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/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/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