Is Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Good for Games?
WiredAn Apple event staple is the famous game dev gushing over new Apple hardware, followed by a tease of upcoming high-end titles. But with last year’s iPhone 15 Pro and again with this year’s iPhone 16 Pro, Apple raised the stakes, boldly claiming its smartphone lets you play your favorites anywhere—including the biggest AAA hits. The GameSir G8 Galileo controller with the iPhone 16 Pro Playing AAA Games on iPhone Apple might claim the iPhone is a AAA powerhouse, but when playing the current crop of headliners—Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Death Stranding, Resident Evil Village—you find they have one thing in common: The AAA experience has come across too literally. Still from Assassin's Creed Mirage with onscreen touch controls Still from Resident Evil Village With the iPhone ensconced in a controller, it then hits you: You’re playing a modern AAA game. And in the case of Assassin’s Creed Mirage and Resident Evil 4, games that jumped from console to iPhone in just eight months.