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> The market right now is absolutely flooded with indie games, some light pruning is probably for the best. By arbitrarily removing perfectly working older gam

> The market right now is absolutely flooded with indie games, some light pruning is probably for the best. By arbitrarily removing perfectly working older games? This is why indie devs such as Vlambeer that used to make quality mobile games now avoid ios and android like the plague. https://variety.com/2019/gaming/features/android-ios-apple-google-game-dev-problems-1203191551/ https://variety.com/2019/gaming/features/android-ios-apple-g... The result of this is mobile games require significantly more upkeep then games on PC or consoles, and as a result the only games that are profitable in the long run are those that exploit their users with f2p microtransactions. The end result of this is the sea of uninspired exploitative trash that makes up the games market on ios and android.

AlexandrB 5y ago
Yes, this is exactly right. And it doesn't make sense for games that have no online component (like those made by Vlambeer) to need updating for security/privacy reasons. Apple consistently misses the mark on what makes a platform good for games and then makes empty promises about "getting serious about gaming".
andai 5y ago
>Ismail said that either Apple has to start designing for backward compatibility support on their end or that people are going to have to get used to the idea of games dying and disappearing.
- noobermin 5y ago
  Not sure why you're being downvoted because that is the expectation, and honestly, it's fine for people who are software developers and not users because it guarentees they'll always have jobs.