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If you’re on iOS Apple Arcade is basically this

It’s like all high quality games with no ads/microtransactions

Although the dumb thing is you can’t buy the games separately without subscribing

I usually just get 1 month of it when travelling and play a bunch of them

Most of the games on Apple Arcade are 'high quality' regarding production values, but that doesn't mean the games are 'great'. I found a lot of games I already played before and while there are some gems there most of it is a bit bland.

I also wonder what the subscription model will do to games. There's a big incentive mismatch regarding competition if gamers are paying anyway which will probably lead to more of the same old from established publishers.

Totally agree with your first paragraph. I tested Apple Arcane some time after is release and every game I tested (about 10) was some kind of experimental appleish indie game caricature: very stylish and beautiful but with minimal gameplay. None of them got me hooked, none felt like real games, all were very bland.

> Although the dumb thing is you can’t buy the games separately without subscribing

Sounds like BS to me.

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