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Apple reportedly plans ‘Netflix for games’ subscription service
- Thread starter Toumari
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If this means Apple pushing more premium titles, sounds great.
Current Apple hardware is great, they should be putting better titles out.
Current Apple hardware is great, they should be putting better titles out.
That's what I think, too, after all the number of Mac gamers is pretty small compared to those that play something (anything, even Candy Crush) on iPhone, iPad, etc.. If that's the case, I'm not sure this would work too well, given the already low price (or f2p galore) of most mobile games. But this does seem to be the future of gaming, so Apple doing steps towards that direction makes sense.
Yea, but if Apple locks some of them exclusively into their ecosystem, you gotta buy an iThing to play them!
Exclusive stuff like Infinity Blade would be attractive.
And "premium" titles usually don't cost that much that I could see a subscription being worth it.
This is a good idea and if it works we might actually be seeing better mobile games get a bigger mainstream push.
If not streaming, they it would have to be App Store games - they'll want to offer a service that you can use across devices. If streaming, then possibly anything. Or maybe a hybrid of the two.
But I'm still waiting for the rumoured Apple TV set that multiple sources were talking about years ago. This may never happen.
To be fair it makes perfect sense. The market is dominated by free to play titles and not many people download paid games. This as a result discourages developers from putting their games on mobile. If these games were to be placed behind a small monthly transcription, it would definitely entice more users to "pay" for them.
As someone that doesn't really actively play games on their phone, the concept of a subscription based service that has a curated set of options is appealing to me.
The only problem is, I probably wouldn't be willing to pay that much money for such a service. 3 bucks a month at most.
The only problem is, I probably wouldn't be willing to pay that much money for such a service. 3 bucks a month at most.
Right? The heat is on right now and I have to say that I like it!
(Regarding the US Market - which is probably pretty important to projected P&L statements)
Still waiting for this conglomerate of HUGE companies who want to do this, to tell us how many millions of people are expected to stay under 1TB of data while basically streaming EVERYTHING.
Still waiting for this conglomerate of HUGE companies who want to do this, to tell us how many millions of people are expected to stay under 1TB of data while basically streaming EVERYTHING.
My mistake, I thought the poster in question was referring to streaming services.
I'm still waiting for there TV service,let alone a game service...I'll be 6 under by the time either launch
seems pointless seeing as how most popular cellphone games are free, but the mobile market is enormous. If they only capture a small percentage of that audience it's probably worth it financially.
Seeing as how growth of their electronic products has started to stagnate, it doesn't surprise me that they'd look to games to squeeze more cash out of their customers.
Seeing as how growth of their electronic products has started to stagnate, it doesn't surprise me that they'd look to games to squeeze more cash out of their customers.
You are all underrating and misunderstanding "mobile games". Apple has a tablet that can locally run Xbox One S games. The combination of diminishing returns and improved scalability means the lines between mobile and AAA gaming are getting blurred. We aren't far from IPhones having the compute power to run God of War locally. They will run NBA 2K, Madden and FIFA shortly. The OG PS4 specs aren't far away from fitting in your pocket. Apple will be a legit competitor against Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. This is coming from someone who has no love for Apple.
The Switch is $300 and sold at a profit. Won't be surprised if this year or next Apple offers a version of their phone that beats the Switch specs.
The Switch is $300 and sold at a profit. Won't be surprised if this year or next Apple offers a version of their phone that beats the Switch specs.
And you'll probably need an adapter. Only $70.
This makes sense. A lot of small free 2 playd have a subscription thing of their own for no ads and what not, having a general subscription on a platform level for those games in which the developer also makes a profit would be a good solution for those, as well as granting consumer the chance to see premium games.
Dead Space, Dragon Age, Mass Effect trilogies on mobile is the dream come true...
Wow. That's basically all top 4 tech giants.Next gen will be interesting indeed. MS has gamepass .. I wonder what the other 3 will call their subscription services.
I expect it to be more like Amazon's free time for kids where it gives you access to a bunch of curated apps and you just choose which ones to install. Also like Game pass on XB1/PC, you get access to 100s of games but you still have to download/install them to play.
Fortnite is free to play on iOS already; why would they include a free game in a subscription service?
Why would you pay a subscription fee so you can play a free to play game?
As I typed that I realised that is what everyone who plays Fortnite on Xbox has to do
It seems like a strange option for a storefront dominated by F2P titles.
On the flip side, if Apple is attempting to highlight some of the more traditional titles this may be a way to help them do so, though I wonder how successful this would be in the end.
If Apple ever decided to take gaming serious, it could be very interesting, to say the least.
On the flip side, if Apple is attempting to highlight some of the more traditional titles this may be a way to help them do so, though I wonder how successful this would be in the end.
If Apple ever decided to take gaming serious, it could be very interesting, to say the least.
