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For years, we said to take games efforts of these companies seriously – now they are serious players

Karol Severin

12 Jan 2024

Netflix

apple arcade

Games

MIDiA has always been bullish about traditionally non-gaming tech companies’ opportunity in games. The first time we wrote about Netflix’s opportunity in games was in 2017. We also wrote about the...

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Why games companies need to take Apple’s Arcade expansion seriously

Karol Severin

9 Apr 2021

Apple

apple arcade

games industry

Apple announced a significant expansion of Apple Arcade last week, including more than 180 new games across three new games categories: ‘Timeless Classics’, ‘App Store Greats’ and ‘New Arcade...

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Arcade Plays To Apple’s Strengths and Everyone Else’s Weaknesses

Karol Severin

11 Sep 2019

4.99

apple arcade

downloadable games

As of yesterday, Apple has revealed more detail about its upcoming Arcade. For $4.99 per month, users will have the ability to download and play 100+ exclusive games across Apple devices. While Apple is...

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Here’s Why Apple Just Killed Off iTunes

Mark Mulligan

4 Jun 2019

apple arcade

Apple TV App

Innovation

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, U.S. June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Mason Trinca Apple has announced that it is closing iTunes and replacing...

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Apple Joins The Games Subscription Race With Arcade

Karol Severin

26 Mar 2019

apple arcade

arcade

Freemium

Apple has announced that it will launch a games subscription service called Arcade. For a monthly payment (price point to be determined), the service will feature over 100 original games which users will...

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