Amazon, Google and Microsoft may snatch video game publisher revenue in cloud gaming
5 years, 6 months ago

Amazon, Google and Microsoft may snatch video game publisher revenue in cloud gaming

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More and more gamers are preferring to rent hardware instead of buying it, to play games for free. Cloud-based gaming could allow Big Tech - particularly Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc’s Google - to pull revenue away from traditional video game publishers in the coming years, Citi analysts said in a research note on Tuesday. “These new trends in the video game industry could make it much easier for the big cloud players to come in and start pulling away revenue,” Citi analysts wrote. More American millennials now subscribe to a video game service than traditional paid television services, a survey showed on Monday. The same month, Apple introduced a new digital video game subscription service called Apple Arcade.

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Apple Is Ready To Bring Classic Retro Games For iPhone Users: What It Means
9 months ago

Apple Is Ready To Bring Classic Retro Games For iPhone Users: What It Means

News 18  

In an effort to allow developers to introduce emulators for retro console games across the globe, tech giant Apple has recently made significant updates to its App Store rules. While Android users already enjoy access to a plethora of emulators to play classic games on their devices, the iPhone maker’s updated policy is expected to expand the range of gaming …

The gaming industry is aiming for subscribers. Will gamers play along?
11 months, 1 week ago

The gaming industry is aiming for subscribers. Will gamers play along?

BBC  

The gaming industry is aiming for subscribers. Meanwhile, each of the major gaming consoles now offer games bundled into a subscription package, such as PlayStation Plus, xBox Game Pass and Nintendo Switch Online. "We've seen this huge transition in the games industry of moving away from the traditional, what I would call 'unit-sales-based' business model, towards an 'engagement-based' model," explains …

WhatsApp, Google Pay, BGMI, Ludo King: Top Apps And Games Of 2023 On Apple App Store
1 year ago

WhatsApp, Google Pay, BGMI, Ludo King: Top Apps And Games Of 2023 On Apple App Store

ABP News  

Shortly after unveiling the 2023 App Store award recipients, Apple has released a region-specific list of 2023's most downloaded apps and games across more than 35 countries and regions globally, including India and the US. The list covers both free and paid apps and games, with a separate list highlighting the best Apple Arcade games of the year. Here are …

Apple Arcade Gets 8 New Games For iPhone And iPad Users: Here’s The Full List
1 year, 2 months ago

Apple Arcade Gets 8 New Games For iPhone And iPad Users: Here’s The Full List

News 18  

Apple Arcade is Apple’s gaming ecosystem that works on iPhone, iPad and even Apple TV models. But the good thing about Apple Arcade is that you get new game titles every now and then and the company has announced 8 new games that the Arcade subscribers can enjoy on their iPhones. So what new games do the Apple Arcade subscribers …

Apple insists services are critical business; new numbers illustrate the scale
1 year, 11 months ago

Apple insists services are critical business; new numbers illustrate the scale

Hindustan Times  

Apple has shared some massive numbers in the services portfolio for the year that passed. In a snapshot, tech giant reported 900 million paid subscriptions across the suite of services, which includes Apple Music, Apple TV+ and the App Store, globally. App Store numbers keep growing Apple says that since 2008, as much as $320 billion was sent the way …

Is Amazon acquiring sports video games creator Electronic Arts?
2 years, 4 months ago

Is Amazon acquiring sports video games creator Electronic Arts?

Hindustan Times  

Online retail giant Amazon is not expected to bid for taking over video game creator Electronic Giants, which is the creator of popular games including the FIFA soccer series. Earlier this year, Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard, the maker of games like Call of Duty and Candy Crush for a whopping $68.7 billion. The new deals are also blurring the line …

Netflix Goes On A Hiring Spree To Push Its Cloud Gaming Ambitions
2 years, 4 months ago

Netflix Goes On A Hiring Spree To Push Its Cloud Gaming Ambitions

News 18  

Netflix has ramped up its dream to make it big in Cloud gaming, as the company hunts for professionals to take on Cloud gaming services like Sony PlayStation Now, Google Stadia, Apple Arcade and Amazon Luna. According to Protocol, the streaming service is looking for a security product manager with experience handling “cloud gaming challenges", a rendering engineer who can …

Netflix's gaming foray will cost time and money -Wall St
3 years, 5 months ago

Netflix's gaming foray will cost time and money -Wall St

The Hindu  

Wall Street analysts welcomed Netflix's planned plunge into mobile gaming on Wednesday, calling it a sensible move to keep users' eyes on screens while worrying it would take significant time and investment to pay off. Paolo Pescatore, an analyst at research firm PP Foresight said the venture would be "a costly bold move" for the company, requiring significant time and …

Netflix confirms move into video games as its growth slows
3 years, 5 months ago

Netflix confirms move into video games as its growth slows

The Hindu  

Netflix reported its worst slowdown in subscriber growth in eight years as people emerge from their pandemic cocoons. Netflix's net gain of 5.5 million subscribers through the first six months of this year represents its weakest first-half performance since 2013 -- a time when the company was still rolling out more original programming as it branched out from licensing existing …

Netflix is trying to beat competitors by adding video games
3 years, 5 months ago

Netflix is trying to beat competitors by adding video games

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Netflix is the king of streaming with more than 200 million subscribers. Video games may seem like an odd match for Netflix, but with competitors like Disney quickly catching up, Netflix is looking to see if it can do to video games what it did to Hollywood. Video games are not only a multibillion dollar …

Netflix Looking To Venture Into Gaming? Company Looking For Video Game Executive: Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Netflix Looking To Venture Into Gaming? Company Looking For Video Game Executive: Report

News 18  

Netflix may be looking to venture into gaming, if a report is to be believed. According to a report in The Information, Netflix is looking for an executive to head an expansion into video games and has apporoached multiple “veterans” in the gaming industry regarding the position. A Netflix spokesperson was quoted by Polygon as saying that the company is …

Google’s Stadia problem? A video game unit that’s not Googley enough
3 years, 10 months ago

Google’s Stadia problem? A video game unit that’s not Googley enough

Live Mint  

Google’s streaming video game service Stadia had ambitious plans to disrupt the gaming industry, which is dominated by consoles. Players also didn’t like Stadia’s business model, which required customers to buy games individually rather than subscribe to an all-you-can-play service à la Netflix or the Xbox’s Game Pass. Harrison had positioned Stadia as a traditional gaming platform full of bells …

So You're Buying a New Console. Does Cloud Gaming Matter?
4 years, 2 months ago

So You're Buying a New Console. Does Cloud Gaming Matter?

Wired  

With the imminent release of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, it’s nearly time to decide what console you’ll buy for the next generation. But the advent of cloud streaming via services like Stadia, Microsoft’s Cloud Gaming, and PlayStation Now complicates the decision. Both Microsoft and Sony are offering cloud gaming options that let players stream games to some …

Amazon Makes Yet Another Attempt Into the Video Games Industry With 'Prime Gaming'
4 years, 4 months ago

Amazon Makes Yet Another Attempt Into the Video Games Industry With 'Prime Gaming'

News 18  

Amazon stumbled as it worked to break into the lucrative video game industry. Just over a month ago, the company pulled its original big-budget game, “Crucible,” from digital store shelves after it was panned as a “hollow and forgettable experience.” With Twitch Prime, people got a free subscription to Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming site, with free games from small studios …

Apple Arcade comes to India, 10 things you need to know about it
5 years, 3 months ago

Apple Arcade comes to India, 10 things you need to know about it

India Today  

Apple has rolled out iOS 13 and watchOS 6 to its iPhones and Apple Watch series across the globe. Here are some of the key things you should know about the Apple Arcade: -- Apple device users need to down iOS 13, iPad OS and tv OS 13, that coming on September 30, and macOS Catalina, that will be rolled …

How Apple Arcade Will Reshape Mobile Gaming
55 years ago

How Apple Arcade Will Reshape Mobile Gaming

Wired  

Today Apple is releasing iOS 13, the latest version of its mobile operating system. But its most consequential contribution might be Apple Arcade, a jam-packed new gaming hub that has real implications for how apps get made—and how you pay for them. You can download games for offline play, and share one subscription among five family members, all for less …

How Apple Arcade wants to bust up free-to-play games. And why that’s a good thing
5 years, 3 months ago

How Apple Arcade wants to bust up free-to-play games. And why that’s a good thing

LA Times  

The iPhone and its App Store changed gaming. It’s the kind of game the App Store excels at, which is to say that despite some corny jokes and a light story, it’s still firmly in the “Candy Crush” oeuvre. Now Apple Arcade acknowledges what’s long been one of the game industry’s most stubborn, less becoming traits: a lack of willingness …

Apple gaming service Arcade arrives on iOS public beta
5 years, 3 months ago

Apple gaming service Arcade arrives on iOS public beta

Live Mint  

Apple's subscription-based gaming service Arcade is available now in iOS 13 public beta -- three days before its official launch on September 19, the media reported. "When Apple Arcade launches on the App Store on September 19, players around the world will start to get their hands on games that have been years in the making," the company said in …

News Analysis: Apple’s Arcade video game service seeks to upend another business model
5 years, 3 months ago

News Analysis: Apple’s Arcade video game service seeks to upend another business model

LA Times  

Of the refreshed or new products that Apple Inc. talked about at its extravaganza this week, I’m most curious about Arcade, the $5 monthly subscription to video games for iPhones and iPads. The success of Arcade hinges on Apple’s ability to upend an established model for what are known as casual mobile games. Apple is reportedly spending hundreds of millions …

Google has entered the videogaming industry. Its competitors should be terrified but instead they're in denial
5 years, 4 months ago

Google has entered the videogaming industry. Its competitors should be terrified but instead they're in denial

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Microsoft’s gaming head, Phil Spencer, said …

Subscriptions for the Apple Arcade video game subscription service will start at $5 per month: Report
5 years, 4 months ago

Subscriptions for the Apple Arcade video game subscription service will start at $5 per month: Report

Firstpost  

The service is expected to be launched alongside iOS 13 and iPadOS in September this year. Apple’s upcoming video game subscription service, Apple Arcade, could launch at $5 a month, according to reports. Announced at WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference earlier this year, Apple Arcade promises gamers access to dozens, if not hundreds, of curated, ad-free games across Apple’s entire …

Subscription-based gaming: Pay once, play all you want
5 years, 4 months ago

Subscription-based gaming: Pay once, play all you want

Live Mint  

New Delhi: At its annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this March, Google announced a cloud-based gaming platform Stadia that will let gamers play AAA games such as Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on any device of their choice, for a monthly fee of $9.99. Google is reportedly EA Sports, on its part, already has a subscription-based gaming plan called which …

Cloud gaming witnessed $387 million in consumer spending in 2018: IHS report
5 years, 7 months ago

Cloud gaming witnessed $387 million in consumer spending in 2018: IHS report

Firstpost  

The growing market of cloud gaming could expand to up to $2.5 billion in the next five years Cloud gaming has become the latest buzzword in gaming and it’s forecasted to turn into a $2.5 billion industry in the coming five years. A report on cloud gaming by IHS Markit considers the cloud gaming market into two categories including “cloud …

Gaming rivals Sony Corporation and Microsoft team up for cloud-based gaming
5 years, 7 months ago

Gaming rivals Sony Corporation and Microsoft team up for cloud-based gaming

India TV News  

Sony and Microsoft have teamed up together to explore the development of future cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure to support their respective game and content-streaming services, considering the competition from companies like Google and Apple. Also, read: Robert Downey Jr. becomes the new marketing and brand campaign face for OnePlus Both Sony and Microsoft said in a joint statement late …

US gamers are on an average 33 years old and prefer to play on smartphones: Report
5 years, 7 months ago

US gamers are on an average 33 years old and prefer to play on smartphones: Report

Firstpost  

Gamers were no more prone than other Americans to live isolated, sedentary lives, according to the report. The average American video gamer is 33 years old, prefers to play on their smartphone and is spending big on content — 20 percent more than a year ago and 85 percent more than in 2015, a report showed on Thursday. Parents are …

Apple Spending $500 Million Over Arcade Gaming Service
5 years, 8 months ago

Apple Spending $500 Million Over Arcade Gaming Service

News 18  

Apple is reportedly spending over $500 million to build its own stable of "Arcade" gaming service. The iPhone-maker announced its first-ever game subscription service called Apple Arcade in March that would feature over 100 new and exclusive games, including original releases from renowned creators like Hironobu Sakaguchi, Ken Wong and Will Wright. "It's reportedly spending 'several' million dollars per game, …

Apple said to be pumping in $500 million to rope in game developers for 'Arcade'
5 years, 8 months ago

Apple said to be pumping in $500 million to rope in game developers for 'Arcade'

Firstpost  

Apple Arcade, the Cupertino-giant’s recently announced video game subscription service, will reportedly be supported by investments worth over $500 million, further highlights its importance to the company’s plans. As per sources close to Financial Times, Apple is spending several million dollars on more than 100 games for Apple Arcade. As per another report by 9To5Mac, all of the games offered …

Streaming to subscriptions: Video games enter new frontiers
5 years, 9 months ago

Streaming to subscriptions: Video games enter new frontiers

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The video game industry is entering new frontiers. That’s a dramatic departure from even a few years ago.” Of course, people will still buy and use traditional video games and consoles for years to come. SUBSCRIPTIONS Apple announced a subscription service that some are calling the “Netflix of Games.” Apple Arcade subscribers will get to play more …

Apple Arcade is a premium service with access to over 100 ad-free exclusive games
5 years, 9 months ago

Apple Arcade is a premium service with access to over 100 ad-free exclusive games

Firstpost  

Apple Arcade won’t be restricted to iOS only but will also be available on MacOS and tvOS platforms. As anticipated at the start of the event, Apple has just announced its very own games subscription service called Apple Arcade. The service allows Apple users access to more than 100 new and exclusive games to play across multiple devices. In fact, …

Apple launches first-ever game subscription service 'Arcade'
5 years, 9 months ago

Apple launches first-ever game subscription service 'Arcade'

The Quint  

Cupertino, March 25 Apple on Monday announced its first-ever game subscription service called Apple Arcade that will feature over 100 new and exclusive games, including original releases from renowned creators like Hironobu Sakaguchi, Ken Wong and Will Wright. Apple Arcade will launch in fall 2019 in more than 150 countries from a new tab on the App Store across iOS, …

Apple Announces TV+, Arcade Game Streaming, New News+ app And Updates to Apple Pay With Apple Card
5 years, 9 months ago

Apple Announces TV+, Arcade Game Streaming, New News+ app And Updates to Apple Pay With Apple Card

News 18  

The much awaited Apple TV app update is finally here. Apple understands that, which is why it is bringing the Apple TV app to Samsung, Sony, LG and Vizio TVs as well as the Amazon Fire TV platform. The new service is called Apple Arcade, and it is a game subscription service that will be available for iPhone, iPad and …

Apple may unveil its Netflix-like gaming subscription service at 25 March event
5 years, 9 months ago

Apple may unveil its Netflix-like gaming subscription service at 25 March event

Firstpost  

Apple’s gaming subscription will likely allow iPad and iPhone to play paid games for a fee. We’ve heard from reports earlier this year that Apple has been working on its very own gaming subscription service, which will work as a ‘Netflix for games’. As per a report by Bloomberg, Apple’s event scheduled for 25 March may see the Cupertino giant …

Google announces Stadia video game streaming service
5 years, 9 months ago

Google announces Stadia video game streaming service

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc's Google announced on Tuesday a video game streaming service dubbed Stadia that attempts to capitalize on the company's cloud technology and global network of data centers. "Stadia offers instant access to play," Phil Harrison, a Google vice president overseeing the new service, said during a keynote presentation on Tuesday in San Francisco at the Game Developers Conference, which …

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