only targeting other platforms (X, PC and Switch):
If all one is interested in is TV and movies, the days of spending $149 to $199 on an ATV box are over. A lot of those services are getting integrated into TV's themselves are can be well handled by a $50 streaming stick (assuming your TV doesn't have built-in services). Where the ATV will have to prove its value is in other services => a perfect example being gaming or the new Fitness+ service that Apple just announced.
Yup, they may end up to be even more PC than Sony now (see the above anti-anime stance of current Sony). They may even end up forcing(!) multiplatform developers also targetting ATV to "bend their knees" for the PC/SJW/feminist brigade - see for example the case of Cyberpunk 2077 and its dev's refusing to obey the PC command.
I think that apple isn't necessarily interested in carving out market from other consoles. I think they are really trying to create a market of semi-casual gamers that don't have consoles. I think they would definitely need a 1st party controller, but not necessarily one that is radically different from current offerings.
Yup. It's very hard to beat for example Breath of the Wild (one of my fav games I frequently play on my Wii U).
I pack my Apple TV (1080p smaller version) when going on vacation or away for more than a day. Then I have my normal home setup wherever I go that has either an ethernet or WIFI. Fits perfectly in a ziploc bag with it's cables.
[automerge]1601832692[/automerge]
OR PLEX.
Maybe literally, but isn't it true that the video game industry is more profitable than any other media industry now? Meaning that even though the audience is smaller, overall consumers spend more?
Just Googled and found this, which I think cites the figures I was thinking of: https://www.ejinsight.com/eji/artic...stry-silently-taking-over-entertainment-world
Releasing a new model that can’t play the new releases would seem an odd move. If you consider the SE comes with an A13 it seems Apple os pretty comfortable sticking high end chips in low end gadgets. It wouldn’t surprise me if we get an Apple TV and an Apple TV Pro that can deliver more though but id expect the games to work on both.
In 2018, global box office and home video revenue was 96.8 billion.
Video game revenue in 2018 was 35 billion.
I don’t have a smart tv so I would also use the other apps on the Apple TV. I would imagine if you have one, you only buy this for the arcade?
Some mature-rated games are available on the Switch if you want them. Bioshock for example, and many others.
I think you are looking at US-only numbers. I'm pretty sure the video game industry has been the biggest media industry for a few years now:
"As an industry, video games generated $119.6 billion in revenue during 2018, according to SuperData."
The $120 billion gaming industry is going through more change than it ever has before, and everyone is trying to cash in
Video games are more than just a booming entertainment business — they're reshaping the way we interact with the world.
www.businessinsider.com
and add that it is completely touch.... I think that would make it instantly the worst controller on earther, beating their last record.
APPLE remotes have been AWFUL! useless and awful
I have Samsung smart TVs. I don’t trust Samsung, so I will never connect them to my local network. This is another reason for ATV.