For Christ's sake Apple, just buy a game studio if you actually want to get into gaming! This isn't complicated!
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Apple Said to Be Working on New Gaming App for iOS
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I'm not interested in gaming. If this means, that all games disappear from the main App Store listing, that would be a win. Maybe then I would start browsing the App Store again, instead of ignoring all the annying ads for casino-like games.
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Breaking news..... Apple working on new gaming device. It will be called Pippin!
I'm not interested in Professional sport. It this means that all sport content will disappear from the Apple TV app and Apple TV+, that would be a huge win.
I agree. There sould be a switch in the settings for that.I'm not interested in Professional sport. It this means that all sport content will disappear from the Apple TV app and Apple TV+, that would be a huge win.
When Apple introduced the M chips with their decent GPUs and started to promote some AAA games on the App store like the Resident Evil series and Death stranding, I was full of hope. Now, I feel it's just the whole ATI rage 128 in the blue and white G3 hype all over again! 😞
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It would be cool if Apple would also make multiple App Stores for iOS to also comply with the draconic EU legislation. An Apple App Store for games, an App Store for office apps, an App Store for "system utilities", etc. etc. And soon we have 1000 "App Stores" on our devices.
Someone who actually gets it. Knocked it out of the park, my friend. 🙌
Apple needs to be a lot more aggressive about getting AAA titles on the App Store.
You stick around long enough you see the patterns. RE and Death Stranding are sound and fury signifying nothing. M chips weren’t gonna change that
Why are you under the impression that Apple would break up a game like that? Apple isn't building these mobile games that do this, they're not the source of these poor experiences. Funny enough, Apple's gaming division is headed up by one of the biggest Nintendo fanboys that ever existed. None of what you're saying points to Apple "not getting" gaming, there are a lot of realities you're showing but your conclusions are simply projected.
The gaming industry itself could be on the cusp of a collapse, funding AAA games in a world where people aren't really looking forward to AAA games is a pretty bad idea.
Ok, I actually kind of like this idea.
As an apple developer who has a game on the App Store (and is working on releasing a game in Steam) the App Store SUCKS at discoverability.
Steam on the other hand, excels, and has features like marketing events, promos, communities… basically everything you need as a game developer to get exposure and build a customer base.
Here’s an example: on Apple Arcade, there were several titles that released with the equivalent of a “chapter’s” worth of content, with more to come later (Guildings for example). However, there isn’t a mechanism to let people know when it got updated/released! You’d have to manually check the App Store or get on the developers newsletter.
If Apple can create a better ecosystem that serves game developers, I’m all for it. Anything is better than what’s we have now.
As an apple developer who has a game on the App Store (and is working on releasing a game in Steam) the App Store SUCKS at discoverability.
Steam on the other hand, excels, and has features like marketing events, promos, communities… basically everything you need as a game developer to get exposure and build a customer base.
Here’s an example: on Apple Arcade, there were several titles that released with the equivalent of a “chapter’s” worth of content, with more to come later (Guildings for example). However, there isn’t a mechanism to let people know when it got updated/released! You’d have to manually check the App Store or get on the developers newsletter.
If Apple can create a better ecosystem that serves game developers, I’m all for it. Anything is better than what’s we have now.
I’m not suggesting they would make the games- it’s their perspective “this could be bunch of games” because they don’t understand gaming. They get money and would necessarily view this as leaving it on the table. They know industrial design too. But they don’t know where the value prop is for games. Also, I think AAA games will continue flourishing for studios that put the effort in to give players what they want, not what the publishers want to peddle in terms of cultural influence.
I do like the model of Arcade of having full games, no micro-trasactions or pub, but the subscription model is a no-go for me. But I would love to see a game store with no freemium apps so I don't need to worry about privacy. Just select the game, buy and enjoy forever. Damn, I miss the good old days...
It’s more like an after-school club, they have a c-level sponsor and pizza parties and everything! One guy even told me his uncle works for Nintendo and he’s got a girlfriend but she lives in Canada.
Isn’t that what they kind of did with Apple Arcade? The problem is with AA they actually focused on mobile games and everyone expected AAA console games. They also hamstrung themselves requiring all the games to run on all three platforms they should know better they talk about software and hardware and don’t even give you the same experience in their own software.
I think by focusing on a few M chip games maybe it wasn’t a bad idea to iron out issues but it needs to lead to a focused push of “now that we have the best tools for the job we’re going to partner with the top five studios and make sure their first few games are a financial success and that they carry this forward for 4-5 years so people have time to choose Mac over PC.
Unless they just out a release a Mac mini sized console or steam deck sized gaming handheld with steam and apple App Store game compatibility but now we are 100% in dreamland.
Me too. All the games today either have constant micro transactions and are unplayable unless you constantly invest, or if in Arcade, still behave the same way and send you constant notifications so that you have to jump back into the game to collect some coin or something so that you can possibly get enough to upgrade your forces and maybe win more than one match in 5 against other players, or ghosts of players or blah blah blah.
I hate it.
I think this is a fantastic idea. I dislike using the AppStore anymore, past the search tab, because of the overwhelming amount of games pushed everywhere. 2.5/5 menu tabs are dedicated to games; Today*, Games, Arcade. Moving all game content to another app would possibly make the AppStore a little more usable again.
As @alanvitek noted, this would grant an opportunity for Apple to better establish whatever gaming presence or experience they want to push.
Hopefully, “GameStore” would be a removable app, which would be nice for those of us who couldn’t care less about mobile gaming. I don’t need to see it all the time, like @MilaM.
*My Today is shockingly low on game content on Oct 22, with 6/32 cards advertising games. On most days I look, more than half of the “content” is about games. There’s also a lot of repetition between days, like how the cancer Monopoly GO is shown almost daily. (I thought about tracking these data for a period and writing a forum post months ago, when it really caught my attention.)
As @alanvitek noted, this would grant an opportunity for Apple to better establish whatever gaming presence or experience they want to push.
Hopefully, “GameStore” would be a removable app, which would be nice for those of us who couldn’t care less about mobile gaming. I don’t need to see it all the time, like @MilaM.
*My Today is shockingly low on game content on Oct 22, with 6/32 cards advertising games. On most days I look, more than half of the “content” is about games. There’s also a lot of repetition between days, like how the cancer Monopoly GO is shown almost daily. (I thought about tracking these data for a period and writing a forum post months ago, when it really caught my attention.)
Seriously, there should be switches for all sorts of preferences. Even MacRumors has a politics toggle! Region toggles should be a thing as well, I don’t care what other countries have to say about local politics.
I don’t own an android to check, but does the play store show apps that contradict your advertising data? For instance, I’m married, and don’t care to see garbage dating apps. I wonder if Google tailors the play store for someone like me, or uses other criteria.
It would be truly hilarious (or at least moderately chuckle-worthy) if they released an Apple Game Store on Android and Windows.