“According to sources with knowledge of the product, the fourth-generation Apple TV will actively compete for TV gamers with updated hardware, software, and peripherals that will debut at Apple’s September 9 event in San Francisco,” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac.
“One of the next Apple TV’s tentpole features will be near-universal Siri control, a feature hinted at in Apple’s invitation to the event,” Gurman reports. “But the other will be deep support for gaming, representing Apple’s largest-ever effort to lure players from traditional consoles.”
“In addition to the convenience of downloading games directly from the Apple TV’s built-in App Store, and controlling many of them via a new bundled remote control, Apple will also support more complex, console-style Bluetooth game controllers with the pressure-sensitive buttons and joysticks previously introduced for iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches… The new box will be announced alongside the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus at an event on September 9th.”
Much more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: While the new Apple TV’s including remote will be capable of motion control, the new Apple TV will be an absolute boon for third-party Bluetooth gaming controllers (and perhaps with any luck an optional Apple-designed controller, too).
The fourth-generation Apple TV promises to be a most spectacular device. The word “update” will not do it justice. This just might finally be the Apple TV we’ve always wanted!
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Siri, fantastic. Gaming, sports, Kardashians and Fox I’d rather not see again in my lifetime on any device.
Every page display now at MDN pops up a dialog box with this message:
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Nope. Not gonna whitelist any web site. But I will be removing MDN from my Favorites bar. Bye!
I’m sure MDN is all torn up that you will no longer be stealing the bandwidth they pay thousands for each month. The loss of an adblocking reader =$0 loss to websites which get paid for AD VIEWS/CLICKS, not AD BLOCKS. Do you think this site operates for free? No? Then why do you think you can consume their content for free? If you don’t think MDN’s work is worth anything, then stop visiting. Net effect: MDN loses nothing by shedding thieves like you.
Your point is fair, but MDN also must balance its ad-based revenue generation with the perception of its clients. The ads are getting more intrusive. I despise pop-ups, and it is even worse when you cannot get rid of them. The “Following” box, for instance, started popping up in MDN articles, and it appears and disappears as your scroll up and down. I did not ask for it and it is highly distracting and irritation.
I might also add that MDN is a news aggregator, not a news generator. MDN relies on its viewers for links to interesting web content, and the MDN Takes ®, while occasionally funny, seldom qualify as value-added journalism.
MDN is operating on a see-saw. Not enough ads and ad-clicking clients and its revenue is too low. Too many ads or annoying ads and it loses its client base and ad clicks will likely decline, as well. It is tough to balance on the point of the revenue curve where the derivative is equal to zero.
Not taking sides on the bigger argument—obviously every site needs a business model—but I doubt that MDN’s bandwidth costs would be more than about $20/month (on WebFaction for example) if they didn’t have ads. You can’t say that they need the ads to pay for bandwidth, when they have near-zero bandwidth, except for the ads.
Just a fact-checking service. Carry on.
You do not know WTF you are talking about. $20/month? You’re off by a factor of 250!
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When you have no idea what you’re talking about, it’s best to STFU.
Your “fact-checking service” sucks. Carry on.
You mean “MDN pops up a dialog box” for those blocking ads on the site, not for those who support the site by allowing the ads that pay for the operation of this site to load.
I see no such pop-ups. Because I support the site and have been for many years.
Good riddance, thief.
Whitelisting MDN is a small price to pay for links to all the most noteworthy Apple news. Besides, I bought the best wallet I’ve ever owned as a direct result of clicking on an ad on MDN.
Why the hell are you using the website? Use the app. Websites are for the 90’s.
Just like their web design!
Will AppleTV games be able to compete on a sophistication level with Playstation 4 games?
Although that sounds awesome i don’t believe so. I would expect the level of gaming you get from the iPad and iPhone, not so much the PS4. But with a controller you will get the feedback that you expect from a PS4…which will be great.
There is certainly nothing stopping Apple from including a GPU capable of console gaming performance if they choose to do so.
No. Same goes for Xbox One. Who expects to see any driving simulator wheels, pedals and shifter for an AppleTV? Apple says it’s serious about gaming but it’s about as serious as Nintendo. If Apple can get Nintendo to port games over to iOS then they might get quite a following.
I don’t know how powerful Metal API is but they’re going to have to convince a lot of people that it has legs. Wall Street won’t easily be convinced Apple has any chance at gaining dominance in gaming. One would think that with Apple’s skills at designing mobile processors it might give Apple some advantage, but only time will tell.
Microsoft is going to have a big laugh at AppleTV trying to pass itself off as a “big boy’s” gaming console. I can already hear Microsoft calling AppleTV a “toy box”. Surely the whole gaming industry will be snickering at Apple’s feeble gaming attempt, as usual. They might not have laughed at Amazon’s Fire TV or the Roku gaming efforts, but they will certainly laugh at Apple.
I’m sure I read somewhere that tablets will possibly surpass PS4 graphics capabilities by 2018….I wouldn’t write off anything when it comes to Apple.
Yes, a demo from 2013:
The Xbox and PS4 hardcore gaming fans can laugh all they want at a less powerful Apple TV gaming box. But let’s revisit this in another 18 months and look where the profits go. Then we’ll see who’s still laughing.
I can’t help thinking about Tim Cook’s visit with Newell and Steam a couple years ago. A great move would be supporting steam streaming and their new controller. I would like apple to concede some control and realize they have never been serious or delivered for gamers.
I just read an article that put a single 4k episode of Breaking Bad on Netflix as weighing in at 18GB. I don’t think we’re ready (hell, I don’t even have a 4k TV) for 4k at this point.
4k ?