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All of their video games look completely paint-by-numbers also. It's hard to imagine many people continuing to subscribe to these services once the free trials

All of their video games look completely paint-by-numbers also. It's hard to imagine many people continuing to subscribe to these services once the free trials run out.

2muchcoffeeman 6y ago
Yeah. So much potential too. Decently powerful streaming device that can play decent games. And can connect to BT controllers. But there’s nothing on it to play.
mcphage 6y ago
Apple doesn’t directly produce any video games, though. They may provide some funding, but most Apple Arcade titles appear on other platforms. And many of them are quite excellent. (There’s also a lot more of them out, so it’s easier to evaluate them as a whole)
not4ew00 6y ago
Apple services are designed for broad adoption. They are the Disney of tech. Non-tech, typical parents will stick with their vertical rather than be nickeled and dimed by Netflix, and Amazon, and CBS, and... I’m pretty sure how the 20th Century thought about this stuff is on the way out. My kids have no clue what any the names on those icons mean. They watch random stuff and don’t cling given the diversity. I am teaching my kids to make content with modern tools. ML will no doubt take over. Consider how much textual content we have given the internet. ML will be able to generate video and audio and where we need new ideas, help humans iterate much faster. The emotional value of any given property will nose dive as it happens. Mario and Solid Snake will be lost to time. Really though, unlike Aristotle, or Galileo, will humanity have lost anything near the overall value? Pop culture isn’t forever.
nicolas_t 6y ago
Don't agree with you on that. There's quite a few great games in apple arcade. Pilgrims, Beyond a Steel Sky, Neo Cab, Necrobarista, Takeshi and Hiroshi Those are more indie titles, they are rather original and different from AAA titles and don't have the refinement of AAA titles when it comes to graphics et al. But they are absolutely not paint-by-numbers
viktorcode 6y ago
Apple makes just one video game, chess. What they sell is not their own. Many of those games are available elsewhere, like consoles and Steam.

All of their video games look completely paint-by-numbers also. It's hard to imagine many people continuing to subscribe to these services once the free trials run out.

2muchcoffeeman 6y ago

Yeah. So much potential too. Decently powerful streaming device that can play decent games. And can connect to BT controllers. But there’s nothing on it to play.

mcphage 6y ago

Apple doesn’t directly produce any video games, though. They may provide some funding, but most Apple Arcade titles appear on other platforms. And many of them are quite excellent. (There’s also a lot more of them out, so it’s easier to evaluate them as a whole)

not4ew00 6y ago

Apple services are designed for broad adoption. They are the Disney of tech. Non-tech, typical parents will stick with their vertical rather than be nickeled and dimed by Netflix, and Amazon, and CBS, and... I’m pretty sure how the 20th Century thought about this stuff is on the way out. My kids have no clue what any the names on those icons mean. They watch random stuff and don’t cling given the diversity. I am teaching my kids to make content with modern tools. ML will no doubt take over. Consider how much textual content we have given the internet. ML will be able to generate video and audio and where we need new ideas, help humans iterate much faster. The emotional value of any given property will nose dive as it happens. Mario and Solid Snake will be lost to time. Really though, unlike Aristotle, or Galileo, will humanity have lost anything near the overall value? Pop culture isn’t forever.

nicolas_t 6y ago

Don't agree with you on that. There's quite a few great games in apple arcade. Pilgrims, Beyond a Steel Sky, Neo Cab, Necrobarista, Takeshi and Hiroshi Those are more indie titles, they are rather original and different from AAA titles and don't have the refinement of AAA titles when it comes to graphics et al. But they are absolutely not paint-by-numbers

viktorcode 6y ago

Apple makes just one video game, chess. What they sell is not their own. Many of those games are available elsewhere, like consoles and Steam.