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Apple Arcade Adding These New Games in May

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Apple today revealed three new games coming to Apple Arcade on May 2, including retro 2D pixelated platforming game A Slight Chance of Sawblades+, rogue-like game Dicey Dungeons+, and match-three puzzle game Summer Pop+. All games available on Apple Arcade are ad-free and do not offer in-app purchases.

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Apple Arcade gained three new games on the iPhone and iPad last week, including Sega's Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop. The service recently added new games on the Vision Pro headset too, including endless runner Alto's Odyssey: The Lost City, hand-drawn adventure game Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, and physics-based puzzler Spire Blast. Apple Arcade game Crossy Road Castle will also be expanding to the Vision Pro on April 25.

Accessible through the App Store, Apple Arcade is a subscription-based service that provides access to hundreds of games across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Vision Pro, all free of ads and in-app purchases. The service received its first price increase last year, with U.S. pricing rising from $4.99 to $6.99 per month.

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They’re clearly not even trying anymore. It’s hard to believe that the quality of Arcade games has gotten worse over time instead of better. My decision to cancel Apple One after the last price increase looks better and better.
 
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Arsenikdote said:
I wonder if the strategy with Apple Arcade is more focused on kids under the age of 10. Since parents that sign up for Apple One get it for the entire family, I could see this working well from that standpoint.....otherwise not so much...
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I have kids under 10 (8 and 9) and I can tell you with 100% certainty that I will approve the install of an app from Apple Arcade way before I will from the regular App Store. The amount of garbage with popup adds and micro transactions is insane. But games from Apple Arcade are quality games (mostly) without any of the garbage I need to worry about or manage.
 
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xmarcuswildx said:
What is the deal with these stupid ‘+’ games. I specifically refuse to download or play them because of this in the title alone. Feels like some garbage ass android attempt to steal my data.
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It's what developers do to distinguish their games that are free in the Apple Arcade area VS the normal game that is still for sale in the App Store. For example, "+" games have no in-app purchases and instead come with all of those features already unlocked.

Might feel like "some garbage ass android attempt to steal your data" but it is not.
 
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Arsenikdote said:
It's what developers do to distinguish their games that are free in the Apple Arcade area VS the normal game that is still for sale in the App Store. For example, "+" games have no in-app purchases and instead come with all of those features already unlocked.

Might feel like "some garbage ass android attempt to steal your data" but it is not.
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What's disappointing about many of these "+" games is that they are exactly that, freemium games with the paywall features unlocked, but they still play like freemium games, i.e. you have to manage multiple types of "currency", etc. Part of the promise of Apple Arcade was that it was going to be guaranteed revenue for devs who could then build games designed to be played in full upfront, games that aren't bound to the freemium pay to play structures. Apple has completely dropped the ball in this regard.

I've had Apple One since it was announced, and this month I've canceled and dropped down to just Music and iCloud+. None of the other Apple services have proven themselves worth it in the long term.
 
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Arsenikdote said:
It's what developers do to distinguish their games that are free in the Apple Arcade area VS the normal game that is still for sale in the App Store. For example, "+" games have no in-app purchases and instead come with all of those features already unlocked.

Might feel like "some garbage ass android attempt to steal your data" but it is not.
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And many/most of them are older classics, which means that the "+" version is probably the best version now. If it's a game that you missed when it was new/popular, then it's pretty nice actually.
 
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AgeOfSpiracles said:
And many/most of them are older classics, which means that the "+" version is probably the best version now. If it's a game that you missed when it was new/popular, then it's pretty nice actually.
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And considering how many first phones are bought every day, there’s a LOT of folks that missed these games. There’s a lot of popular games that have been very popular over the last 16 years. :)
 
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Dicey Dungeons is a lot of fun. It's great in short bursts but sometimes it's hard to stop playing. Just one more round...
 
More + games... I get they can't have original games all the time but... That was kind of the point. This whole service really does have the stink of death about it. I don't see how Apple's going to figure this one out. The entire service needs radical change. Yeah yeah, "But it's for kids!" I just don't see that panning out for more than a specific niche. I kept the sub for a tiny while because my daughter used the Crayola app but then she moved on and I haven't bothered to resubscribe since
 
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