@jonnyevans@ppb1701 Is Apple getting into gaming, outside of Arcade? Or more precisely, is it taking Arcade to a larger demographic? Unity was mentioned once during the developer conference, but that was it. Meanwhile, the Proton kit lets Mac users run Windows games. Sonny recently discovered that PC gaming is lucrative. I wonder if Apple is headed that way by breaking down the barriers.
@jonnyevans@AAKL@ppb1701 You can use Unity to make apps that can be downloaded and installed on Macs without requiring the app store, so there's no subscriptions scheme required there. You can make freeware with Unity if you want. Unity is also essential for the proliferation of titles for the new headset because 60% or so of existing VR/AR titles are Unity-based, so many will now likely be easily ported to be available on the Vision Pro on day one.
@zachnfine@AAKL@ppb1701 Yeah, it's completely correct to say that, and I think Apple is doing what it can to make it possible for games devs to move to its platforms - they just got to want to. Apple Silicon helps there too I think
@AAKL@ppb1701 I don't think Apple needs to follow Sony in PCs - do you recall when Apple's Steve Jobs asked Sony to partner on MacBook Pros?
But yeah, its a platform play - plus, you know, Vision focuses the mind
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