Facebook launches free-to-play cloud gaming on desktop and Android but says it is unable to bring games to iOS due to Apple's “arbitrary” policies
and another feud with Apple Emma Roth / MakeUseOf : Facebook Introduces Free Cloud Gaming Service | MakeUseOf David Pierce / Protocol : Apple fights the future of gaming Andrew Webster / The Verge : Facebook takes its first small steps into the world of cloud gaming Rebecca Jones / PC Gamer : Facebook gets into the cloud gaming race Francesco De Meo / Wccftech : Facebook Gaming Streaming Service Is Now Live in the US Firstpost Tech : Facebook unveils free-to-play cloud gaming service for Android mobile gamers Argam Artashyan / Gizchina : Facebook And Apple Still Have Problems In Field Of Cloud Gaming Balakumar K / TechRadar : Facebook launches cloud gaming on Android and web BGR India : Facebook Cloud Gaming service now out for Android, Web but iPhone users need to wait Seth Barton / MCV/DEVELOP : “Blurring the line between games and ads” Jason Rubin launches Facebook's cloud gaming initiative with native code playable ads Engadget : The Morning After: NASA detected water on the Moon's sunlit side Priye Rai / Fossbytes : Why Facebook Isn't Launching Cloud Gaming Service For iOS? Axios : Why Facebook's cloud gaming won't be coming to your iPhone Maggie Tillman / Pocket-lint : Facebook launches free-to-play cloud games in beta in the US Uskompuf / TechPowerUp : Facebook Launches Entry Level Cloud Game Streaming Service Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal : Facebook Moves Into Cloud Gaming Samuel Martinez / Pocketnow : Facebook Gaming, a new cloud gaming service has been announced Steve Wright / Stevivor : Facebook Gaming streaming service now available in the USA Ian Sherr / CNET : Facebook brings ‘instant’ streaming for mobile games, shuns Apple's iPhone The Information : Facebook-Apple Tensions on the Rise: The Information's Tech Briefing Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo : The Biggest Fears About Facebook's Acquisition of Oculus Are Coming True Adrian Potoroaca / TechSpot : Facebook Gaming: the cloud gaming service is now official, featuring free-to-play games Agence France-Presse : Facebook Takes Mobile Games Into The Cloud John K. Kumi / coinspeaker.com : Facebook Introduces Cloud Games on Desktop and Android but Ignores iOS MacDailyNews : Facebook launches cloud games but complains that Apple won't allow it on iOS Martin Coulter / Business Insider : A senior Facebook exec speaks out again on its ‘frustrating’ gaming row with Apple: ‘The industry needs this to happen.’ Hartley Charlton / MacRumors : Apple's ‘Arbitrary’ App Store Policies Stifle the Launch of Facebook's Cloud-Streamed Games Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider : Facebook cloud gaming launches in browsers and on Android - but not iOS Gene Park / Washington Post : Facebook launches cloud gaming service with only free-to-play games Fortune : Facebook joins Microsoft, Google, and Amazon in cloud gaming Financial Times : Facebook to move into cloud-based gaming Nick Summers / Engadget : Facebook is rolling out a free cloud gaming service Andrew Orr / The Mac Observer : Facebook Cloud Games Launch, But Not on iOS Tweets: @facebookgaming : You'll just need the Facebook app on Android. iOS won't work for now. Because, Apple (sigh). And you'll need to be in the U.S. for now. Because, data centers. You can also play our cloud-streamed games on desktop at https://www.facebook.com/.... Because, internet. Jason Rubin / @jason_rubin : Apple claimed to offer us ‘helpful feedback’ in this story. Responding to multiple requests for approval of our iOS cloud concepts with “this fails under policy” is better than the radio silence we have experienced at times in the past, but that's hardly ‘helpful feedback.’ https://twitter.com/... @facebookgaming : ☁ 🎮🧵 So... what IS ‘cloud gaming’, anyway? Is it replacing your console with a controller and a subscription? For some, maybe. Or...maybe you could grab your phone. Open an app. Find a game. Play it. No controllers. No subscriptions. Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane : Facebook sure is subtle over not being allowed to launch Cloud Gaming on iOS “EfBeeGaming Knot A-loud Onnnnnnnn Eye-0S” read it out loud https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Sam Houston / @samhouston : My bet is FB's main innovation here will be using cloud streaming to drive user acquisition thru “Free Trial” type demos of games https://twitter.com/... Piers Harding-Rolls / @piershr : The most interesting aspect of FB's cloud gaming test is the cloud-playable ads: >Mobile focus obvious choice considering FB's ad business & playable ads >Time-limited demos enable a viable commercial structure >Enables quicker access, increased interactivity=higher conversion https://twitter.com/... NTB / @chupchap : Do they have Farmville? Gaming really helped Facebook in 2008-10 period till Apple decided to go after Adobe Flash and customers started adopting mobile for gaming https://twitter.com/... @hakan_ozalp : Facebook one-upping Google and Amazon in cloud (full feature) gaming... with Jason Rubin (cofounder, Naughty Dog) heading the Facebook Gaming group. https://twitter.com/... @gekido : If we've learned anything from the Quest boondoggle, it's that *anything* Facebook touches will immediately become toxic. #NoThanx https://twitter.com/... Joe Youngblood / @youngbloodjoe : @boztank @Jason_Rubin Gaming being tied to Facebook is not exciting at all. Though I do appreciate the dig at Apple's stupid policy. Michael Love / @elkmovie : Apple are taking a big risk here. If cloud gaming dies in its infancy, they successfully fended off an existential threat to the App Store. OTOH, if Facebook + Google + Microsoft + Amazon succeed anyway, the “Android exclusive” dam might break, creating an even bigger threat. https://twitter.com/... Ian Hamilton / @hmltn : I think of @Libra_ as a way around 30% -> Google/Apple. Facebook now making the same streaming case on Apple as Microsoft/Google. At the same FB VR is choking @BigscreenVR with 30% cut and @VRDesktop is robbed of sales because its wireless VR streaming is blocked from the store. https://twitter.com/... @larsiusprime : As a company, I dislike facebook even more than I dislike apple, but I'm glad to see some clash of the tech titans https://twitter.com/... Ryan Browne / @ryan_browne_ : This launch title lineup isn't the best... but seems like FB is focusing more on mobile gaming than bringing console-level experiences to mobile. Much different strategy to Microsoft/Google/Amazon https://twitter.com/... Kent Bye VoicesOfVR / @kentbye : The Facebook cloud gaming account is throwing shade at Apple at being a closed walled garden with anti-competitive policies. The irony is Facebook is following Apple's walled garden playbook with their VR store, & have even coupled access to VR hardware to behaviors in software. https://twitter.com/... Daniel Ahmad / @zhugeex : Facebook unveiled its new cloud gaming strategy today. It's a unique approach that sets its apart from competitors in the space and plays to the company's strengths. - F2P cloud games via Web / Mobile - Facebook login for gaming - Cloud playable ads https://www.facebook.com/... https://twitter.com/... Daniel Ahmad / @zhugeex : Facebook's two goals imo: 1. Building Facebook gaming into a key platform for developers and players. Offering cloud and local play in an integrated ecosystem. 2. Utilising cloud playable ads to benefit its own gaming platform and games not on its own gaming platform. Ryan Browne / @ryan_browne_ : Facebook is the latest big entrant into the cloud gaming wars... unsurprising given its big gaming push lately (e.g. deal w/Microsoft to take on Mixer's streamers). @sal19 has the details: https://www.cnbc.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : “Because, Apple (sigh)” is literally how every cloud gaming company feels right now https://twitter.com/... Jason Rubin / @jason_rubin : I believe the best games are the ones you can easily play with friends without any friction and we're making investments to build that platform. You can learn more about what we're doing (and what we're not doing) here: https://www.facebook.com/... Alexandru Voica / @alexvoica : We recently had 200,000 people playing our cloud games per week, making @FacebookGaming one of the largest cloud gaming platforms in the world: https://www.facebook.com/... One of the first games available this week is Asphalt 9: Legends by Gameloft. https://twitter.com/... Meg Graham / @megancgraham : Latest in FB/Apple feud: Facebook will launch cloud gaming via desktop site/Android app but says it can't bring the games to iOS due to “arbitrary” Apple policies. (Apple says developers can if they submit each game to App Store as individual apps) https://www.cnbc.com/... @sal19