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When we think about the state of mobile gaming and gaming in general today, we have to include streaming services like Stadia and xCloud. They may have “childhood illnesses” in their current state, but many technology experts believe that transmission is the future of gaming. Apple might have thought so too, as the company issued a review The App Store guidelines that allow game streaming services like Google Stadia, Microsoft’s xCloud, and NVIDIA’s GeForce Now to run on iOS devices. However, there is a catch, and it is a big one. “Games offered in a subscription to the game streaming service must be downloaded directly from the App Store, must be designed to avoid duplicate payments by a subscriber, and must not harm non-subscriber customers.” read the update. Having to download a game to play it on a streaming platform defeats the purpose.
The warning could have something to do with Apple’s own gaming service, Apple Arcade. Gamers also need to download the games they want to play with, and it appears that Apple doesn’t want to be disadvantaged by offering a third-party download-free gaming experience. Still, there is at least a legitimate way to play Stadia games on your iOS devices now. In the meantime, Apple and Epic are still fighting each other, after the game studio dared to challenge the 30% cut that Apple takes on in-app payments.
