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Then they should know, that children want to play popular games, that change all the time. I'm pretty sure that Apple will have problems with remaining their c

Then they should know, that children want to play popular games, that change all the time. I'm pretty sure that Apple will have problems with remaining their cut of the 9,99€ / month. If some f2P games aren't included, because the deal is not interesting enough for the publisher/game developer. EA, Nintendo, Niantic ( Google), Zynga, Epic and Microsoft won't partner up also. Kids don't want to play curated games, they want to play what is popular or what they really want. It's not like going to kid-friendly restaurants where you pick the destination. It's Minecraft, PUBG or even Farming Simulator ( my brother is buying an Xbox with only that game for his son) that they want to play this moment. They are not going to wait till Apple has the permission to publish it in the arcade service.

Aldo_MX 8y ago
Children also need to get acquainted with the concept of scarcity if you don’t want them to become spoiled. Limiting their options between “no games at all” or “the few games that Apple provides” is a good way to teach them that particular lesson. Anyway, you can always gift them the popular game on a special date like their birthday or Christmas.
- ido 8y ago
  I (35 years old, grew up playing PC and GameBoy games since the late 80s) had no trouble accepting that the games I can play are either the once per year birthday presents or whatever pirated floppy my friends at school gave me that worked on a PC XT clone with a monochrome monitor (and lot of those that worked played way too slow on my computer).