Apple Arcade Facing More Competition as Netflix Plans Expansion Into Video Games

[AppleMark]

Netflix is too expensive nowadays. Seems like they’re always trying to follow Apple’s business plan.

True, however you often need to copy a rivals business pricing plan to keep competitive. In that the cost of bidding / out bidding for films / TV (that Apple will also be bidding for) and creating content, need to be paid for. So the increase in comparative pricing is annoying, but understandable. As we know from Apple and Music, they will steam roll those who stand still.

Netflix is still far better than Apple TV for content and interface IMO, so that is where my money goes for now.

 

[JippaLippa]

While I'm enjoying the limited but quality Apple TV offerings, I have found no interest in Apple Arcade, despite having it in my subscription.

Playing on the mac, especially via rosetta, is a lackluster experience and i don't play on my smartphone.

If the game were to be updated for apple silicon and on running on the new generation chips coming this year, the situation could be different.

 

[senttoschool]

It seems like forum posters here hate Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Spotify, Epic, Netflix, and basically any successful internet-based business.

I'm just curious. What you all actually like?

 

[Agit21]

Won’t be hard to beat Apple Arcade

Seriously Apple Arcade is VERY BAD.

 

[Pakaku]

Apple needs to stop piss farting around with these crap games on Apple Arcade, they need to start buying these well known gaming companies instead, not like they can’t afford it. 🙄

Why do they need to put games on iOS? I'm sure game devs can decide on their own whether or not to do so.

 

[acctman]

If Netflix partners with Microsoft XBox and add xcloud… that would be really nice

 

[ruka.snow]

Apple Arcade is a very low bar for Netflix or even a mum and dad operation.

 

[lilkwarrior]

Kinda hoping Apple buys Nintendo and finally pair those developers with modern, bleeding-edge silicon.

 

[paulovsouza]

Apple needs to acquire game studios. I know Netflix won’t have any hesitations doing so. Especially if they’re trying to show they can do graphic intensive games, on their new silicone chips. I don’t know Solitaire, and upgrading Angry Birds is going to get people to sign up.

 

[WWPD]

As a gamer I don't even consider Apple Arcade or Netflix, it's Steam and XBox Game Pass.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Apple would then need to ban the Netflix app from the App Store right? Cloud game streaming apps are not allowed, e.g. Google Stadia, Microsoft xCloud, and Amazon Luna.

Netflix already has choose your own adventure style games, my daughter plays them all of the time.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Apple would just ban their game streaming app from their walled garden like they did with XCloud and Stadia. Why not since the regulators are Asleep at the wheel?

Yeah, excluding the fact that you can play xCloud and Stadia on Apple devices, you just can’t play those on Apple devices.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

I am a hardcore Apple fanboy and even I know Apple Arcade had all the potential in the world,

No, the only potential inherent in Apple Arcade is the potential to NOT include IAP’s. That’s it. Oh, and the potential for some smaller devs to try out a new idea, flesh it out with feedback from users, then present it to a broader console market. Anyone that was expecting “loot boxed FPS of the month” didn’t really understand the point of Apple Arcade.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

*If there was no AppleOne, I would not have Arcade and I suspect that goes for the majority.*

Yup! Everyone who tried it then got rid of it, now has it, but doesn’t use it. So, very likely millions.

 

[wigby]

I'm struggling to reconcile your second sentence with your closing one 🤔

When you have a long term plan to build your own content network, you don't need big acquisitions and announcements to boost subscribers early on. You can take your time to build it properly instead of buying MGM for instance.

 

[MacBH928]

Apple needs to stop piss farting around with these crap games on Apple Arcade, they need to start buying these well known gaming companies instead, not like they can’t afford it. 🙄

As a non-Apple share holder... I couldn't care less. Why should I care about Apple Arcade success? The offering is bad compared to the others and money is so much better spent else where. Apple is in the gaming business for the cash grab nothing else, they have nothing to offer. Unless they change in the future, but this whole organisation has nothing to do with gaming and never cared about it.

Typical click-bait headline. They're not facing more competition because Netflix hasn't yet released such a service. Until that point, there's no additional competition from Netflix.

BREAKING: SpaceX facing more competition from space ships I may or may not build in my garage at some point in the future.​

Actually its better to prepare for future risks. Palm didn't care about iPhones, until the iphone came out. See where that took them.

 

[bousozoku]

"We're starting to see some really great games come back to the Mac, but this is one of the coolest I've ever seen"

It still gives me goosebumps *sniff*

Marathon for life!

The first thing I saw about Halo, that they don't show there, is that it was running on a 275 MHz 604e inside a PowerComputing Mac clone. Obviously, Steve Jobs didn't want to advertise PowerComputing.

 

[6lack_excellence]

Just deleted Netflix, too expensive and to many foreign titles.

Some of the best movies are foreign, for example Parasite was amazing!

 

[DoomFreak]

Apple needs to stop piss farting around with these crap games on Apple Arcade, they need to start buying these well known gaming companies instead, not like they can’t afford it. 🙄

Agreed. Apple really needs to step-up their game in this market. (no pun intended) I see the competition getting much stronger. I think they need to include some of the more popular titles and include high end games. Probably easier said than done, however, that is what needs to be done.