For years and years Apple unveiling new iPhones was always a momentous occasion as it seemed like each new model introduced some new highly advanced graphical capabilities that nobody ever dreamed could be possible on a little smartphone. But for at least several years now there’s been a bit of a “point of diminishing returns" effect with every new iPhone. Yes these devices get faster, more powerful, and Apple’s in-house chip team is on an entirely new level from pretty much everyone else in the industry. It’s just that none of that really translates to mobile games that are that much more visually impressive as games we’ve been getting for a long time now. In other words, the “wow" factor is all but gone.
I sound like I’m being negative but that’s not actually the case. I think it’s awesome that visually rich 3D games are just a normal thing in a lot of mobile games, and much like the console and PC world, the nearly endless power of today’s hardware challenges developers to create unique art styles that will stand out from all the ultra photorealistic stuff. And I like that. For so many years video games have been a graphics arms race and now we’ve hit a point where developers need to bring more than something that looks real pretty and have to branch out into other areas of innovation.
Ok, with that preamble out of the way, Apple did unveil new iPhones today as they usually do every September, ...