The Mac failed on this space; will Apple’s iPhone 16 succeed? Ideas…

On the current iPhone 16 occasion one thing stood out to me – the identical factor I have been noticing Apple point out an increasing number of. And no, it wasn’t the recent matter of the 12 months – AI (or Apple Intelligence, on this case), and it wasn’t the brand new digital camera button.

It was that Apple is attempting tougher and tougher to draw online game publishers and builders to port their triple-A video games to the iPhone. Not simply that, however the Cupertino firm actually desires you to know that the iPhone is, on prime of all else – a succesful console-grade handheld gaming gadget.

Discover I used to be cautious to not say “cell gaming,” however “handheld gaming,” as cell gaming implies quick, touch-screen video games meant for (often addictive) informal leisure on the go.

However handheld gaming implies a Steam Deck competitor, a Nintendo Change competitor, an ROG Ally competitor…

And as a day by day Steam Deck consumer, and an enormous fan of it – it obtained me considering – is that this a joke? Or is it a promising try and place the iPhone as a severe gaming console, alongside these others talked about?