Apple Game Controller
While there have been rumours for years that Apple could turn the Apple TV into more of a gaming console, it’s only more recently that it seems to be getting more serious about gaming, thanks to last year’s release of Apple Arcade, where it’s not only providing games, but actually bankrolling their development.
So Apple may finally be working on its own gaming controller, at least if a vague report by an otherwise reliable Twitter account is to be believed. Unfortunately, there’s not much else known right as to what Apple is up to, and it’s even possible this could be a reference to the Vive-like AR/VR controller recently found buried in iOS 14 code.
Our take: Apple already added support for mainstream gaming controllers to its Apple TV and iPhone/iPad devices with iOS 13 last year, so it’s hard to imagine what Apple could bring to the table with its own first-party game controller, other than getting a slice of the hardware revenue, and perhaps being able to offer it in a bundled “Apple Arcade” set-top box.