> Until the growth and success of games on the iOS platform, Apple and gaming were just two words that did not go together

This glosses over a major turning point in gaming history. Bungie debuted Halo at MACWORLD in January 2000: http://www.macobserver.com/news/00/january/000104/bungiemov....

Six months later, Bungie was purchased by Microsoft. The most relevant consequence of that deal was that Halo, a major turning point in gaming evolution, was on Microsoft's new console: Xbox.

Edit: forgot to make the obvious point. Mac was on the verge of becoming very relevant to gaming over a decade ago, and Microsoft stole that thunder for their entrance to the console races.