So, today, a bunch of games were getting their regularly scheduled updates, but only the Android versions actually went live, with the developers putting out notes that they ran into an unexpected iOS issue that they're working on resolving.
These games include titles such as Fire Emblem Heroes, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, The Alchemist's Code, and some others.
People started to wonder what could have caused this after they noticed it was happening to so many titles, and then noticed that this was about the time that Apple's lootbox rate listing requirements were supposed to go into effect.
Now, while these games did list rates, there's a difference between them and the games that didn't have issues.
Here's an example of a game without a known issue:
Here's an example of a game with an update issue:
It seems that Apple expected each item to be detailed, not just general categories.
Assuming this conclusion is correct, this will also be impacting multiplatform titles like Hearthstone, that currently do not list anything close to sufficient by this standard.
These games include titles such as Fire Emblem Heroes, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, The Alchemist's Code, and some others.
People started to wonder what could have caused this after they noticed it was happening to so many titles, and then noticed that this was about the time that Apple's lootbox rate listing requirements were supposed to go into effect.
Now, while these games did list rates, there's a difference between them and the games that didn't have issues.
Here's an example of a game without a known issue:
Here's an example of a game with an update issue:
It seems that Apple expected each item to be detailed, not just general categories.
Assuming this conclusion is correct, this will also be impacting multiplatform titles like Hearthstone, that currently do not list anything close to sufficient by this standard.