Sharhi: Apple Arcade a matsayin babban kulob don masu haɓaka wasan?

A cikin 'yan kwanakin nan, Apple ya fara haɓaka sabis na wasan kwaikwayo Arcade a matsayin mafita da ke ba da damar samun damar yin amfani da akalla wasanni 100 na iPhone, iPad, Mac da Apple TV akan kuɗi ɗaya na wata-wata. A kallo na farko, a zahiri madadin Xbox Game Pass, sanannen shiri ne na Xbox One da Windows 10, wanda masu biyan kuɗi a yau suna da damar yin kusan wasanni 300 akan dandamali biyu. Kuma waɗannan wasannin da ke goyan bayansa za a iya jin daɗinsu akan na'urori biyu godiya ga haɓaka aiki tare da ƙetare multiplayer.

Bayan haka, Arcade shima yana goyan bayan sa don wasu wasanni, ko da a farashi mai rahusa. Haka ne, akwai kuma bambanci a cikin inganci, kamar yadda Mac bai taɓa kasancewa dandalin wasan kwaikwayo ba, kodayake wannan sabis ɗin alama ce da ke iya canzawa akan lokaci. Duk da haka, iPhone ya shahara sosai a tsakanin yan wasa, musamman masu wasan hannu. A Asiya, alal misali, wasan kwaikwayo na wayar hannu ya shahara sosai har za ku iya samun tallace-tallace na sabbin RPGs ta hannu a cikin jirgin karkashin kasa na Shanghai da duka tashoshi da aka sadaukar don wasannin wayar hannu akan TV. Ba kwatsam ba ne Blizzard ya yanke shawarar kawo Diablo zuwa wayar hannu, kodayake wannan matakin bai shahara ga 'yan wasan Yamma ba. Zai zama mara ma'ana idan Apple bai san wannan ba kuma yana da kyau kawai sun ƙaddamar da sabis ɗin wasan.

Amma abin da na sami ban mamaki game da maganin Apple shine salon da wannan sabis ɗin ke aiki, kuma gaskiya na ɗan damu cewa a ƙarshen rana ba zai ƙare da muni fiye da Google Stadia ba. Yawancin masu haɓakawa, ciki har da waɗanda suka saki wasanni ta hanyar Xbox Game Pass sun yaba da sabis, kuma akwai wasannin indie da yawa waɗanda suka yi ta cikin sabis ɗiny sau da yawa ƙara tallace-tallace ku. Kamar wasan tseren keke Descenders. Don haka, 'yan wasa suna da damar tallafawa wasannin da suka fi so da masu haɓakawa ta hanyar siyan wasannin, koda wata rana sun ɓace daga menu na XGP, har yanzu suna iya kunna su.

Koyaya, kar a yi tsammanin zaɓi tare da Arcade. Wasannin da ke cikin ɗakin karatu suna samuwa ne kawai a can kuma su manta game da zaɓi don saya. Ee, fa'idar ita ce Apple na iya samun kudin shiga mai aiki tare da wannan salon koda daga wasannin da ba sa ba da microtransaction saboda kawai ba sa buƙatar su. Amma akwai kuma hadarin cewa rashin zabi zai hana wasu 'yan wasa yin la'akari da wannan sabis ɗin. Wannan kuma shine lamarina. Na kasance ina wasa akan Xbox sama da shekaru 10 kuma na yi rajista da himma ga ayyuka daban-daban, kamar Game Pass, wanda ke ba ni dama ga tarin wasannin gaske, kuma ɗakin karatu na ya ƙunshi kusan wasanni 400.

A kan Mac, halin da ake ciki shi ne irin wannan cewa ka yi wasa a nani da gaske kawai lokaci-lokaci kuma ba na tunanin cewa idan na isa wasan nan sau ɗaya a kowane wata shida zan yi da biyan kuɗi zuwa sabis. Na fi son in sayi wasa, a ce, sau huɗu farashin ƙungiyar Arcade na wata-wata, tare da sanin cewa zan iya buga ta a duk lokacin da na ji daɗi, ko gobe ne, wata ɗaya, ko kuma bayan shekara biyu. . Amma ta wannan hanyar Apple kuma abin takaici ba ma masu haɓakawa ba za su sami kuɗina ta kowace hanya.

Baya ga Arcade jin kamar kulob na VIP a cikin kulob na VIP a gare ni, Na sami sabis ɗin ba shi da matsayin dandamalin caca na zamani al'umma. Ko PlayStation, Xbox ko Nintendo, jigon kowane dandamali na caca a yau al'umma ce ta ƴan wasa waɗanda zaku iya raba abubuwan da kuka samu. Amma ba ni da abubuwa da yawa da zan raba a nan saboda kawai ban san game da wasu 'yan wasa ba, kamar yadda ban sani ba game da sauran masu biyan kuɗi na Netflix ko HBO GO sai na tambaya. Abin baƙin ciki shine, rashin jama'a shine dalilin da yasa wasan kwaikwayo na kan layi ke aiki a kwanakin nan, har ma da manyan abubuwan mamaki, kamar Rocket League, suna ɓacewa a hankali. Amma abubuwa na iya bambanta, Apple har yanzu yana da damar ingantawa.