Just thought I’d give an update since my last post, I submitted the bug report to Apple and this morning got confirmation that they’re aware of the issue and “Potential fix identified- For a future OS update”
Whilst monopolies are a terrible thing for consumers.
PlayStation and Nintendo still have the best first party lineups and IP available to them. I don’t think this is as big of a deal as people would like to make it seem.
I do agree this should have been blocked by regulators just as I thought with the Bethesda acquisition. Sony also with the acquisition of Bungie.
There should be a restriction on the purchasing of studios/publishers of a certain size.
Certainly isn’t going to hurt Sony or Nintendo. I also don’t think this is the big WIN that Microsoft thinks it’s going to be either.
I’m not bothering with Apple Support, I’ve reported the issue through the Feedback application though as I’m on iOS 17.1 beta (much more likely to get a useful response to the issue then contacting support)