Apple Arcade will service Apple's one billion gamers on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac

For Apple's third reveal for the services-centric event on Monday, the company has rolled out a new gaming subscription service for the iPad, iPhone, and Mac called "Apple Arcade"

Citing titles like "Alto's Adventure" and similar paid titles, Apple says that Apple Arcade is the worlds first games subscription service for mobile, desktop, and the living room. Apple is backing development and working with the developers.

Developers listed as participating in the project are Sega, Devolver, Disney, and more.

Developers participating in Apple Arcade

Apple notes that there will be more than 100 games available at launch. A single subscription fee will allow you to download any Apple Arcade game from the app store. The company claims that none of the games on Apple Arcade will be available on any other "all you can play" service.

The iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV are all supported by all of the games on the service, and offline play is available for all titles. Game saves are in the cloud, allowing for seamless transfer of play between one device and another.

The games will have no advertisements, or any in-app purchases. Apple Arcade games cannot collect any data on the user, without consent.

Apple Arcade arrives in the Fall of 2019, in 150 countries and regions. Pricing has not yet been disclosed.

40 Comments

fallenjt 13 Years · 4056 comments

About 5 years ago

Awesome...finally!

DAalseth 6 Years · 3067 comments

This I might be interested in, depending on the price of course. I'm already paying ~$7-$10/mo for games. A flat fee in that range plus the ability to move the game from my iPad to my Mac would be great.

boltsfan17 12 Years · 2294 comments

I feel mixed on this announcement. While I'm happy Apple is finally paying attention to gamers, I was hoping bigger game developers would be on board. I'm hoping Sega releases old school titles.

shahhet2 11 Years · 149 comments

DAalseth said:

This I might ne interested in, depending on the price of course. I'm already paying ~$7-$10/mo for games. A flat fee min that range plus the ability to move the game from my iPad to my Mac would be great.

If someone is already paying $5-$10/mo for games on Apple Pay, it may make sense for them.
For people, who are using free games only, will not goto subscription model anyway.
They are also not getting XBox/PS to this one.

shahhet2 said:

DAalseth said:

This I might ne interested in, depending on the price of course. I'm already paying ~$7-$10/mo for games. A flat fee min that range plus the ability to move the game from my iPad to my Mac would be great.

If someone is already paying $5-$10/mo for games on Apple Pay, it may make sense for them.
For people, who are using free games only, will not goto subscription model anyway.
They are also not getting XBox/PS to this one.

My fear is that it might be $20-$25/mo which would be a deal breaker for me.