{"id":5234,"date":"2016-01-14T15:48:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T15:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2016-01-12T16:16:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:16:13","slug":"linked-polygon-on-the-new-appletv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/14\/linked-polygon-on-the-new-appletv\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: Polygon on the new AppleTv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/features\/2015\/10\/26\/9604068\/apple-tv-app-size-limit-technology-slicing-tags-200-mb\">via Polygon:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Apple\u2019s solution assumes that its devices are covered in a warm blanket of internet connectivity. This makes sense for the Apple TV, which will live in a home, or iPhones, which have cellular connectivity built in. It makes less sense for devices like the iPod Touch and some iPads, which don\u2019t always have internet connections.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is my main concern with gaming on AppleTV and the industry as a whole. We release games that aren\u2019t complete and require 1+ gigabyte patches on day one of release and now downloadable games are on-demand so you get portions of the game as you play through.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a time where we don\u2019t have Internet either you decide to move up to a cabin for the summer and take the AppleTV with you to watch media you have on your computer via HomeSharing or something more bizarre like a collapse of our Internet infrastructure due to hacking from another country or terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>Some say that the AppleTV Gaming won\u2019t be a big deal if we lose internet completely but I like to support products that work no matter what. All I need is a solar panel and I have everything I need which is why I keep buying physical copies of games and not downloadable ones. I don\u2019t care for this approach to games that they\u2019re taking as I\u2019m certain that this infrastructure will move to iOS as a requirement at some point. I don\u2019t play iOS games because the screens are too small and most of them are based on a freemium model which is just a waste of money but now even more so, playing a video game on an airplane or in another country with roaming charges means not being able to complete it because the next level hasn\u2019t downloaded yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Polygon: Apple\u2019s solution assumes that its devices are covered in a warm blanket of internet connectivity. 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