The soon to be released fourth-gen
Earlier last week, fans excited about the prospects of gaming on the
Not mincing words, Apple’s tvOS App Programming Guide says quite explicitly: “Your game must support the Apple TV remote. Your game may not require the use of a controller.”
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Understandably, when news of this requirement first surfaced, there was a collective sigh of disappointment from gamers. Apple’s stringent rule, after all, will necessarily prevent advanced and complex console level games from ever reaching the
So just what is Apple doing here? If gaming is such a huge component of the new
The answer likely boils down to a happy user base.
Consider an alternative scenario where a user pays good money for a game only to find out that they now need to spend even more money on an external controller in order to play it.
From there, you can cue up what would clearly be an endless stream of blogposts about how Apple is fleecing its users. What’s more, Apple would then find itself in the unenviable position of having to deal with and resolve innumerable customer service calls from users looking for refunds.
For a company that has long prided itself on products that “just work”, one can see why Apple opted to take a more consumer-friendly approach with
