{"id":26675,"date":"2019-09-25T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=26675"},"modified":"2019-10-13T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T17:41:20","slug":"the-business-side-of-apple-arcade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/25\/the-business-side-of-apple-arcade\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business Side of Apple Arcade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amanda Farough<\/a> (via Dave Mark<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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As it turns out, Apple is fronting development costs<\/a>. This makes the relationship closer to a traditional publisher\/developer deal. And Apple stepping in means these weird, interesting, oddball mobile games that might not have had a chance anywhere else have been given a platform that has the potential to house almost half of the world’s mobile market<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

When a developer agrees to launch their never-released game on Arcade, Apple covers development and marketing costs, as well as providing technical expertise. This is part of how Arcade’s compensation works for developers, although Apple hasn’t provided any additional clarity as to the details of that revenue share or agreement. But we’ve learned that Arcade’s payment structure is consistent with how Apple approaches compensation with music, television, etc.<\/p>\n

The most important thing that a developer needs to know is that because Apple doesn’t consider itself a publisher for Arcade (even though they do functionally act as a hybrid of platform holder, distributor, and publisher), developers retain the rights to their own games.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Eli Schiff<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Toxic Apple. If you cancel @AppleArcade free month trial subscription, you lose access the instant you cancel.<\/p>\n

Unlike other apps which all let you continue access until the period is over, despite canceling.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Apple News+ does this, too.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n