Coming from Cupertino a while ago apple arcade launch, your video game subscription service where you can enjoy a unique collection of games from any of your devices. this is vVarious benefits for both users and developersalthough some adjustments are made to the catalog from time to time.

Not so long ago, we repeated that 15 games would disappear from Apple Arcade as the developers decided to cancel these games. no longer available on the platform. After learning a bit more, we were able to clear most of the doubts about what would happen when we removed the games in question from the catalog, and now Apple has publicly announced what will happen with each game it chooses to release. platform.

Developers have a few options when leaving Apple Arcade, and they’re the ones who decide.

In general, if a game disappears from Apple Arcade, according to a new support document, won’t be able to download again later on. People who have installed it, keep playing for at least two weeksthough there is a message later “Not available” when trying to open it.

A new document explains what happens to games no longer available in Apple Arcade

In this line, after the game has been accepted to be removed from Apple Arcade, developer doesn’t need to activate to download from App Store. It’s an option they have but it looks like they don’t according to the details. no obligation The game on the App Store is the same as the game on Apple Arcade.

Apple Arcade games have very extensive requirements and for example they may not display ads or offer purchases inside the app. All costs are covered by the Apple Arcade subscription. However, by leaving this industry and being offered for sale (or free of charge) on the App Store, all these restrictions have been removed.

As a side note, if the developer chooses to make his game available to all users on the App Store, he will decide for himself whether there are any games. ability to transfer full progress between each version. Otherwise you will have to start over even if the game is the same.

“If the developer makes his game available on the App Store and lets you upload your progress, you can pick up where you left off in the Arcade version.”

Thus, in the end it seems it becomes the developer who decides how to act after leaving From AppleArcade. There are many companies that have big deals with Apple and therefore will keep their different games on the platform for the next few years. However, it seems some contracts are starting to expireand developers who are not satisfied with the platform continue to have the right to exit the platform.