This year Apple has made a soft relaunch of Apple Arcade. In an attempt to attract a new audience, the company has added many already successful casual iOS titles to the library. Gaming expert Simon Carless has figured out the reasons for the change of strategy and Apple’s unwillingness to finance risky exclusives.In the latest issue of his newsletter, Carless published a table of the 22 most popular titles in Apple Arcade at the moment.

The release of Apple Arcade could negatively affect the revenue of premium games in the App Store. By October 18, it had fallen by 13% on a monthly basis. Last year, over the same period, it decreased by only 4%.

Two months have passed since the release of Apple Arcade. During this time, 30 new projects have appeared in the subscription service. Thus, the number of games has grown to 100.

This week Apple released Catalina, the newest version of macOS. With it, Apple Arcade appeared on Mac, but 32-bit support disappeared.

At least for third-party observers, Apple’s new gaming service lacks transparency. None of the Apple Arcade games are tracked by analytics services.

The launch line of games for Apple Arcade includes Spaceland. This is so far the first and only game on the service from developers from Russia.

Yesterday, September 19, the official launch of the Apple Arcade service took place. Here’s what the media that tested it say about him.

The launch of Apple Arcade for a wide audience took place a little earlier than planned. On September 16, iOS users who managed to install the iOS 13 beta got the opportunity to try out a new subscription service.

Not one, but two Netflix gaming analogs will be available for iOS users. A startup to revive old premium games GameClub will launch as a subscription service.

Details of Apple Arcade, the gaming analogue of Netflix from the “apple” company, have become known.

The possible price for a subscription in the Apple Arcade service has been named. According to 9to5Mac, monthly access will cost the player $4.99.

Screenshots of the new Apple Arcade subscription service have leaked to the network. Recall that this is a future new section of the App Store with premium exclusives without ads and microtransactions.

It will be possible to play projects with Apple Arcade on tvOS on gadgets for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles.

This fall, Apple will launch the Arcade subscription service with exclusive premium games. Now the company is actively searching for game projects for a new site.

The CEO of Apple made a statement about the new Arcade game service. According to him, games for him are suitable for the widest range of users.

Apple can invest a total of $500 million in the development of 100 premium games for the Arcade subscription service. Financing each will cost Apple several million dollars.