Apple Arcade Hands-On Impressions: It Reminds Us of Xbox Live Arcade

Here's what we think of Apple's subscription gaming service so far, including why it reminds us (in a good way) of Xbox Live Arcade from back in the Xbox 360 days.

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[karanjoshi]

Apple arcade aka ‘The best thing to happen to mobile gaming’

[slampog]

Super amazing service and games so far. Best of all no iAP at ALL! All for $5 a month for the entire family.

[KazDX]

I’m not a mobile gamer but that might change with how cool these games look!

[hanumandurina]

Already launched for me, and it’s amazing so far. I absolutely love this game Over the Alps, Assemble with care is beautiful, and Oceanhorn 2 is fantastic.

[chrisassassin]

For anyone who is unsure on this, there is a 30 day free trial

[DominicGo]

Tried out the 1 month trial and basically just downloaded 50+ games out of the 100 available. Lot’s of hidden gems, and really polished indie games

[ThomasBryant]

I read on the Apple website this will work on the newest Apple Ipod Touch as well.

[sriramsundar]

Keep in mind. The way Apple approaches is games for family, games that are just fun for kids and not intense gaming like PC. So don't bash Apple and say these games are worst. These games are for kids and family which in my opinion kids would spend some time with their parents at least for this.

[warrenliu]

How many times did Ryan tap his screen to stop auto dimming from happening....

[jasonmann]

Impressive with cross save and controller support for all games? iOS and appleTV supporting Xbox and PS4 controllers now?

[ovrkill]

That's the best highlight of apple's keynote.

[nickthien]

Will every game on Arcade be available globally or will some be region locked? Thanks in advance so far it looks very promising!

[FranklyOnlineDotSe]

Actually, Family Sharing is total of SIX persons.. not five.. so six (IDs) members can use one Apple Arcade. Also note that EACH member (ID) can use it on up to ten devices EACH making it a total of one Arcade on 60 devices..

[dalexxterminator]

Are these games compatible with a controller?

[oscarpatxot]

No ads and no mtx, all the family. Not a bad deal. Having a child soon, will definitely check it out.

[wballer]

When he said "little company" i didn't feel that

[eduardods]

All these should come to Switch since it has a touchscreen too, I know some are releasing for it

[andimuhnurichsan]

Id better wait for the ipad pro 2020, playing on small screen seems not quite satisfied

[chydi]

I’ve been playing most games on the arcade. It got released for me on the 17th, I don’t know if that was a mistake by Apple but I’m enjoying it a lot.

[franscartoons]

Ocean horn 2 looks great. Hope it's out at launch