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For years, iPhone and iPad have been great gaming devices, but no one would mistake either of them for an Xbox or a PlayStation. Games on an iPhone or iPad are fun to play and there’s been a huge selection of them for quite a while. Some of the biggest games of recent years may even owe Apple a debt of gratitude for the reach into the world’s households they’ve enjoyed; Minecraft, Angry Birds, and Fortnite leap readily to mind.

Then Apple had the wonderful notion that it would be fantastic if we could carry over gameplay from one device to another in the Apple ecosystem. You know, play your game in the car (as a passenger, of course!), and then pick up right where you left off on your Apple TV. Figure 1-3 illustrates the same game running on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and a Mac.

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FIGURE 1-3: Apple Arcade games can easily jump from one Apple device to another.

They then had the wonderful notion that they should provide games in a subscription format, which would cost only a small amount per month yet deliver a massive library of the latest and greatest games for their platform. Think Netflix, but for games.

Voila! Apple Arcade was born.

Although some of Apple’s services are available across non-Apple platforms, this is not the case with Apple Arcade. You can't take advantage of the Apple Arcade service on Android and Windows devices.