Apple Arcade: Why Pay for Free Games?

So is Apple going to remove the games they already have in their app store and lock them behind the paywall? Or are they just adding on a "premium" game service? If it's only "premium" games i don't see a lot of people signing up for it. If they lock all games I see it being very polarizing. It would split all of their customers into people who pay the price so they can play candy crush (and they might check out the exclusives), the people who don't care about mobile games, and the people who switch to Android phones.

Who is this for?! What a stupid idea....

All of my mobile devices are apple (well not the laptop) and I am a hard NO. Then again I am grislier old man older than Bruce so no surprise there. FF7 was not overrated! Tell your mom.

As a player this is something to maybe look into if I decided to get an iPad as my next art tablet, but as a #indiedev this sounds interesting. However, I wonder what the cost of entry is to get on this exclusive platform, whether it is a monetizable one or perhaps a clout one?

I would imagine this is something a parent might buy for their child that keeps asking for games. "Your phone has a hundred games, you're fine!"

I really don't think Apple Arcade is going to take off

Man i hope Apple Arcade crashes and burns. Stay out Apple, your not welcome here.

I miss lawrenceee. And Brian is a terrible replacement. Get kdin!!

will this make me leave GOG?????................probably not i'm old.

There's going to be another video game crash, calling it now

it's not for me, but it sounds like the target audience is parents. They already have phones, it's family friendly, and with the assurance of offline mode and no in-game purchases, so the parents feel safer about it. I could see it being successful if they market it right.

If they did this massive apple+ which had all the subscription services combined. I would consider it. But I don’t play games on my phone anymore because of pay walls. So I’m not interested.