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Re:Launch HN: MagnaPlay (YC W23) – Indie gaming subscription... by turtledragonfly on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:14PM (#34372471)
Just curious: do you have any sources for the Apple Arcade pay-for-playtime behaviors? I understand the concept in a hand-wavy sense, just wondered if there's some real data you're referencing.

I'm working on a game myself; interested in what research is out there.

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Re:Launch HN: MagnaPlay (YC W23) – Indie gaming subscription... by 1123581321 on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:17AM (#34380101)
The one that came to my mind was the Bloomberg report about Apple changing their Arcade approach after seeing how much better perpetual play games were at retaining subscribers. https://archive.ph/zm0Th

However, since then they started re-releasing classics that don’t necessarily have daily engagement built into the design.

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