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To me this looks like it's too early to make any definite conclusions on APO. I get that it's tempting to conclude that they only support 14th gen CPUs as some sort of planned obsolescence scheme, but given that it also only works in two games really weakens that idea and makes the early release idea fit much better. So don't judge them on the current state of APO, they may provide support for older gens in the future, but also don't give them credit for it and factor it into the value of the product until APO becomes useful in practice, not just as a tech demo. This discussion is rather pointless at the moment. The technical details of how it works are much more interesting to discuss.
If Intel in the response to HUB says "We have no plans to support previous generations for APO", how else are you supposed to interpret it?
Ok, plans may change, but it's very possible Intel will simply keep this locked on 14th gen just to be able to sell them.
For me as a 4K gamer, it doesn't seem like APO brings anything to the table, but it's still disappointing to see software feature gatekeeping without a technical requirement behind it.
When a reviewer or journalist reaches out to companies, they usually get a response from someone that has no technical knowledge or insight on future products or changes, unless the inquiry is very serious and then it gets forwarded internally.
Im not saying this wont possibly stay exclusive to 14th gen and beyond, but this response is almost certainly by someone that has zero knowledge of how APO works, what the team working on APO is doing, and if it will come to older generations and what games they are currently testing.
And that's on them, not on journalists or consumers. It's their job to have messaging in line with the technical side of the business.
Hell, if a PR team is making such explicitly stated messaging without consulting with engineering, it's frankly a disfuncional corporate PR inventing stuff on the spot. We should take them at their word and act accordingly. Eat the damn negative PR from a damn anti-consumerist response. They could have stated it differently if they wanted some margin of interpretation.