[manquer]

It is a good machine yes, although I wouldn't go too much store crashing as an indicator of popularity, that could just be poorly managed web services at Apple.

Delivery dates are even now within 1 week after shipping starts (Nov 3-10), so demand seems within their initial estimates.

Hardware is not only reason gaming is not strong on Mac. Microsoft had a decent hardware and software offering for their Nokia phones in the later years, that didn't help them.

It will take ecosystem of developers investing years of effort in building a deep catalog. Game publishers are not going to risk spending that kind of effort unless there is already enough of market for large titles to recover the money, while this can grow organically, to compete with MS who have XBox as well as dominance in PC gaming, Apple will need to be active in their attempt.

A lot of effort in dev community engagement, incentivize publishers to release on their platform, get exclusive deals etc. After all this, it still may fail. Apple has not shown any interest in even trying to do that so far.

[spacedcowboy]

I just wanted to point out that delivery times have now bumped to Nov 26 -> Dec 6 for the same one I ordered on Monday afternoon ago that was Nov 10 -> Nov 17. In less than 2 days, the shipment has been bumped by 2 weeks or more.

[manquer]

Thats interesting, it could be smaller initial supplies perhaps chip shortage or supply chain issues - The average wait time for ships is quite bad.

I would expect demand to taper off during pre order phase. People who would pre order are likely to do it earlier than later, to not have to wait for a month like now.

The rest are going to wait for reviews be able to check it out at a store and buy one when they need it/afford it or at a store over the next months.

[spacedcowboy]

Or, you know, they could be insanely popular. That’s an option too…