Apple has never made a "gaming" anything (the atrocity that was the Pippen doesn't count). The only time I ever recall them mentioning gaming in relation to their new machines (beyond benchmarks) was when they were first to market with the ATI Rage 128 in the PowerMac G3 blue and white. The problem is systemic; you can replace all of the components you want but the core support for them doesn't exist in hardware or software.
We don't even get maximum performance out of the GPUs they put in now because of thermal throttling due to overly anorexic designs and inadequate power supplies on the notebooks. Add to that woeful OpenGL support (remember when they were all about Open GL? We'll see how long Metal is kept up) and it's exactly like the Oculus Rift guys said... Apple hasn't been about performance in years. Everything they do is merely adequate and is usually overpriced... unless it's iOS related.
Since Thunderbolt 3 natively supports external GPUs, I bet we'll see solutions coming out once that takes off, but a dedicated gaming notebook? Not likely at all.
We don't even get maximum performance out of the GPUs they put in now because of thermal throttling due to overly anorexic designs and inadequate power supplies on the notebooks. Add to that woeful OpenGL support (remember when they were all about Open GL? We'll see how long Metal is kept up) and it's exactly like the Oculus Rift guys said... Apple hasn't been about performance in years. Everything they do is merely adequate and is usually overpriced... unless it's iOS related.
Since Thunderbolt 3 natively supports external GPUs, I bet we'll see solutions coming out once that takes off, but a dedicated gaming notebook? Not likely at all.