They could have done this now too. So no, I don’t think the promoted games which come with the 16 ultra will run on the 15p.
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Resident Evil 4 for iPhone Will Cost $60
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Don’t think capcom does anything here with these promoted games. Its apples decision.
I think you just proved your point with the BG3 example. It took a wildly successful cultural phenomenon no one expected and months of negations to get special permission to drop the local split screen multiplayer so it can ship - they didn’t say they wouldn’t add it later.
We might see another example of that in the next five years but if anything I’d say that’s how committed MS are to series S/X parity. Remember in recent leaks we learnt there’s new S/X for next year and current S will drop to 199. The S/X split is over 70% S. Ms aren’t going to drop it.
I’m in two minds about this. On the one hand, wow, as an Apple geek this is cool to see from a tech/chip perspective, and I’d be inclined to try it just to see it… but on the other hand AAA gaming on the iPhone?? $60?! No no no.
I don’t trust Apple not to gatekeep behind the next Pro model, or generation after either, I mean you can see it with this. 3 months ago Apples iPhone page was talking about the 14 being the latest and greatest, that’s now surpassed by the 15, most but not all people expected that, but in the space of 3 months, a $1000+ most amazing phone ever that we know you’re going to love now can’t play the latest game? That’s not cool. The chipset in the 14 Pro, albeit no HW ray tracing, still had some pretty hefty specs and 6GB ram to play with, more has been done with less.
Developers should be wanting and needing to optimise, and mandated to do so by Apple so previous generations are supported. Look at the Xbox, consoles from the previous generation, years and years ago still, or until recently ish getting the latest games, the hardware lasts for years, if they’re serious about gaming on iOS, we should see similar. Likewise for the App Store, I’ve previously bought and played Deus Ex on the iPhone, I loved it. Can’t get it anymore, not kept up to date, the OS has changed too much, that $ is gone, there needs to be a better way to manage this for gaming and the libraries that gamers like to build.
I really hope that Apple proves me wrong on these points and they build an eco system that lasts with support across hardware generations… I just don’t think they will.
The other thing for me, and it’s a personal preference, the practicality of gaming on a phone. Some stuff I play I love, Hearthstone for example, perfect on a phone, makes sense for touch, love it, phone stays cool. How is a phone going to manage heat in an intense ray tracing enabled play session? Storage space? Battery (and knock on degradation from heat and charging)? And if I have to start using a controller with it? No I’ll just stick to the Xbox and game pass, no hassle, a library of AAA and it just works. Again, hope Apple proves me wrong.
I don’t trust Apple not to gatekeep behind the next Pro model, or generation after either, I mean you can see it with this. 3 months ago Apples iPhone page was talking about the 14 being the latest and greatest, that’s now surpassed by the 15, most but not all people expected that, but in the space of 3 months, a $1000+ most amazing phone ever that we know you’re going to love now can’t play the latest game? That’s not cool. The chipset in the 14 Pro, albeit no HW ray tracing, still had some pretty hefty specs and 6GB ram to play with, more has been done with less.
Developers should be wanting and needing to optimise, and mandated to do so by Apple so previous generations are supported. Look at the Xbox, consoles from the previous generation, years and years ago still, or until recently ish getting the latest games, the hardware lasts for years, if they’re serious about gaming on iOS, we should see similar. Likewise for the App Store, I’ve previously bought and played Deus Ex on the iPhone, I loved it. Can’t get it anymore, not kept up to date, the OS has changed too much, that $ is gone, there needs to be a better way to manage this for gaming and the libraries that gamers like to build.
I really hope that Apple proves me wrong on these points and they build an eco system that lasts with support across hardware generations… I just don’t think they will.
The other thing for me, and it’s a personal preference, the practicality of gaming on a phone. Some stuff I play I love, Hearthstone for example, perfect on a phone, makes sense for touch, love it, phone stays cool. How is a phone going to manage heat in an intense ray tracing enabled play session? Storage space? Battery (and knock on degradation from heat and charging)? And if I have to start using a controller with it? No I’ll just stick to the Xbox and game pass, no hassle, a library of AAA and it just works. Again, hope Apple proves me wrong.
I think the idea of it being the 15 Pro is the baseline ‘Apple gaming AAA’ spec is now 8GB, same as on M1. So easy to port games from the baseline going forward. It’s a line in the sand. The iPhone 15 GFX benchmarks around the same at an M1 Air.
I hope so, I really really do. There’s room to expand here, cameras get better year on year, fine, maybe a design tweak etc, but a lot of fun could be have with gaming if they do get it right. I’m hoping.
Seems perfectly reasonable to me. This is AAA gaming and it costs more. The real problem is Apple allowed the race to the bottom to happen on the App Store and it devolved into the free-to-play, pay-to-win hellhole it now is. Now everyone expects games to be free or only a few pounds.
I still fondly remember the early days when we’d get games like Ridge Racer, Katamari Damacy, Grand Theft Auto, Bioshock, Castle of Illusion, etc and they were proper games, not micro-transaction rubbish that had been fixed to force you to keep paying to bypass timers or beat impossible levels.
I still fondly remember the early days when we’d get games like Ridge Racer, Katamari Damacy, Grand Theft Auto, Bioshock, Castle of Illusion, etc and they were proper games, not micro-transaction rubbish that had been fixed to force you to keep paying to bypass timers or beat impossible levels.
If Rockstar wanted to drop the Series S for GTA6 are we sure MS isn't going to say sure? Especially if the alternative is no GTA6 on Xbox at all.
No reason to believe that Apple won't allow future games to be exclusive to the newer phone hardware, even if the older hardware could run it.
Because the iPhone 14 Pro had hardware ray tracing, plus the 8 GB RAM needed to run RE8?
Incidentally, what was the exclusive game to iPhone 14 Pro that wouldn't run on a 13 Pro?
M1 doesn’t have ray tracing too. Don’t know about game but e.g. photonic engine is only available for 14 even with same SOC. if it’s really the 2 GB which makes it impossible (i dont believe it) it was a mistake by apple to build last years iPhones with 6GB if they wanna go into the gaming area.
There will always be a reason why last years device will not get it. This year it’s Ram next year it’s the next gen raytracing etc
Don't you have a gaming PC or console? So why are you inventing unverifiable rumors?
The speed benchmarks show that 15pro and pro max can NOT sustain high frame rates beyond a few seconds due to throttling the CPU because it dissipates heat very poorly. Even Samsung s23 has steady frame
Rates. iPhone 15pm is a like a good politician: lots of promises and almost nothing actually done.
It even loads heavy apps slower thst s23 and at there same speed as iPhone 14. The new CPU is useless as a”upgrade” basically.
Rates. iPhone 15pm is a like a good politician: lots of promises and almost nothing actually done.
It even loads heavy apps slower thst s23 and at there same speed as iPhone 14. The new CPU is useless as a”upgrade” basically.
Called it.
The Resident Evil 4 remake that's coming to iPhone will be priced at $59.99, the same price that Capcom charges for the game on consoles like the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X.
Resident Evil 4 can be pre-ordered on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac right now, and under the in-app purchase list, the full unlock is listed for $59.99. An additional DLC pack is priced at $19.99, and several weapon packs are available at prices ranging from $2.99 to $9.99.
Capcom released the Resident Evil 4 remake on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC back in March. Compared to the original game from 2005, it features overhauled graphics, new characters, and updated gameplay elements such as the option to create items and ammo from resources.
Apple's iPhone 15 Pro models include an A17 Pro chip that allows for console-quality games to be played on the device. It supports hardware-based ray tracing and has enhanced GPU capabilities to allow for more system-intensive gameplay.
Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil Village, Death Stranding, and Assassin's Creed: Mirage are console games that are set to be released on the iPhone in the future. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are the only iPhones that will be able to run the games, but it will also be playable on M1 and later iPads and Macs.
Resident Evil 4's release date has not yet been announced.
Article Link: Resident Evil 4 for iPhone Will Cost $60
Dynamic island will cause immersion to be s***
Incoming threads about people accidentally touching the dynamic island and dying from villagers chopping their heads off.
But hey, the island will click and wiggle. That’s neat!
It’s already $30 on console and PC.
Getting a worse experience via iPhone shouldn’t warrant $60.00
Because it’s ancient news. This game originally released on the GameCube in 2005.
Agreed. I’m buying it because I want to see more content like this. Not really on phones as I never game on my phone, but for the Apple ecosystem as a whole for me primarily Macs.
The game is literally 18 years old.