Apple and Valve: Could frenemies really team up?

Re:Apple and Valve: Could frenemies really team up? by stiletto on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @09:28AM (#3852446)

> 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....

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.

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Re:Apple and Valve: Could frenemies really team up? by talmand on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @10:02AM (#3852579)

My 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.

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