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The New Apple TV Will Support Third-Party Controllers

Today’s keynote event unveiled the new and improved Apple TV, an updated system touting gaming as a primary selling point. With their larger focus on gaming, Apple has announced the TV’s support for third-party controllers.

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SteamPowered3582d ago

I cant stand the closed ecosystem of Apple products. If they get into gaming, thats a hard pass.

noah-kun3582d ago

It's an open ecosystem, any one can develop and submit apps or games to the App Store. A PS4, Xbox or Steam would be just as restrictive. Ask any game developer or publisher what their "compliance" department does and they'll tell you.

SteamPowered3582d ago

The fact you absolutely have to be tethered to iTunes to use your apple products means an epic fail to me. Android phones let you drag and drop music,videos, and ringtones right into your phone. With an Apple product you absolutely must use iTunes or similar program. iTunes is a slow, bloated program that just eats up HDD space.
This and many more reasons make it a very closed system for users. Android is the freedom I crave.

noah-kun3582d ago

@SteamPowered You don't need to tether to or use iTunes for Apple products. You're misinformed.

freshslicepizza3582d ago

can you not play apple games on an iphone or an ipad or on apple tv ? where do you play your nintendo games besides nintendo platforms? seems even more restrictive to me.

Aenea3582d ago

When was the last time you installed a game you downloaded from some website on your Xbox One, PS4 or Wii U?

They all are closed systems..

SteamPowered3582d ago

This isnt apples to apples. Those are consoles. This is an Iphone which you need itunes on your pc to access its features. That would be like using Games for Windows Live to put music on your Xbox. Doesnt make sense to have that extra step. If you have music on an HDD and plug it into an Xbox, it will be able to access it straight away.
Iphones you absolutely positively need itunes or equivalent to open it up on Pc. And then it doubles your music library inside of itunes which makes no sense when it should be able to follow the shortcut path like any program ever.

/end rant

Cogan13581d ago

You have never needed to use iTunes for apple products in about 5 years. You only need to have an apple account, just like PS4 needs a Sony account, Xbox needs a MS account etc. No other software is needed to run their products.

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SmokingMonkey3582d ago (Edited 3582d ago )

Knight Rider Controller?

"What button would you like to press Michael?"

TXIDarkAvenger3582d ago

Eh, if I was going to get a TV box with gaming in mind, I would just get the Nvidia Shield Android TV box.

vongruetz3582d ago

It's like Apple heard all these people who said, "All Apple has to do is put an App store on the AppleTV and it will be a console killer" and did just that. No. That isn't going to work, and neither will this.

For a gaming console, it's underpowered with a horrible controller. For a media streaming device, it's $50 too expensive. So it's trying to be both but fails to be either. It's trying to hard to be something nobody really wants. Sports scores overlaid on top of what you're watching? Most people just pick up their phones and look it up there. Why? Because it's easier. What does this thing do that makes things easier than before?

SteamPowered3582d ago

It doesn't have to make anything easier to be successful. The people that buy Apple products have already made up their mind. Apple doesn't have to do anything innovative at this point to sell iPads and iPhones.

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Epic Games Asks Judge to Force Apple to Unblock Fortnite on iOS

The saga of the legal battle that sees Epic Games fight Apple in the attempt to bring Fortnite back to iOS has just gained another chapter.

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PapaBop42d ago

Damn, I'm going to need to restock my popcorn if this keeps up.

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Epic: Mobile Gaming Business "Largely Broken," Says "Dysfunction" Due to 30% Tax From Apple, Google

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney notes that the mobile gaming industry is "largely broken," and blames the 30% tax levied by Apple and Google.

Christopher315d ago

Man has been saying this for ages and knows full well the only thing he wants is more money at Apple and Google's expense and absolutely none of this will result in lower prices for the consumer.

Tacoboto315d ago

He expects the digital equivalent of opening up his own store inside of a Walmart or Target. It's absurd.

And he feels absolutely entitled to it, in a too-big-to-fail sense - because Unreal Engine is used by so many developers, banning Epic would hurt those developers relying on their tech, which would be super unfair to the developers.

Notellin315d ago

Thank goodness you are there to defend the small guys Google and Apple. You're so brave, Christopher!

Christopher314d ago

Yeah, I'm totally defending Apple and Google and not explaining how another company is just as greedy. That's the big takeaway from my comment, Apple and Google good, only Epic bad. Yup. I totally didn't make it about the fact that this man just wants more money and isn't doing it for the consumers. Nope. Not that at all. I'm just praising up Big Tech. They're my one and only love in life. Please recognize me Big Tech Senpai!

VersusDMC315d ago

The epic games store charges a 12% tax and has been losing money for 5 years...that sounds dysfunctional.

gerbintosh315d ago

They are only losing money because Steam has a stranglehold on the market.

Christopher314d ago

It's a play to attempt to win over the market so they can then realign pricing with what Steam has in the long run. The problem is they are doing only that and not actually building a better software supported platform on PC. Essentially, they're throwing money at the problem, not actually trying to compete by providing better service.

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Epic Says They Spent $1B in Fight Against Apple & Google, "Small Price to Pay" for Freedom of Market

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney revealed that they have spent $1 billion fighting Apple and Google but adds it's a "smam price" to pay for freedom.

BeHunted318d ago (Edited 318d ago )

Fortnite on the Google Play Store would've generated over $1 billion in percentage fees for Google. Smart move.

1nsomniac318d ago (Edited 318d ago )

I buy most my pc games through epic now. Don’t get me wrong I love steam and steam has had a lot of my money for the work they put into the platform. But i like what Epic are fighting for and they’ve been open about it from the very beginning. I wish they would sort out their verify/repair files option for when you format your drives. The whole rename/redownload hack is an absolutely awful archaic solution.

Tacoboto318d ago

They've been open about how they so openly violate the terms of the platforms they distribute on.

They spent over a billion on legal battles, and also had significant layoffs. Maybe they should cater to their employees first before forcing governments to add more regulations for industries governments just do not understand. The EU DMA - Apple's policies and lawyers have made a mockery of it every step of the way.

And back when they openly and proudly violated Apple's policies, they tried using Fortnite to coerce its players (including children) to rally against Apple's 30% fee.

Which is the same 30% fee console makers apply, but Epic has no problem with that! Epic isn't fighting for you, they're fighting for themselves and don't mind siphoning the money they get from Unreal, even if it results in layoffs.

1nsomniac318d ago

First of all you’re wrong, but second of all you clearly don’t know an awful lot about what you’re talking about.

Tacoboto318d ago

Epic proudly violated Apple's terms by introducing their own payment option in Fortnite. Fact. That's literally what started this. Epic then went on to put banners in Fortnite as a not-so-subtle call-to-arms against Apple.
Epic also violated console terms by enabling cross-platform play in Fortnite. Fact.
Epic cut 800 jobs a year ago. Fact.

Epic sucks, their engine is too big for them to fail and they know it, so they're using that to subsidize their legal battles against Apple and their attempts to rally international governments into creating regulations based on what *they* want.

phoenixwing318d ago

Epics launcher is a piece of crap compared to steams. In fact every launcher so far is crap compared to it. The only reason epic has any traction is they literally give away games in order to drive a user base.

anast318d ago

They have some good semi-giveaways.

KwietStorm_BLM318d ago

They'll make that back in a fortnight.