Apple has allowed cloud gaming apps on the App Retailer since earlier this yr, however cloud gaming companies nonetheless have not bothered making iOS apps. Microsoft just lately defined why, telling UK regulators that it did not carry Xbox Cloud Gaming to Apple’s App Retailer as a result of the foundations are nonetheless too restrictive.
The UK’s Competitors and Markets Authority is investigating cell browsers and cloud gaming, and put out a name for feedback. Microsoft responded in late July (through The Verge) and stated [PDF] that whereas cloud gaming apps are technically allowed, there are nonetheless a number of guidelines that cloud gaming apps cannot adjust to for “technical and financial causes.”
Microsoft’s chief criticism is that the App Retailer guidelines require subscriptions and options to be made accessible on iOS gadgets with in-app buy, which is “not possible.” A consumption-only state of affairs the place content material is bought on one other platform and performed on iOS will not be allowed for cloud gaming apps.
Apple’s 30 p.c fee payment “makes it unattainable” for Microsoft to monetize its cloud gaming service, and it’s neither “economically sustainable nor justifiable.”
Microsoft additionally complains about Apple’s lack of help for various app shops and the constraints of internet apps, similar to an incapability to entry gadget {hardware} options.
Google additionally submitted a separate doc within the UK, and it merely means that regulators give attention to the iOS App Retailer fairly than looking at Google Play.
Apple’s personal assertion stated that it “helps and encourages” cloud gaming companies on iOS, and that there are profitable cloud gaming companies similar to Antstream. Apple steered that regulators revisit their pondering following its help for cloud gaming, which did occur after the investigation launched.
The UK will take Microsoft’s feedback and feedback from different events into consideration when making a call within the ongoing cell browser and cloud gaming investigation.
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