AAA games will never be on the iPhone until the Steam and Epic stores are allowed on the platform. Even then I would be reluctant to buy a $60 game because there is a huge chance that the game will just stop working after two years of iOS updates.
“Never be on the iPhone”…. Yet here we are.
I currently can't use Postmates because I'm not on iOS15.
They say this every single year. Then they show demos of games that were AAA 7 years ago.
Assassin's creed mirage is supposed to come out next year, which would be roughly 3-6 months behind the console/pc release. Not quite 7 years.
Being one console generation behind isn't too bad, if the games actually make it to the device.
Resident Evil 4 Remake came out this year. I think it's likely that game porting kit will also enable devs to port to iOS, making the process a lot easier.
They literally showed off a game coming out end of quarter 2023.
I could maybe enjoy these games on an iPad. But my thumbs are too big and my eyes are too bad for playing AAA games on a phone-sized screen.
The new iPhone Pro does support 4k HDR output via DP/HDMI from the USB C port this generation... but I can't help but feel the iOS environment is just too awkward to make this really take off. Maybe they really did all this for the Vision line and this is just a first step.
The A17 GPU now supports ray tracing.
Resident Evil 4 Remake, Assassin's Creed Mirage
I wonder how long the battery will last ?
I'm more interested in the gpu performance. Nvidia has put a whole lot of effort into making ray tracing a thing. And even there the performance is mediocre unless you buy the top cards
After seeing Divinity 2 come to iOS, fingers crossed on Baulders Gate 3…