eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMicrosoft Patents Technique for Inserting Ads Into Videogames While You’re Playing Them.futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarebugbear@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month 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.
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.