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Report shows that AAA games for iPhone and iPad aren’t exactly a hit with users (9to5mac.com)

submitted 4 months ago by cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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[–] aluminium@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have to constantly update iOS Apps or Games for new iOS Releases for them to keep working properly?

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s really not that different than a PC just with a slightly tighter cycle. When you upgraded from Windows 7 to 10, some games lost support too. It’s just that PCs have a much longer compatibility window than phones do.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago

Eh, that’s not really true. Games from decades ago still have a good chance to play fine on modern Windows because Microsoft cares about backwards compatibility. That’s like one of the main appeals of Win32.

I don’t think there’s a problem with deprecating and removing APIs like Apple does in principle but if you combine non-free/proprietary focused ecosystem with that, like they also do, it’s a software preservation disaster.