It's been barely a week since Google announced its video game streaming service that we have another tech giant making the leap into gaming and it comes at no surprise that this company is none other than Apple.

During its Apple Event today, the multi-billion dollar company announced its take on video game subscription service, the Apple Arcade. Touted as "the world’s first game subscription service for mobile, desktop and the living room", this service will offer over 100 new and exclusive games to subscribers, with titles coming from game creators like Hironobu Sakaguchi (Final Fantasy) and Will Wright (SimCity) that will be playable across Apple devices.

Apple also announced that the service will feature games from Annapurna Interactive, Bossa Studios, Cartoon Network, Finji, Giant Squid, Klei Entertainment, Konami, LEGO, Mistwalker Corporation, SEGA, Snowman, ustwo games and dozens more. Some games that have already been announced include Sonic Racing, LEGO Brawls and Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm.

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Unlike streaming services like the recently unveiled Google Stadia, the Apple Arcade will be playable offline, and the games will be ad-free and without in-app purchases. For a monthly subscription fee (of an unspecified amount at the time of writing), players will have the opportunity to try any game in the service with all game features, content and future updates included right off their iPhone, iPad, Mac and/or Apple TV. Moreover, given that the service is accessible across Apple devices, subscribers can pick up where they left off in a game, even if they switch devices. Apple also mentions that "many games will offer support for game controllers".

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Apple Arcade will launch in fall 2019 in more than 150 countries from a new tab on the App Store across iOS, macOS and tvOS.

What do you think of Apple's move into the video game industry? Do you look forward to the Apple Arcade-exclusives?

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[Ericzander]

Sony is the biggest cancer. the others you listed are minor tumors.

I'm interested in why you think that.

 

[the_randomizer]

Sony is the biggest cancer. the others you listed are minor tumors.

Noooo, you must be confusing that with Apple.

 

[supergamer368]

Nonono, this has to stop. We would like to own our games, please.

 

[osaka35]

Companies keep trying to make video games a service rather than a product. I do not like this trend.

 

[Deleted User]

apple? gaming? biggest joke i've heard all week.

 

[DANTENDO]

Sony is the biggest cancer. the others you listed are minor tumors.

Sony is cancer free and a contender for most generous video game company out ther I don't see them forcing you to pay a monthly fee to use ther console

 

[Ericzander]

Sony is cancer free and a contender for most generous video game company out ther I don't see them forcing you to pay a monthly fee to use ther console

Inb4 BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY MONTHLY FOR THE INTERNET AND NINTENDO DIDN'T USED TO MAKE YOU DO THAT BUT NOW THEY HAVE TO BECAUSE S$NY ENCOURAGED THEM TOO AND BTW THE VITA WAS TRASH.

Edit: /s

 

[Deleted User]

apple? gaming? biggest joke i've heard all week.

Apple pipin 2!!!! now it will flop even harder! they didin`t learnt a leasson with the failure of the apple pipin back then

 

[WiiUBricker]

Apple also mentions that "many games will offer support for game controllers".

Haha no thanks. I’m not spending 100 bucks for a crappy MFI controller.

 

[Stwert]

Apple pipin 2!!!! now it will flop even harder! they didin`t learnt a leasson with the failure of the apple pipin back then

Not that I expect much from this Apple service to be honest. But the Pippin? Really? Apple was a completely different company back before Jobs returned. Which is why they almost went bankrupt, until he came back and scrapped all of the stupid shit they were doing — including the Pippin.

 

[smileyhead]

Kek, that's some top-speed copying.

 

[Deleted User]

i hate this idea but i personally think its better than what google has
NVIDIA is so much better tho

 

[VashTS]

they had a chance to call it Apple Arcadia and they blew it

 

[Mythical]

- dupe

 

[bowser]

The service will cost a low monthly fee of only $999.

 

[Mythical]

I use Shadow for Cloud Gaming and it works great. Google seems to be boasting similar specs so far, but I doubt I'll switch honestly. Having a GTX 1080 with a decent processor and 1250gb for $40 a month is nice. Let's see what everybody else has

 

[Justinde75]

Hell yeah more mobile games!!!

 

[Zumoly]

They lost me at "compatible hardware required"

 

[Stwert]

I use Shadow for Cloud Gaming and it works great. Google seems to be boasting similar specs so far, but I doubt I'll switch honestly. Having a GTX 1080 with a decent processor and 1250gb for $40 a month is nice. Let's see what everybody else has

So, is this like advertising? Or just accidental posts

 

[rob4]

They lost me at "compatible hardware required"

They lost me at "Apple"

 

[Mythical]

I use Shadow for Cloud Gaming and it works great. Google seems to be boasting similar specs so far, but I doubt I'll sw=itch honestly. Having a GTX 1080

So, is this like advertising? Or just accidental posts

Just like mentioning programs I use lol. Plus I like options so why not (I'm also going to be making a tutorial on optimizing cloud services and such for it later, but I'm waiting on some stuff in the mail)

 

[MikaDubbz]

Great, another streaming games service. This is a quick way to ensure this model fails, by needlessly dividing up where you have to pay money to play the games you want on the exact same device. Kinda like how originally Netflix had everything, and then competitors rose up and you need to get Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime to get all those same shows and movies you used to be able to access all within Netflix.

 

[Xzi]

Oh god, not Apple. Are we gonna get re-releases of Snake and Pong for like $199.99 each?

 

[Stwert]

Great, another streaming games service. This is a quick way to ensure this model fails, by needlessly dividing up where you have to pay money to play the games you want on the exact same device. Kinda like how originally Netflix had everything, and then competitors rose up and you need to get Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime to get all those same shows and movies you used to be able to access all within Netflix.

I think the way they’re doing it, being just a subscription to access games, rather than a streaming service. Probably won’t exclude games which are in the service from being purchased individually.

Kind of like Xbox Game Pass. If you subscribe, you’re getting access to the games without further payment. If you don’t subscribe, you can still purchase the game to own in the traditional way.

Not that I’m excited for it to be honest and I’m an Apple guy. (Well, for my daily drivers. I’ve also got Android, Windows and Linux on the go.)

..... Actually, I’ll just edit this slightly to say, I am excited about the sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky finally getting made.

 

[Xzi]

Anybody else remember when Apple was trying to keep games off the app store because iPhones were for "serious, productive adults?" Rofl.