Apple Arcade, the tech giant's mobile game subscription service, has been a weird one so far. It had an incredibly strong run for the first couple months of its release, with many of 2019's best games arriving as part of the service, but then the rate of new games slowed down and those that did launch weren't especially strong.
To be clear, this was always going to happen – there was never any way that Apple could keep that first-month momentum going forever. It's been pointed out before by our sister site PocketGamer.biz that Apple's surprise approach to launching its games can exacerbate the issue of its sporadic release schedule.
I feel the same way and would far prefer more transparency going forward. In an ideal world, we'd know exactly what to expect from the service on a weekly or monthly basis, much like how Sony or Microsoft announce their "free" games for PS Plus or Xbox Live Gold respectively.
Even Apple can't magic games out of thin air, and that wouldn't be so much of a problem if it would stop acting like it can or has been.
Thankfully, it just so happens that most of its recent games have been far stronger than what was offered at the start of the year. Spyder, Legend of the Skyfish 2, Scrappers, and Roundguard are all great, and next week's release, A Fold Apart, looks wonderful.
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