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New Siri Remote Lacks Accelerometer and Gyroscope for Gaming on Apple TV

ipedro said:
I think that this is a hint of a greater focus on games, not less. The remote is no longer the expected gaming controller. My guess is the other shoe has yet to drop: an Apple designed gaming controller sold separately later in the fall.

This new Apple TV is pretty power packed. Arcade games are going to run fantastic on this, including future games that will no longer have the slow 4 year old Apple TV holding them back. Arcade games must run on iOS, iPadOS and tvOS and the old Apple TV was the bottleneck.
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The thing is, my experience with Arcade is games not requiring controllers, mostly derivative. I like that some classic games have been returned to ad free status, but I don’t think I would pay for Arcade going forward.
 
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lazyrighteye said:
It was maybe a nice to have, at best. But never factored into my Apple TV purchase.upgrade decisions.

I wish, instead, they included U1. The remote is without question, the Apple device for which I spend most time searching. #kids
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See, I just programmed my AppleTvs to respond to my Dish remote and I never touch the Apple remotes. It also automatically responds to playback inputs from the TV remote from our non-smart TV, probably by AppleTV identifying the IR codes based on identifying the TV model over HDMI.

I use the Apple remote every one or two months, tops.
 
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yegon said:
Remind me, Pippin aside, when did Apple last release gaming focused hardware? You’ll be waiting forever, and even if it were to happen (likely never, if I wasn’t clear), existing console controllers are a 1000x better than a mythical future remote.

Apple don’t give a fudge about gaming, not their realm of experience or expertise. Sure, there’s Apple Arcade and games are the biggest sellers on the App Store, but that’s something Apple stumbled into due to wider popularity of mobile gaming among people who are typically non-gamers.

I’m not being snarky, merely illustrating that imo you‘d be wasting your time waiting for something that is never going to happen.
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Plus, Apple would charge $800 for the 1 TB SSD needed in a gaming console. Plus $1700 for the A14X powered console.

Gamers will just go for a $500 Series X instead and be done with it.
 
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spokenblurb said:
Well this clenches it for me I’m definitely gonna wait because there probably gonna drop another Apple TV that’s gaming focused that’s gonna include what people really wanted. LOL
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I'd say you have a minimum two years wait for the next Apple TV.

2013 - Apple TV 3rd Gen
2015 - Apple TV 4th Gen
2017 - Apple TV 5th Gen
2021 - Apple TV 6th Gen
 
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Well the Apple TV has always evolved very sloooowwwwly.

Isn't it Eddy Cue that's behind this thing? Maybe that's the reason why.
 
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PinkyMacGodess said:
I nnoticed the Hermes Tag goodies. Is Apple sniffing too much of that air at 45,000 feet lately? The Mac Pro costs twice as much as my first house. A luggage tag Tag holder costs a weeks worth of Starbucks. Good grief. Apple is pricing themselves out of any market...

EDIT: And my thin 'butterfly' keyboard is CRAP...
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Sorry, but the Mac Pro is nothing compared to what the IIfx cost, not even counting inflation. Though you can Max out the Pro at a higher price directly from Apple. Back then you needed third party products.
 
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No need to use that remote for games now that PS and Xbox controllers are MFI certified. If they want to take a true step into video games, just apply the BYOB method.
 
Missed opportunity to make the Apple TV $79 or $99 which would open up the original shows on ATV+ to more people. That and adding an AirTag to the remote... or at least be able to ping it from your phone.
 
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So no color matched remote? Aluminum/silver is all that’s available?
 
MacFan782040 said:
Missed opportunity to make the Apple TV $79 or $99 which would open up the original shows on ATV+ to more people. That and adding an AirTag to the remote... or at least be able to ping it from your phone.
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You can get Apple TV+ on a $39 Roku (with a dedicated button, no less), so I think they've thought through your first issue.
 
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