I remember reading that Epic went after Apple more to “test waters”. While Apple has a significant presence in the mobile world, it was something like 2% of their revenue from Fortnite. Losing the legal fight wouldn’t hurt them much (other than having to pay all the lawyering fees), but winning would mean they’d have grounds to fight Sony’s hold on the Playstations, which is where a very significant portion of their playerbase is. Get rid of Sony’s tax, EXTRA PROFITS!!
As for the hardware survey itself, Mac will never reach a point where it’s a significant (>10%) of the players, first because of money, as macs and macbooks are stupidly expensive, second by not having as many titles as Windows. I know you also need to pay a fee to develop for iPhone, but I have no idea if that also applies to Mac, possibly not? Third, it’s extremely unlikely to ever get a portable device similar to the Steamdeck.
On that portable front, we’ll essentially see Valve vs. Microsoft, as the former would much rather not have to rely on Windows, something that makes even more sense with every Win11 update. Microsoft obviously doesn’t want people to ditch Windows, so expect a “special portable edition” for some handhelds in the future.
Stardew Valley. No greater power fantasy than owning a piece of productive land