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The appeal of cloud gaming has always been the ability to run extremely high-quality games without needing the hardware to back it up. But, the tough part of getting people to use it has always been distribution, and one particular headache was the iOS App Store, which barred cloud gaming services for ridiculous reasons. Now, though, Apple is finally changing that.
Cloud gaming services are generally available through native apps and/or a web app. There are sometimes advantages to a native app, such as increased resolution and additional settings in the case of Nvidia’s GeForce Now, but native apps haven’t been available for cloud gaming services on iOS for the longest time.
As was reported back in 2020, Apple had barred cloud gaming services such as Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass, Nvidia’s GeForce Now, and Google Stadia from offering native iOS apps in the App Store.
Why?
Apple took issue with these services offering more than one game in their store listings, as games couldn’t be reviewed individually by Apple.
