If we asked users of the Apple ecosystem what products they would like to see in the future, the most common answers would probably be televisions and game consoles. It’s true that they are two of the highest-rated tech products in the industry. But… did you know that Apple actually already has a game console?

That’s it Apple TV is like a miniature game console. In fact, the tvOS App Store has its own catalog of games. It might even be possible to control Apple TV with an iPhone to play video games.

But, Apple TV software has a minor limitation This prevented many developers from bringing their most valuable games to Apple’s small multimedia device.

Apple limits storage space used by Apple TV apps

With the spectacular entry of iPhone emulators onto the scene, which are now officially legal thanks to the European Union’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), many users have wondered whether any of these emulators will work on Apple TV.

Such was the case with the RetroArch emulator, available for both iPhone and Apple TV. However, RetroArch’s arrival on the tvOS App Store revealed a limitation of Apple’s software.

It appears that users who have tried RetroArch have found their games removed by the app. This is because there is a restriction in the Apple TV operating system. tvOS limits the amount of storage the app uses.

Apple TV is one of the best devices for consuming streaming

The maximum size of an Apple TV app cannot exceed 4 GB. Moreover, Apple’s tvOS App Store documentation states: An Apple TV app can only permanently store 500KB of data.

Notably, the latest generation Apple TV 4K has a maximum storage configuration. 128GB and one basic option 64GB. Let’s hope that in the future Apple develops a device with larger storage to solve this minor issue and eliminate this limitation.

This limitation means that many app developers can’t bring their great games to the App Store or Apple Arcade. This meant that Apple TV could not be a small miniature video game console.

If we add to this that many developers are unhappy with Apple Arcade, we get an explosive mixture. While it is true that Apple can sometimes be a very demanding, harsh and restrictive company, it is also true that: These types of limitations ensure that everything works exactly as it should. and user security remains impeccable.

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