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Inside Apple Arcade

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Re: Inside Apple Arcade

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Are there any compelling games on Apple Arcade? Can you only play them on Apple devices? If so, I bet that Netflix’s games strategy will be more successful from an end-user as well as business perspective.

Sneaky Sasquatch is beyond amazing. Played with my daughter until she kept spending all our money on outfits and accessories

Wasn’t the whole point of Arcade that it’s a single subscription and no more fees nor microtransactions? Or have they reneged on that too?

Re: Inside Apple Arcade

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I wish they'd invest as much on Arcade as they do on TV+. Also, they should buy EA, or somehow aggresively invest in their IP so EA games are the absolute funnest to play on Apple devices. Vision Pro especially. They should also somehow reinvent the game controller cause gaming on touch screens will always be lame as f#ck!

Re: Inside Apple Arcade

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sneaky Sasquatch is beyond amazing. Played with my daughter until she kept spending all our money on outfits and accessories

Wasn’t the whole point of Arcade that it’s a single subscription and no more fees nor microtransactions? Or have they reneged on that too?

I’m assuming they’re talking about the in-game currency that you have to earn/accumulate.

There are no micro transactions, and you don’t have to pay anything.

Re: Inside Apple Arcade

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Are there any compelling games on Apple Arcade? Can you only play them on Apple devices? If so, I bet that Netflix’s games strategy will be more successful from an end-user as well as business perspective.

There's a racing/action game called Sayonara Wildhearts that's fun and pretty artistic. The problem is that it's a game that is $15 on Steam, while on Mac it's subscription only.

Re: Inside Apple Arcade

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post #12

I wish they'd invest as much on Arcade as they do on TV+. Also, they should buy EA, or somehow aggresively invest in their IP so EA games are the absolute funnest to play on Apple devices. Vision Pro especially. They should also somehow reinvent the game controller cause gaming on touch screens will always be lame as f#ck!

If nintendos next hardware effort is a phone with a controller...

Re: Inside Apple Arcade

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I haven't seen these sorts of comments often (although I do hear the sentiment directly from developers).

Is some anti-disparaging clause becoming indefensible and causing this stuff to get out? Or has outrage reached a critical mass?

Re: Inside Apple Arcade

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Are there any compelling games on Apple Arcade? Can you only play them on Apple devices? If so, I bet that Netflix’s games strategy will be more successful from an end-user as well as business perspective.

Creaks was amazing in my opinion. Beautifully designed, challenging puzzles. I played through it twice separated by a year or so.
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