RealArcade wiki

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RealArcade is a casual gaming service run by RealNetworks that sells casual style computer games to individual users. Its purpose is to let users download demo versions of games, and optionally buy the full versions.^[1] As of February 2009^[update], RealArcade's user rating at Download.com is 2.5 out of 5 stars.^[2]

[edit] Sales model

RealArcade distributes games on a time-limited demo basis. Each game downloaded has a trial time of 60 minutes unless differently specified by each publisher. Once the trial time expires , users are required to either uninstall the game from their computer or purchase the full version of the game. Users can also subscribe to a RealNetworks service called GamePass. For a monthly fee, it offers them ownership of 1 game of their choice per month at no additional fee and $5.00 off each game purchase.^[3] As of October, RealArcade offers full versions of games under their "Free Forever" Program where the user can play select full games chosen by RealNetworks via in game advertising.^[4]

[edit] Versions

RealArcade 1.0: This was the First version of RealArcade. The most important characteristic is the colour black in the GUI. RealOne Arcade 1.2.0: This version of RealArcade was when the RealOne Services are popular. The version 1.2.0 brought too many problems to the users due to vulnerabilities in the security of the program. RealArcade 1.2.4 (Or 1.4): This is the last version of RealArcade before the Web Interface will be the new GUI. The first web edition of RealArcade is known as Version 2.0.

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