On the question of the role the Game Pass app plays, it contains the core streaming tech for each game. It would also be easier and better for consumers. The suggestion, Wright pointed out, would be very similar to how watchOS apps already worked. The inner workings of the cloud gaming stack would reside in one core app, with each individual game only containing its unique content and game mechanics. To compromise with Apple, it would create the individual apps to submit to the App Store, but they would act more like shortcuts. The Redmond-based gaming platform came up with a solution. We believe that the issues described here will create frustration and confusion for customers, resulting in a sub-par experience on Apple devices relative to the equivalent experience on all other platforms. The Verge dug into those emails, and they revealed the opportunities and obstacles the two tech giants faced trying to bring Xbox Game Pass to iOS. Wright pointed out the challenge of “creating hundreds to thousands of apps” for the App Store. Halo on an iPhone or iPad? That would have been a real score for Cupertino.Įmails from Microsoft’s Xbox head of business development, Lori Wright, outline the evolution of the potential deal. The company even went so far as to dangle Xbox-exclusive AAA titles to the iPhone. Microsoft tried compromising with Apple on this.
Compromising with Apple and Getting Shot Down Instead, you use mobile Safari to get around the restrictions. However, you won’t find those services on the App Store. So can subscribers to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass. Gamers can stream their Google Stadia favorites on their iPhones now. Instead, each developed its own workaround using mobile Safari. Microsoft and Google, at the time the biggest names in that market, wouldn’t come on board with those requirements. That’s why Netflix Games require you to download each title separately. The Cupertino-based company insists that games included in such services have to be individual downloads.
The guidelines Apple laid out in September 2020 for cloud gaming services weren’t very favorable for developers or consumers. Recently unearthed emails show that Microsoft tried compromising with Apple, even offering exclusive AAA titles, to get its Xbox Game Pass on the App Store. Apple court proceedings have shed light on more than just Fortnite’s struggle with the App Store.
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