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andsoitis
Are there any compelling games on Apple Arcade?

Can you only play them on Apple devices?

If so, I bet that Netflix’s games strategy will be more successful from an end-user as well as business perspective.

hightrix
Original Text: "Are there any compelling games on Apple Arcade?"

Yes! Quite a few.

eptcyka
Could you provide some examples?
ibll
Mini Motorways is a blast. But it's on Steam so you don't need their subscription unless you want to play on iOS.
sevg
Two that come to mind for me: Dead Cells, Stardew Valley.
eptcyka
These are games that are choosing iOS/Apple Arcade as an also-ran, not their flagship platform.
jkmcf
Sneaky Sasquatch is beyond amazing. Played with my daughter until she kept spending all our money on outfits and accessories
Nextgrid
Wasn’t the whole point of Arcade that it’s a single subscription and no more fees nor microtransactions? Or have they reneged on that too?
beckler
I’m assuming they’re talking about the in-game currency that you have to earn/accumulate.

There are no micro transactions, and you don’t have to pay anything.

rchaud
There's a racing/action game called Sayonara Wildhearts that's fun and pretty artistic. The problem is that it's a game that is $15 on Steam, while on Mac it's subscription only.
kcplate
Creaks was amazing in my opinion. Beautifully designed, challenging puzzles. I played through it twice separated by a year or so.
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deergomoo
The reputational damage Apple is inflicting on itself in the eyes of developers is unbelievable. I have no idea how you would begin to quantify what proportion of the value of Apple products can be attributed to third-party software, but it's certainly not nothing, and a computing device without a wide range of quality software is certainly much less compelling.

They just seem hell-bent on burning every bridge they can.

selimnairb
Apple has too many half-assed hobbies that exist in an attempt to sure up their monopolistic moat.
td540
I wish they'd invest as much on Arcade as they do on TV+. Also, they should buy EA, or somehow aggresively invest in their IP so EA games are the absolute funnest to play on Apple devices. Vision Pro especially. They should also somehow reinvent the game controller cause gaming on touch screens will always be lame as f#ck!
m463
I haven't seen these sorts of comments often (although I do hear the sentiment directly from developers).

Is some anti-disparaging clause becoming indefensible and causing this stuff to get out? Or has outrage reached a critical mass?