Damn, by patenting it they’re actually doing us all a huge favor.
Everyone will simply avoid microsoft games and no other gaming company can copy their stupid ideas.
Based
OK, hear me out, let’s start a patent troll corp. and file for all the enshittification ideas ahead of the studio owners.
That’s… genius. So there’s gotta be a law against it already
There’s no fucking way that doesn’t have prior art
I have a free use method of avoiding these charges where I don’t use microsoft
Microsoft keeps finding innovative ways to make owning its products feel like renting them. You buy the Xbox, buy the game, maybe pay for Game Pass, and Microsoft still patents a way to interrupt you with ads. At this rate, the final boss will be a 30 second unskippable commercial.
me vs the 36 hours unskippable ad final boss.
They fucked themselves when they went on their buying spree of studios. Their idea was literally that they would own every game studio, making a GamePass a necessity that they could charge whatever they wanted for.
Their quest inflated the price of every subsequent studio they acquired, leading them to take on so much debt that they had to shutter the studios they’d just purchased, and now they have to make a ton of money on every game–but that’s not how games work.
Just capitalism things…
BRB gonna put a game on steam where you can shoot aggressive advertisers in the face.
So anyway, archery is cheap, fun, and there are no ads.
Practice your archery on ads
On advertisers
Even better! I miss the days where people would holler ads. You could punch them!
Just use an OS that does not do this.
Steam banned having to watch an ad before being able to play a game last year
Places that advertisers have not yet turned into a vehicle for ads:
RadioTVMoviesThe InternetVideo Games- Classical Fine Art
- The Moon / Space
- Grave Markers/ Headstones
- Inside Eyelids
- Your Baby’s Smile
- Brain Implants
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, would you be so kind and repeat after me: abandonware and indie games are the future!
Entertainment these days is only found in the shadows of society
Gamepass lower tier with ads - when?
Gamepass higher “ad-free” tier with less ads - when?
Oooo, that happens and I’d make it a point to contact the manufacturer/creator of said advertised product or service and politely inform them that because of the interruption of MY TIME, while relxing in a game, I will now never, ever consider their company, goods or services.
Make it formal, concise and final and if possible send it to the CEO. You want that one to come down on the head of whomever decided to insert themselves into a player’s game - get them in trouble with the boss - with a vengeance.
It often works.
While I agree people should oppose this, I really don’t think the head of Microsoft gaming decision or the current Microsoft CEO would care about your letter and most likely it wouldn’t even reach them.
Oh, that’s not who the letter is for.
You’d be surprised what can happen when the underlings that are responsible catch wind that angry customers are trying to get in touch with the boss.
Learned this one from the wife of a CEO, and it works.
Years ago, in a battle with HCA, I got a major part of my husband’s hospital bill from a surgery charge dropped because the bill which was part of a Workman’s Comp case was challeneged by the businesses insurer, went into legal arbitration, and we won.
The hospital had 6 months to get the full and compete bill to the Workman’s Comp insurer and they fucked the dog and when the insurance settled, the part that was for the use of the surgical suite - the single LARGEST part of the bill - was not included in the total.
Imagine my surprise when 5 months later, that part of the bill showed up.
Oh hell no. Straight to the top, naming and shaming the head of corporate billing. Used meaty words like “incompetent” and “ineffective”.
Two weeks later I got a call from the head of corporate billing herself, and a letter stating that yes, ooops, we’re sorry, the bill has been forgiven.
ALWAYS go to the top.
This is going to happen, too, I guarantee it. Gamepass basic with ads coming next year.
