Cloud gaming is this new type of service, which has yet to pick up, but is expected to explode once 5G coverage becomes more widespread. Google launched Stadia, Nvidia launched GeForce Now, and there are plenty of smaller companies that have been experimenting with cloud gaming over the past few years. Basically, it lets you “rent” a remote PC with super-powered hardware and play your favorite games over the Internet, no matter what device you have in your hands.

Why does Apple not allow cloud gaming?

However, cloud gaming services usually connect you to a store where you can buy the titles you want to play. Technically, these are in-app purchases, which you make in a 3rd party store. So, Apple can’t take its 30% cut from these in-app purchases. As per App Store guidelines, this is a big no-no. Even Steam had huge problems with this in the past, but has somehow managed to fix the problem.

That’s not to say this is what happened to Shadow. But the situation does seem entirely too familiar.