Microsoft Patents System to Inject Ads into Video Games
A recent report from Tom's Hardware highlights a patent filed by Microsoft for a system designed to pause video games during downtime to display advertisements. According to the patent, players could potentially earn credits for ad-free playtime by watching these commercials. This development has sparked significant discussion regarding the future of monetization in gaming, particularly concerning how companies might integrate advertising into interactive experiences. While the filing of a patent does not guarantee that a feature will be implemented in future products, it provides insight into potential strategies being explored by major industry players for managing game-related content and user engagement.


Op need a life and stop looking for issues yo cry about. Post memes or begone subhuman.
So, chill thats for their cloud gaming service most likly
I swear to god, I will buy 10 old Xbox 360s and play on them happily for the rest of my days.
Lol. This is EXACTLY why i sold all my consoles aside from retro ones that i can easily hack and invested in my PC
here's how the article goes on. either way, fuck ads so I either don't play that "free" (costs your soul, spare time, etc.) game or if such cancer reaches purchased titles too, pirate stuff and that's it.
Fuck that! I'm filling my hard drives with older games and hope for the best. The new "AAA" games that are actually good are too few these days anyway. But the older games that we continuously come back to must be protected at all cost, like heroes of might and magic 3, gothic, d
Soon:
we dont hate microslop enough
Lord Gaben single handedly saving PC gamers while console gamers getting cucked by retarded ceos. GG.
Yeah a few titles have tried and gaben literally had to issue a whole policy. Games with ads in them cannot be sold on steam. We don't hate these greedy motherfuckers enough.