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Inside Apple Arcade: axed games, declining payouts, disillusioned studios – and an uncertain future
Apple’s game subscription service seems to be on auto-pilot after the tech giant “cancelled a shitload of projects and pissed off a lot of people,” our sources say. And now there are whispers of another reboot.
When the developer asked for feedback and offered to reduce the budget and re-tool the game to better fit Apple’s needs, the Arcade team simply stopped responding to their emails. The upfront fees Apple was paying for new Arcade titles have also been cut, we’re told, and on top of the decline in per-play ‘bonus pool’ payments, some developers are concerned for the future of the service. It is also broadly considered easier to work with, though our sources were aware that the streaming giant is spending big to establish itself right now – the money could dry up a little over time, they said, just as it did with Apple Arcade.
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