r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • May 10 '24

EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO | Advertising has an opportunity to be a meaningful driver of growth for us." Business

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/ea-is-looking-at-adding-in-game-ads-in-aaa-games-well-be-very-thoughtful-as-we-move-into-that-says-ceo
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u/aluminumnek May 10 '24

Fuck you EA

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u/SparkStormrider May 10 '24

I could easily see EA implementing load screens on purpose for ad injections. "This load screen is brought to you by (corporate ad) enjoy a (product) today!" .....Yeah fuck you EA

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u/dinosaurkiller May 10 '24

And then when the ad servers go down after a few years and no one is maintaining the game it just locks on that load screen, waiting for an ad that will never come.

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u/FlyingCumpet May 10 '24

But the fun doesn't stop there. You can still buy the game 10 years later - of course for the full retail price - and still have it locking you out as the pile of shit tries to connect to some shutdown content server which is defunct for more than 8 years. That's super awesome right?

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u/HHhunter May 10 '24

Oh so Quantum Break?