Skip the controller, the Apple TV 4K still isn't a good gaming platform
Despite the inclusion of the super-fast A19 chip and continued support for game controllers, the new 4th-gen Apple TV 4K is still far from a viable gaming device for anything beyond the most casual of audiences, thanks to missing features and mind-boggling design decisions. Apple TV gaming is still a thing, kinda. Every so often, the Apple TV 4K tries to be a game console, and Apple promotes a ton of games in the App Store to bolster that claim. With the first new Apple TV 4K release in four years, there was hope that the 4th-gen model would take things to a new level. But at a time when the gaming industry is readying itself for the biggest game release in a decade, and perhaps ever, in the form of Grand Theft Auto 6 , the Apple TV 4K just doesn't cut it. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Despite the inclusion of the super-fast A19 chip and continued support for game controllers, the new 4th-gen Apple TV 4K is still far from a viable gaming device for anything beyond the most casual of audiences, thanks to missing features and mind-boggling design decisions. Apple TV gaming is still a thing, kinda. Every so often, the Apple TV 4K tries to be a game console, and Apple promotes a ton of games in the App Store to bolster that claim. With the first new Apple TV 4K release in four years, there was hope that the 4th-gen model would take things to a new level. But at a time when the gaming industry is readying itself for the biggest game release in a decade, and perhaps ever, in the form of Grand Theft Auto 6 , the Apple TV 4K just doesn't cut it. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Despite the inclusion of the super-fast A19 chip and continued support for game controllers, the new 4th-gen Apple TV 4K is still far from a viable gaming device for anything beyond the most casual of audiences, thanks to missing features and mind-boggling design decisions.
Apple TV gaming is still a thing, kinda.
Every so often, the Apple TV 4K tries to be a game console, and Apple promotes a ton of games in the App Store to bolster that claim.
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