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/AptoticFox Laptop (2013), i7-4700MQ, GT 740M 24d ago

Is it going into games? Or into the OS?

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u/induslol 24d ago

article states ftp games as initial target.  

Habituate consumers to the bullshit there, then slam it into the OS sounds like a Microsoft move.

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u/aVarangian 13600kf 7900xtx 2160 | 6600k 1070 1440 24d ago

most pc f2p games are already such garbage that if a kid of mine touches it I'll have a post-partum abortion

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u/induslol 24d ago

Avoid prison and just turn them to the good stuff the ftp game is aping poorly.

Even then, free means easy access, which is immediately enticing to young audiences with limited means or knowledge.

Imagine a roblox popularity ftp implementing this.  Entire generation of gamers ready to accept this kind of garbage in a game played in their free time: if that level of invasion is accepted it's absolutely migrating to the OS side after.