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It suggests that good games aren't possible on iOS, but that's not true. I remember people used to try to develop good games on iOS, but at some point... we just switched to an endless stream of garbage. It was the race to the bottom. $5/month is just a continuation of it. Good games cost more than $5/month.
How much more? £11 a month for Game Pass? Game Pass has 23 million subscribers. Even if it grew to include every Xbox owner, how many potential subscribers do you think Apple has? Most of the most successful games on Apple Arcade at the moment are exactly the kind of mobile games you remember fondly.
 
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One of the first games I actually bought on App Store over a decade ago. Few "sequels" also (Rio, Star Wars, SW2, etc.)

When I updated to a new phone those paid versions never transferred and I would see ads.
 
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