Well, that was pretty quick, all things considered. Apple has updated itsApp Storereview guidelines to now allow for streaming game services. But there’s a catch.
Whatstarted as a hopeful dreamback in February, eventually turned into a nightmare. Microsoft welcomed its cloud gaming service, xCloud, onto Android earlier this year, but iOS was not include. The reason? Apple doesn’t allow for game streaming services in the App Store. But that’s actually changing now, as Apple has updated itsreview guidelines for the digital storefront.
In the new review guidelines, Apple is making tweaks to account for some changes coming iniOS 14. However, the most important change revolves around streaming game services. Technically, Apple is now going to allow these streaming services be made available in the App Store. But there are some pretty big caveats:
There are a variety of other changes included in the updated App Store review guidelines. We’re not going to break down all of them, but here’s a quick list of some of the other noteworthy changes:
Gocheck out the changesfor the review guidelines if you’re interested in that sort of thing. But it looks like Appleheard the complaints, and now the company is actually willing to make some necessary changes.
Of course, the question is whether or not companies like Microsoft will actually follow suit. The caveats associated with game streaming services are pretty big after all. Microsoft’s xCloud, for instance, has over 100 games available to stream. Will the company actually go through the work in submitting every one of these titles, along with all the new content, to get xCloud on iOS devices?
What do you think? Will we get to see xCloud on iOS devices now?
