Hello.
Whenever I play Apple Arcade games on my iPhone X, it very quickly becomes quite hot and battery drains as crazy! E.g., I've played tutorial of Gungeon for about 10 minutes and it drained 10% of battery. That doesn't seem right... 🤔
Any ideas why so?
iPhone X
Remember your game isn't the only thing using your phone.
For the first 24 hours or so after an iOS upgrade, your phone will normally be busy and use battery at a higher rate as it needs to rebuild all of its internal databases.
Meanwhile, you can wait and see if iOS 13.1, which releases on the 24th, solves your issue.
Remember your game isn't the only thing using your phone.
For the first 24 hours or so after an iOS upgrade, your phone will normally be busy and use battery at a higher rate as it needs to rebuild all of its internal databases.
Meanwhile, you can wait and see if iOS 13.1, which releases on the 24th, solves your issue.
Well, while this is generally true, but Apple Arcade games seem to drain battery much, much faster than any other game I've played (and I have a loooong gaming experience, since the iPhone 3G). E.g., The Witness is immensely graphically heavy game, Gungeon is nowhere near it, but even The Witness didn't make my iPhone X that hot nor drained battery 10% per 10 minutes... 😕
I have exactly the same issue!
iPhone X updated to iOS 13 and with Apple Arcade games it drains so fast my battery that is terrible to use!
My phone gets really hot! I can't even play with the silicon case!
Somebody is having the same issue?
Just for reference, it happens in any Arcade game. In fact I was playing more Mini Motorways, and it gets obscene how it has a terrible battery consumption. nothing like Mini Metro or Binding of Isaac, other 2 games that I play and doesn't drain like any Apple Arcade game.
That's exactly my point! I play many other games, and some of them are very graphically intensive, but they work very well. But even the simplest Apple Arcade game seems to overload CPU/GPU and drain battery way beyond the common sense... In my opinion, games for the dedicated and highly currated gaming service should work BETTER, not worse (by much). I do have hopes 13.1 will improve things... 🤞
I am having the exact same problem. It seems that it's just Apple Arcade games as I've tried a variety of them. I play tons of other games on my phone and none make my phone so hot or drain the battery so fast. After one session of Mini Motorways I'm down around 70 percent after a full charge. And if I play while plugged in I either barely keep up with charging or even sometimes lose ground. Like from 87 to 85.. while plugged in. It's not a battery age issue either as my phone (iPhone X) consistently lasts all day still.
Edit: I have had iOS 13 since launch. All the update work should be done and ironed out by now. I'm going to try 13.1 today after work and see if there's improvement.
Updated to iOS 13.1 and ran the experiment: launched "Exit the Gungeon" and left it on the main screen for 10 minutes. Device got very hot quickly and battery dropped from 50% to 29%. In 10 minutes! For relatively simple 2D game... 👎😞🤦♂️
Yet another experiment: "Mini Motorways" ate 13% of battery in just 5 minutes... (28% -> 15%) iPhone X is just 2 generations old, it should run Apple Arcade games with ease! If it won't be fixed - then Apple Arcade service may Rest.In.Peace... 😢 Will be back playing Candy Crush... 😞
Games will always be a huge power draw - they heavily load the graphics processor and are a heavy load on the actual CPU.
That's actually true for desktops as well.
That's fair! I didn't though about that (rebuilding DBs etc). And yeah. Maybe 13.1 will improve things a bit.
Thanks!
Same here. Doing my head in. I’m on 13.2 and my battery dies and is hotter than a vindaloo.
dumping the service until it’s fixed.
Apple Arcade games drain battery way too much
