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Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Master167@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Things like this tell me Microsoft doesn't care any more about what brought them to make Xbox. Only how they can get as much money out of existing users.

Reminds me of this video about Mature markets. https://youtu.be/_HJXSt7ofOU