Apple is reportedly in the early stages of planning a video game subscription service.
A service from Apple that "would function like Netflix for games" is in the works, Cheddar reports. While specific details, including a price point as well as what kinds of games would be included, remain unclear, the service would offer a "bundled list of titles," and Apple evidently began to speak with developers about it last year.
Additionally, Cheddar notes that Apple has "discussed partnering with developers as a publisher," a move that may "signal Apple's ambition to assume distribution, marketing, and other related costs for select games."
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If this pans out, Apple would only be the latest company to jump into the subscription gaming pool. Microsoft, for instance, offers Xbox Games Pass, which allows users to access a library of games for $9.99 a month. There are also services like Utomik, which was pitched as "Netflix for games" when it launched.
Apple is already preparing a television subscription service to directly compete with Netflix, as well a reported news subscription service that would bundle various newspapers and magazines together; as The Verge reports, Apple purchased a service last year referred to as the "Netflix of magazines." None of these services have launch dates set.
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