▲ 1328 ▼ Gamers enraged at Ubisoft for injecting ads into the middle of video games (www.techspot.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world 336 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (5 children) What if we took cable tv... And combined it with gaming? Fuck off with this shit. Micro transactions are bad enough permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Remember when Cable TV was supposed to be ad-free? That's happening to Streaming now too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) Micro transactions are bad enough Apparently not. Ubisoft is the one who sells you the right to play the game on release date for extra money and punishes others who pay the regular price. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) I dunno, given how bad and buggy games are at release these days, seems more like the ones paying more are getting punished. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, that's how we see it but for them that somehow has value. Why would anyone want to rush and pay extra to play the game they don't even know is worth that money and there are no reviews is beyond me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Hype is an effective marketing tool, If not for that many current triple-A games would sell less, and indies would sell more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Remember when Cable TV was supposed to be ad-free? That's happening to Streaming now too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) Micro transactions are bad enough Apparently not. Ubisoft is the one who sells you the right to play the game on release date for extra money and punishes others who pay the regular price. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) I dunno, given how bad and buggy games are at release these days, seems more like the ones paying more are getting punished. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, that's how we see it but for them that somehow has value. Why would anyone want to rush and pay extra to play the game they don't even know is worth that money and there are no reviews is beyond me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Hype is an effective marketing tool, If not for that many current triple-A games would sell less, and indies would sell more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) I dunno, given how bad and buggy games are at release these days, seems more like the ones paying more are getting punished. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, that's how we see it but for them that somehow has value. Why would anyone want to rush and pay extra to play the game they don't even know is worth that money and there are no reviews is beyond me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Hype is an effective marketing tool, If not for that many current triple-A games would sell less, and indies would sell more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, that's how we see it but for them that somehow has value. Why would anyone want to rush and pay extra to play the game they don't even know is worth that money and there are no reviews is beyond me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Hype is an effective marketing tool, If not for that many current triple-A games would sell less, and indies would sell more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Hype is an effective marketing tool, If not for that many current triple-A games would sell less, and indies would sell more. permalink fedilink source parent