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Report: Apple is spending $500M+ to secure games for Apple Arcade, games will be permitted to release on PC/consoles after a few months of exclusivity
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Huh? There were lots of games in the trailer we know they had already been announced for Switch and PC
Companies have been doing this since forever. Nintendo secured one year exclusivity on Street Fighter 2 to keep the game off Genesis like 30 years ago. In an industry where tribal fandom to one company over the other has been such an integral (and sometimes celebrated) part of the hobby, and throwing a rise in subscription service based business models similar to what you are seeing in TV, where keeping people subbed from month to month, and where companies Netflix, Hulu, etc are shelling out tons for exclusive content, im not sure why people expect any different. This is an evolution of how gaming has always been, and of what successful gaming companies have always done.
It would have been a different game, but lets not forget you had all 6 mainline ff games on a Nintendo platform up until then. And less licensing fees and thus more money was definetly a reason
Sony was offering companies a much better licensing deal to shift over to their console. That's money in Squares pocket.
Cool.
Good thing I rarely buy day 1 but it really sucks for people who like playing games ASAP.
Good thing I rarely buy day 1 but it really sucks for people who like playing games ASAP.
I don't mind Apple doing this but I just don't see what the market is for a subscription service for timed exclusives of indie mobile games. There'll be some cool games on there sure, but are there going to be 'platform sellers'?
Yeah because people in the comments of these games complain that there is no F2P option and that "5 dollars is a bit steep" lol. The mobile market is trash because everyone expects free games with "optional" in-game purchases.
Oh man... don't tell me that's the reason for all this secrecy...
I don't remember. Exclusives, whether done by force of market power or the allure of money given or saved, have always been a part of the console industry.
Apple is funding a fuckton of development. Maybe read up first huh.
I dont think im the target audience for this. I buy mobile games once in a blue moon, they would have to be exceptional for me to buy in to this.
For devs this seems like a Dream though. I wonder what the deal is exactly. Are they just funding development or are devs getting a cut based on downloads, etc
Era's the type of enthusiast form where playing serious games on a phone is a dealbreaker, but given the popularity of phone games - even stuff like Fortnite and PUBG Mobile that are also playable on "real" systems - it's really worth remembering that the mass market does not mind playing even "real" games with a touch screen
You clearly misunderstood my point. What I'm saying is that people already interested in console style games aren't going to be swayed by timed exclusivity when they could just wait. Especially since playing these kind of games on a glass slab is without question an inferior experience to playing it with an actual controller.
I thought we all realised that the best mobile games are one's that utilize the touch controls in an intuitive way instead of trying to simulate on-screen controls. If Apple was trying to make a sub service for mobile games that would be one thing but clearly they're trying to go after that console market.
I dunno, Nintendo, Sony and Ms made tons of deals for exclusive content when they first entered the market and still do. Don't see what's different from what Apple is doing.
I've been saying this for a while. Can't wait to see it happen.
Sure, they made some deals. But they also made their own content.
Seriously fucks me up that a lot of people don't like this. Apple is injecting $500m into large and small game developers around the world and people are unhappy because the games are exclusive for a brief period? This is amazing for hundreds of game devs out there, in terms of helping to launch studios, push them farther or even just stay alive for longer.
In general, any big company taking money out of their money hoard and putting it into the world like this is just a good thing all around.
EDIT: And yeah, it really doesn't matter if you want to use their services or products or not. Game devs are being paid en masse. New games will exist specifically because of this, and not just on iOS! This is seriously amazing!
In general, any big company taking money out of their money hoard and putting it into the world like this is just a good thing all around.
EDIT: And yeah, it really doesn't matter if you want to use their services or products or not. Game devs are being paid en masse. New games will exist specifically because of this, and not just on iOS! This is seriously amazing!
Same. Especially if those AAA titles were previously announced for other platforms.
AAA running on ARM platform is a special league, only Nintendo has done it.
While the short-term benefits to devs are obvious, I do have concerns that all this moneyhatting will have negative long term concequences with the resulting fragmentation of the games industry. As pointed out earlier, every game really should be available on as many platforms as possible, and this runs directly counter to that.
I'm actually pretty excited for Apple Arcade.... and while buying up exclusives might suck for those who don't use Apple products, at least it sounds like they'll just be relatively brief timed exclusives.
The iPhone certainly isn't gonna become my primary gaming device since not all genres work well with touchscreen controls, but some genres work fantastically... point and click adventure, VNs, puzzle, turn-based RPGs, etc.
The iPhone certainly isn't gonna become my primary gaming device since not all genres work well with touchscreen controls, but some genres work fantastically... point and click adventure, VNs, puzzle, turn-based RPGs, etc.
Apple TV4K is actually quite great if you get the Steel Series Nimbus controller. It's not like having an Xbox One X but it's surprisingly good for quality shmups and platformers etc that have controller support. I played through Oceanhorn on Apple TV, 60fps, controller, looked slick, nothing to complain about really. It was unplayable with the Apple TV remote though so don't even bother using that.
Much like with the proliferation of streaming video platforms, content creators are going to be the real winners here.
I really have no interest in this. There's definitely a market for Apple Arcade but it's not for me. At least not yet.
Square didn't moneyhat FF or any other 3rd party game. They offered a sweet deal to all publishers with bargain bin licensing and royalties for Sony, and the developer gets all the money. Developers made more money than ever compared to publishing games on N64
500M isn't even close to start moving the needle on the core-users, assuming Apple even cares about that (but I know this forum does).
Confused on exclusivity now though - I thought they specifically said nothing gets on this store unless it's specifically curated for it - even if exclusivity goes away after. But now it sounds like they'll accept ports as well?
Confused on exclusivity now though - I thought they specifically said nothing gets on this store unless it's specifically curated for it - even if exclusivity goes away after. But now it sounds like they'll accept ports as well?
Nintendo is swimming in lootbox money now - I doubt they have any moral hangups left over bleeding mobile users dry.
GF likes iphones and ipads, which I've been buying. She'll have to get used to Android lol.
