CHRIS FIRST(@chrisfirst):Apple didn’t break mobile gaming. Every game requiring subscriptions & in-app purchases to play is what killed it. There are no more “Pocket God’s” where you paid 99¢ and got to play forever.

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CHRIS FIRST@chrisfirst

2026.08.26 18:07

Apple didn’t break mobile gaming. Every game requiring subscriptions & in-app purchases to play is what killed it. There are no more “Pocket God’s” where you paid 99¢ and got to play forever.

Tim Sweeney@TimSweeneyEpic

2026.08.25 22:12

Apple broke mobile gaming, in three ways. First, by using its 30% junk fees to inflate prices of in-game purchases, extracting the far majority of profit from games on the App Store, and depriving developers of the ability to reinvest.