Pani hoʻolaha

ʻOi aku ka waiwai o ka pāʻani pāʻani o Apple ma ka fiscal 2019 ma mua o nā ʻoihana pāʻani nui. Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolaha, ua loaʻa iā ia ka nui o nā pāʻani ma ka App Store ma mua o Nintendo, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard a me Sony i hui pū ʻia. Ua hōʻike ʻia kēia e ka hihia e hakakā nei ʻo ia me Epic Games (i hoʻopiʻi ma hope o ka hoʻoholo). Ma muli wale nō ʻo Apple ke aliʻi o ka pāʻani kikohoʻe. 

Kānāwai Wall Street Pai Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Apple i ka loaʻa kālā o ka pāʻani pāʻani 2019 ma $ 8,5 biliona. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻoiai ʻaʻole hoʻomohala ʻo Apple i nā pāʻani, he mana nui ia i ka ʻoihana. Eia naʻe, i ka wā o ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Apple ʻaʻole pololei kēia palena hana a ua hoʻonui nui ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻia ka loiloi i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ka nui i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e Apple mai nā uku hoʻoili a me nā kūʻai In-App he $2 biliona ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā i hana ʻia e Nintendo, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard a me Sony i hui pū ʻia (ua loaʻa mai ka ʻikepili o nā hui pāʻani mai kāna moʻolelo hui. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka helu o ka loaʻa kālā o Microsoft ma nā manaʻo o ka poʻe loiloi).

ʻO Nintendo kahi mea hoʻomohala pāʻani alakaʻi ma hope o nā hits e like me Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda or Fire Emblem Heroes. I ka manawa like, he mea hana ia o nā consoles. Pela no ka Microsoft Xbox a i ole Sony's Playstation. No laila ʻaʻole ia nā mea pāʻani liʻiliʻi, akā ʻo nā mea nui loa. ʻOiai naʻe, ua pāʻani ʻo Apple iā lākou. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻoiai inā ua ʻoki ʻia ka loiloi o ka WSJ e kekahi mau piliona kālā, no ka mea, ʻōlelo ʻo Apple ʻaʻole ia e helu i nā kumukūʻai pili me ka App Store. I ka hopena, ʻaʻole ia he mea koʻikoʻi inā lanakila ʻo ia iā lākou, loaʻa like, a emi iki paha. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo Apple ka mea pāʻani nui loa ma ke kahua pāʻani.

He moʻolelo pāʻani koʻikoʻi 

ʻO ka mea ʻakaʻaka ʻaʻole i komo nui ʻo Apple i kēia ʻāpana. Ma ka App Store, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ka poker mobile wale nō ʻO Texas Holdʻem a me ka pāʻani arcade ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mea hoʻopukapuka nui loa o ka ʻoihana, ʻo Warren Buffet, ʻaʻole e loaʻa hou i kāna hale kūʻai app. Inā ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomohala i nā pāʻani no ia mea, a ʻaʻole makemake ʻoe e hana pēlā no kekahi kumu, akā ʻike ʻoe i ka mana nui i loko o ia mea, ke hoʻokokoke ʻokoʻa nei ʻoe. ʻAʻole i loaʻa ka App Store ma kahi me ka kūleʻa o ka iPhone. No laila ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia e hana ʻoe i kahi hale kūʻai virtual a e ulu wale kāu ʻoihana. Ua hoʻopili wale ʻo Apple i kahi huahana kūleʻa me kahi lawelawe kūleʻa a ke loaʻa nei ka pōmaikaʻi mai ia mea. Aia ke kumu e hoʻopiʻi ai iā ia? Huhū nā mea hoʻomohala no ka huki ʻia ʻana o lākou, akā eia hou, ma hea nā mea āpau inā ʻaʻole kōkua ʻo Apple iā lākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana?

Ma muli o ka App Store, loaʻa iā mākou nā kūʻai In-App a me kahi kumu hoʻohālike i kapa ʻia ʻo freemium. He manuahi ka pāʻani a hāʻawi i nā ʻike i kaupalena ʻia. Makemake hou aku? E kuai i hookahi, elua, ekolu mokuna. Makemake ʻoe i nā mea kaua hou aʻe? E kūʻai mai i pū mikini, mea hoʻolele pōhaku, raifela plasma. Makemake ʻoe i nā lole kūpono? E ʻaʻahu e like me ka robota a i ʻole ka squirrel. Ma luna o nā mea a pau, e uku hou iā mākou no ia. Ma mua, i loko o ka App Store aia nā pāʻani piha no kahi kālā me ka ʻole o nā microtransactions a me kā lākou koho me ka inoa inoa Lite. Ua hoʻopā ʻoe iā ia i loko o ia mea, a i ka wā i hele mai ai ʻo ia iā ʻoe, ua kūʻai ʻoe i kāna mana piha. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike hou i kēia ma ka hale kūʻai App, e nalowale ana ia mai Google Play ma kahi ala nui. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka mana piha o ke poʻo inoa a hoʻoneʻe mālie i ka mea hoʻohana i nā kūʻai pākahi. A mai kēlā me kēia kūʻai ʻana, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua ninini ʻia nā lei aliʻi hou i Apple.

ʻO Apple Arcade he mea hoʻopakele hiki 

I ka ʻike ʻana o ka hui e holo haʻahaʻa ana ma nā palena a pono paha e hoʻi i lalo, ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia iā Apple Arcade. ʻO kāna kahua ponoʻī e hoʻohui ai nā mea hoʻomohala ʻē aʻe i nā poʻo inoa a uku mākou iā Apple i kau inoa no ia. Loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi no nā mea a pau e pili ana. ʻAʻole ia ʻo ka pāʻani AAA maikaʻi loa ma aneʻi, no ka mea, aia kekahi mau pāʻani maʻamau a maʻalahi hoʻi, akā e liʻiliʻi iā ʻoe e hele i nā pāʻani 180. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua kaupalena ʻia ka hale kiʻi, akā ʻo Apple TV +. ʻO ka maikaʻi o Arcade no Apple ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā maʻamau mai nā mea pāʻani e hiki ke kūʻai wale aku i nā ʻike ʻē aʻe ma ka App Store i nā pahu.

No laila ʻaʻole hoʻomohala ʻo Apple i nā pāʻani, a no laila ke hopohopo nei lākou iā ia ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO kāna haʻawina koʻikoʻi wale nō ka hale kūʻai a me ke kahua e puʻunaue ana i nā pāʻani a me ka iPhone, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo iPad a i ʻole Mac, kahi āu e pāʻani ai i kēia mau pāʻani. I ka hopena o 2020, aia he hoʻokahi piliona iPhones ma ka honua. A ʻo ia kahi kahua ākea o nā mea pāʻani hiki ʻole ke lawe wale i ke kelepona i kā lākou ʻeke, akā he console pāʻani pū kekahi. Ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo Sony a i ʻole Microsoft i ka helu like o nā ʻoliʻoli, ʻoiaʻiʻo lākou e hoʻokokoke kokoke i nā waiwai o Apple. A hiki i kēlā manawa, e hoʻohui wale ʻia ka loaʻa kālā o nā hui nui i ka ʻoihana pāʻani. 

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