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Apple Will Spend $500 Million or More on Games for Apple Arcade (No Android Allowed)

posted by chromas on Monday April 15 2019, @12:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the epic dept.

takyon writes:

Apple reportedly spending $500 million to fund development of 100+ games for its Apple Arcade subscription service

The Financial Times says the company is spending 'several million dollars each' on more than 100 games, putting Apple Arcade's budget in excess of $500 million dollars. At its March event, Apple announced that Arcade would launch in the fall but did not announce pricing.

The report also says that Apple is offering an 'extra incentive' to a developer if their game remains exclusive to Apple Arcade.

Our sources indicate that all Apple Arcade games will not be offered on Google Play Store. The deal is essentially 'mobile exclusive', so developers will be allowed to launch on games consoles like PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch — just no Android. Arcade games will not be sold in the App Store as normal downloads.

The customer pitch for Apple Arcade is an alternative offering to the countless freemium games that dominate the App Store charts. For one monthly fee, users can play any game in the Arcade catalog. An Apple Arcade game will have no additional purchases or upsell, no limited levels, and no ads. Arcade games will also not be able to share any data with publishers unless the customer provides explicit consent.

Also at Engadget.

Previously: Apple News+ and Apple Arcade Announced

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  • (Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @01:27PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @01:27PM (#829802)
    are you legally retarted?
    platform exclusives have been a thing since ever and what law exactly are you think they violate?
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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 15 2019, @02:04PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 15 2019, @02:04PM (#829813) Journal

    Legally retarted or not - the question is "how right are these exclusivity deals?" Yes, of course I know that "legal" has little relationship to right, or wrong, moral or immoral, ethical or unethical. It is our duty, though, to make an attempt to get all of those to line up. They really ought to be almost synonymous. The fact that they don't jive with each other, often causes someone to ask, "THIS IS LEGAL?!?!?!"

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by EvilSS on Monday April 15 2019, @02:24PM

      by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 15 2019, @02:24PM (#829830)

      the question is "how right are these exclusivity deals?"

      Actually, the question was literally "This is legal?" And AC's answer is correct, if rude.