6 ms·
> Until the growth and success of games on the iOS platform, Apple and gaming were just two words that did not go together This glosses over a major turning po
by stiletto 14y ago
> Until the growth and success of games on the iOS platform, Apple and gaming were just two words that did not go together
This glosses over a major turning point in gaming history. Bungie debuted Halo at MACWORLD in January 2000:
http://www.macobserver.com/news/00/january/000104/bungiemov.shtml http://www.macobserver.com/news/00/january/000104/bungiemov....
Six months later, Bungie was purchased by Microsoft. The most relevant consequence of that deal was that Halo, a major turning point in gaming evolution, was on Microsoft's new console: Xbox.
Edit: forgot to make the obvious point. Mac was on the verge of becoming very relevant to gaming over a decade ago, and Microsoft stole that thunder for their entrance to the console races.
- talmand 14y agoMy memory of that is that Apple had their shot and passed. Apple chose the wrong direction in that turning point. The amount of Halo's importance to gaming history is a debate for another time.