eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoMicrosoft Patents Technique for Inserting Ads Into Videogames While You’re Playing Them.futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoHopefully they don’t license this patent out so it’s really easy to avoid
minus-squarebugbear@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoI was just thinking about that. I can’t imagine Microsoft licencing it cheaply, so I would think other companies would be losing money over this. If anything, Microsoft made us a favour. (As long as they won’t continue their journey becoming Disney of gaming, I guess sigh)
minus-squaremushroommunk@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoThey’d likely license as a percentage of revenue, not a specific dollar amount, which would make it more available to every studio and they’d theoretically make more money from the added ad revenue.
Hopefully they don’t license this patent out so it’s really easy to avoid
I was just thinking about that. I can’t imagine Microsoft licencing it cheaply, so I would think other companies would be losing money over this.
If anything, Microsoft made us a favour. (As long as they won’t continue their journey becoming Disney of gaming, I guess sigh)
They’d likely license as a percentage of revenue, not a specific dollar amount, which would make it more available to every studio and they’d theoretically make more money from the added ad revenue.