r/pcmasterrace • u/screwdriverfan • 24d ago

News/Article Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/microsoft-patents-system-to-freeze-games-and-inject-ads-during-downtimes-watching-commercials-earns-ad-free-playtime-credits
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u/NotaVortex PC Master Race 24d ago

This is why you get a pc. All that shit will be modded out.

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u/420weedscoped Rtx 3090 | Amd Ryzen 7 5800x | 32Gb DDR4 24d ago

Valve could also just put it agaisnt their terms of service and pretty much everybody would have to go along or you'd sell nothing on PC.

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u/19412 RX 550 • i5-6600K 24d ago edited 24d ago

It's already against Steam's storefront policy to implement ad-based revenue generation for anything that isn't a promotional event within a game. This ads-for-playtime thing would never be permitted.

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u/Someotherrandomtree Asus TUF 5070 Ti | Ryzen 9 9950x3D 24d ago

This is why we need to make sure Robo-Gaben happens so Steam stays the way it is

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u/Blaziken420_ 24d ago

We have to make a Mr. House out of Gaben whenever he dies

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u/TieMillenium 24d ago

Pretty sure Valve has been working on BCIs for a long time so that's probably already in the works.

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u/Rew0lweed_0celot Haha, Xeon go brrrrr 24d ago

GABeOS

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u/AuthoritarianParsnip PC Master Race 24d ago

Put him on the Golden Gaben Throne

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u/StaleSpriggan 24d ago

Blood for the Valve god, skulls for the Gaben throne!

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u/ourlastchancefortea 24d ago

And if all fails we resurrect him.

MUSTA GABEN

MUSTA GABEN

THE TIME HAS COME

AWAKEN

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u/Gimlz Ryzen 5 3600 / EVGA 2070 Super / 16Gb DDR4-3600 24d ago

He truly will become the emperor or mankind on the throne.

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u/jntjr2005 24d ago

Monkey paw curls

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u/GlowyStuffs 24d ago

Why would they do this knowing steam exists and all those games couldn't be released on steam ever, and generally would be disliked by all unless they had plans to assasinate Gabe? It feels like some race between Sony and Microsoft to coordinate major gaming dystopia, knowing everyone would hate them for it unless they had some plan to make it so that nobody had other options. Though gog also exists. And other stuff on PC too. Unless this was just for mobile games.