Apple Bans Microsoft xCloud and Other Cloud Gaming Services from iOS

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If you’re interested in cloud-gaming services, such as Microsoft’s xCloud and Google’s Stadia, you’ll definitely need an Android device. Apple has confirmed (via Business Insider) that it won’t allow any such fun on iOS due to its app store guidelines. For whatever reason, the company has mandated that each game must be submitted and reviewed individually – a process that nobody, not even Apple, wants to put up with.



“The App Store was created to be a safe and trusted place for customers to discover and download apps, and a great business opportunity for all developers,” an Apple spokesperson told Business Insider. “Before they go on our store, all apps are reviewed against the same set of guidelines that are intended to protect customers and...

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[Armenius]

If cloud streaming services for movie and TV are allowed without the need to review individual video, then so should cloud services for gaming.

 

[Brian_B]

If cloud streaming services for movie and TV are allowed without the need to review individual video, then so should cloud services for gaming.

that is actually a really good analogy

 

[Uvilla]

Well they can still do it via web.
Still mostly bull... I doubt many iPhone users game with ms or Google.. so its a good move for the Apple exclusive club environment.

 

[Grimlakin]

I give it 3 to 6 months before Apple announces their own Ios only gaming streaming service. They have seen the profits from video streaming and refuse to relinquish the income of another streaming service.