Amadivayisi we-Apple ane anhlobonhlobo amathuba. Ukuthuthukiswa kwehadiwe yayo kuvumele abathuthukisi ukuthi bakhiqize imidlalo emihle yekhwalithi ephezulu. I-Big Apple izamile ukukhulisa le makethe ngokudala I-Apple Arcade, isevisi yokubhalisa ukuze ufinyelele izihloko ezihlukene ngaphandle kokukhangisa ngokubhalisa okukodwa nje. Omunye wabasabalalisi bemidlalo abakhulu owaziwayo I-Electronic Arts (EA). Ulwazi lwakamuva yilokho I-Apple kungenzeka ibe sengxoxweni ne-EA ukuze kuhlanganiswe noma kuthengwe.
Ingabe i-Electronic Arts ingaba yisiqalo se-Apple Arcade entsha?
I-Electronic Arts yinkampani eseCalifornia ezinze ekuthuthukisweni nasekusabalaliseni imidlalo emhlabeni jikelele. Izihloko ezinhle ziwela kuzo njenge-Battlefield, Isidingo Sesivinini, i-Sims, i-Dead Space, i-Titanfall noma i-Dragon Age. Umdali wayo kwaba Uhambo Hawkins. Futhi lokhu kubalulekile njengoba u-Hawkins wayesebhodini labaqondisi bakwa-Apple ngeminyaka yawo-70 njengomqondisi wamasu nokumaketha. Ngo-1982 washiya inkampani futhi wadala Electronic Arts.
Ngokusho kwe- imininingwane yakamuva I-Electronic Arts ibingase iqale ukungena ezingxoxweni nezinkampani ezinkulu ukuze kukhuliswe ukuthengiswa okungenzeka kube khona noma ukuhlanganiswa. Indawo yonke yokusatshalaliswa kwegeyimu yevidiyo nayo iyahamba. Ekuqaleni kuka-2022, iMicrosoft yathenga i-Activision Blizzard, omunye umsabalalisi owaziwa ngemidlalo efana ne-Hearthtone noma i-WoW Companion. Umgomo we-Electronic Arts kungaba ukuthi i-CEO yamanje ihlale i-CEO yenkampani ehlanganisiwe.
Kuyacaca ukuthi uma i-Apple ithola i-Electronic Arts izoba yinkampani ezimele kodwa enekhono lokukhiqiza izihloko ukuze izuze yona. Okungukuthi, zonke izihloko ze-Electronic Arts zizothuthela ku-Apple Arcade. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kungaba umfutho omuhle epulatifomu uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi bazosebenzela i-Apple noma ngabe banama-CEO ahlukene.
Kuphinde kwavela lokho I-Disney ne-Amazon bebengaba nezingxoxo ne-Electronic Arts. Kusuka ku-EA abafuni ukuphawula nganoma yiluphi uhlobo lwamahemuhemu futhi baqinisekise ukuthi okwamanje bagxile ekuqhubekeni nokugcina isikhundla se-hegemony abanaso phakathi kwensimu yemidlalo yevidiyo. Sizobona ukuthi ekugcineni kukhona ukuthengwa noma ukuhlanganiswa nokuthi kuzoba namuphi umthelela kumapulatifomu e-Apple.