Wooki comments on Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits

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[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

lol mobile platforms have been doing this for what decades at this point.

Lmfao

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[–] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, and there's a reason a lot of us are unlikely to even try them. If I still bought consoles, the first one that did this would be the last I ever bought, and I'm not buying it if it's like that from the start.

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[–] AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There is a reason why mobile gaming is mostly garbage.

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