They support it for games, I wouldn't really say they've been pushing it though.
replyThat said, I'd love it if Plex or Jellyfin were able to use that storage to cache files locally (eg. stream the data as fast as possible and play from the local copy) to smooth out some flakiness with the wifi between the tv and my home server.
They did push it for gaming at one time, but it fizzled out since then. At one point Arcade was pushed pretty hard, and they presented Apple TV as the premier place to play it.
replyI've used it for a total of a few hours in many years, almost exclusively for mini motorways. It never made sense to play over the Switch or PS5. I'm not sure who's using it.
Eh Apple halfheartedly pretends like they're a gaming platform every couple years for a WWDC and then never gives any indication they're actually trying the other 364 days of the year. I'd be shocked if gaming was an influence in the storage at all.
replyI'd guess it's room for the AI model and future versions of it that could grow.
Hey now, they care about the MTX gravy train that is mobile gaming.
replyHaving 128GB of storage really does shape what kind of games are going to be played though. For a modern PS5/XSX/PC AAA game you can expect ~100 GB per install, and indie games really run the gamut depending on genre and scope.
replyI would expect only mobile developers to actually bother porting games natively to Apple TV, with larger titles opting for game streaming.