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Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed (www.theverge.com)

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Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed::Ubisoft started displaying a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey this week. It was caused by a technical error.

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anyone that thinks this wasn’t intentional is a fool. They are just testing the waters.

Bad feedback? Then shelve it and try it again in a couple years. Regardless, Pandora’s box as been opened and all the other game companies now will be eyeing this new ‘feature’ for future implementation real soon.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Forza games have had full screen ads for the past 3 or 4 games and it has yet to affect sales.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

what kind of ads were these?

had not heard of this before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I rather wanted to think it's not intentional. Now I'm convinced it's a deliberate move.