Vala isikhangiso

Ukuqagela okungabazayo kuthi i-Apple isebenza ku-Nintendo Switch-like console. Iyangabazeka ngoba iphuma emthonjeni ongaziwa (inkundla yaseKorea) nangenxa yokuthi ayinabufakazi. Masikhohlwe ukuthi lokhu kuyiqiniso noma inganekwane futhi esikhundleni salokho sibheke ukuthi kungani i-Apple kufanele yenze ikhonsoli yayo nokuthi izoletha ini kubadlali bamageyimu. Yize i-Apple ibihlale ihlinzeka ngemidlalo kumadivayisi ayo, inkampani kanjalo ayikaze ingene embonini yemidlalo, noma okungenani ayiphumelelanga kakhulu (bona Pippin). Sekukonke, ishicilele imidlalo emibili kuphela ku-App Store yayo. Kukhona isikhathi esisodwa I-Texas Hold'em, ongayithola kuyo ngisho namanje, okwesibili kwakuyi-pun ye-Paper Wizard kaWarren Buffett. Yayinikezelwe kulo mtshali-zimali omkhulu we-Apple, owayesanda kuqala umsebenzi wakhe wokusebenza njengendoda ehambisa amaphephandaba. Kodwa-ke, lapho isifeze injongo yayo, i-Apple yayisusa ku-App Store.

Kungani kunjalo 

I-Apple yathatha isinyathelo esikhulu "somdlalo" kuphela ngokuqaliswa kwe-platform ye-Apple Arcade ngo-2019. Nokho, ngemva kokuphoxeka kwemisebenzi ye-Apple TV 4K entsha, kubonakala sengathi ngeke iphinde iyenze i-console yokudlala. Asizange sithole isilawuli sethu somdlalo, i-Siri Remote eklanywe kabusha ayilungele imidlalo, futhi ngenxa yokungabikho kwe-accelerometer ne-gyroscope. Ikhonsoli yegeyimu ephathekayo ingaba namandla, kodwa ngeke ilingane ne-iPhone?

Thatha i-iPod touch, eyethulwa njengekhonsoli ethile yokudlala. I-Apple empeleni izodinga ukuyibuyekeza futhi ngokunokwenzeka yengeze ezinye zalezo zilawuli zehadiwe, njengeNintendo Shintsha inazo njengamanje (usebenzisa isixhumi esihlakaniphile?). Ungadlala ku-"iPod" usohambeni, usekhaya ngokuxhuma i-Apple TV kuyo, okuyindlela yonke inkundla ye-Apple Arcade eyayihloselwe ngayo. Noma kunjalo, yonke into ithuthuka kakhulu maqondana ne-Apple empeleni isusa lo mbono.

Kungani kungenjalo 

Kungashiwo ukuthi i-Apple isivele inakho konke ekudingayo ukunikeza abasebenzisi bayo isipiliyoni esihle sokudlala ngaphandle kohlobo olusha lwedivayisi (i-iPhone, i-Apple TV). Lokho elingenakho, nokho, i-App Store egcwele imidlalo yezinga le-console. Yebo, uzothola imidlalo emihle kuyo, kodwa ngokuvamile imidlalo yeselula, hhayi imidlalo ozoyithola kuma-Windows PC, i-PlayStation, noma i-Nintendo Switch. Impela kwanele kubadlali abajwayelekile, abadlali bekhonsoli, okufanele nakanjani ikhonsoli ibhekise kubo, kodwa baphendulele phezulu amakhala.

Ephepheni, i-Switch iyimbangi ebuthakathaka ye-iPhone ne-iPad, kodwa idumile nge-ecosystem yayo yemidlalo. Uma i-Apple ifuna ukuzenzela eyakho ikhonsoli ephathekayo, kufanele iqale iqinisekise ukuthi inemidlalo eyanele ehehayo futhi iphathe i-Apple Arcade njengento eyengeziwe. Kepha kuyiqiniso ukuthi ukuqagela kwasekuqaleni kubuye kukhulume ngesiphetho sesivumelwano sokukhiqizwa kwezihloko ezivela kubathuthukisi bomhlaba (Ubisoft). Njengoba nje ihlanganyele nabanye onjiniyela ukubuyisa imidlalo yakudala ye-iOS ku-Apple Arcade, mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi sokuthi ivule insizakalo yayo kubadali bemidlalo emikhulu, kungakhathalekile ukuthi yiziphi izifiso zekhonsoli. I-iPhone, i-iPad, amakhompyutha we-Mac kanye ne-Apple TV sezivele ziyasebenzisana ne-PlayStation ne-Xbox joystick, ngakho-ke uma waneliseke ngemidlalo evela ku-App Store, uqinisekise ukulawula okugcwele lapha. Ngakho-ke awudingi ngempela ikhonsoli yakwa-Apple, njengemidlalo. Kodwa bekungeke yini kube kuhle ukuba nezinye izesekeli zokudlala ngqo ezivela ku-Apple uqobo? 

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