sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master RaceEnglish · 12 days agoMicrosoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime creditswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down13cross-posted to: linuxsuckssucks
arrow-up1326arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime creditswww.tomshardware.comsanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master RaceEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square96linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linuxsuckssucks
minus-squareWookilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·12 days agolol mobile platforms have been doing this for what decades at this point. Lmfao
minus-squareAHemlocksLie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoYeah, and there’s a reason a lot of us are unlikely to even try them. If I still bought consoles, the first one that did this would be the last I ever bought, and I’m not buying it if it’s like that from the start.
minus-squareAustralianSimonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoThere is a reason why mobile gaming is mostly garbage.
minus-squareGoforce5linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoMostly? I havent found a single mobile game I can tolerate other than my GBA emulator.
minus-squareAustralianSimonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoThe only ones I like are paid: Terraria, Dredge, Scythe Pocket Edition, Terraforming Mars etc. Recommended!
lol mobile platforms have been doing this for what decades at this point.
Lmfao
Yeah, and there’s a reason a lot of us are unlikely to even try them. If I still bought consoles, the first one that did this would be the last I ever bought, and I’m not buying it if it’s like that from the start.
There is a reason why mobile gaming is mostly garbage.
Mostly? I havent found a single mobile game I can tolerate other than my GBA emulator.
The only ones I like are paid: Terraria, Dredge, Scythe Pocket Edition, Terraforming Mars etc. Recommended!