Apple Arcade Subscription Gaming Service Goes Live Alongside iOS 13, One Month Free Trial Available

[Innuendo84]

No, for now they are available only through apple arcade.

 

[JuicelessMango]

Can I buy a single game for iPhone without subscribing to Apple Arcade?

That would kind of defeat the purpose of the arcade subscription model don't ya think? lol

 

[mudflap]

Cool. So I guess we’ll be seeing EA and Nintendo put their games on here in the near future then 😂 /sarcasm

No true gamer will ever take this seriously. Glorified iOS titles & company that has never gotten gaming. Fail

They're going to make a mint with Arcade. Hardly a fail. And I tried a few of the the games an they're actually excellent. No, they're not COD, BF or GOW but those are for a fast Mac with Boot Camp.

 

[pratikindia]

I was sceptical of this service at launch, but after evaluating it, I found that it's fantastic. It costs just 99 INR/month (less than $17/year ) in India which much much less than what if you consider the fremium or other games cost. The games are gorgeous and well thought. Though limited now, it's plenty. Best part is that it has Family Sharing without any ads.

 

[McScooby]

I'm a bit confused by 's Privacy stance. When I downloaded my first game, I was presented with a Privacy Page stating that (as part of Apple Arcade) the developer gets my Apple ID and access to my Game Centre preferences (i'm assuming friends etc) which is then stored on the developer's servers (not sure how I go about getting this deleted).

The confusing part is for me is with the 'Sign in with ' feature it provides a site with a randomised email but with their own product Apple Arcade they feel it's ok to allow a developer permission to take something which I consider a greater risk than just an email. What happens if the developer gets hacked, whose ultimate responsibility is this - Apple for providing their service or the developer - seems to me you can't have your cake & eat it, anyone else agree?🤔