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Xbox Game Pass for free? Microsoft is experimenting with ad views for access to hundreds of Xbox games. (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Free games? In THIS economy? Well, in exchange for your eyeballs at least. (Figuratively, not literally... although don't give them ideas.)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

As long as they don’t charge while showing you ads, this sounds alright. Subscriptions with ads are unbelievable greed that I will never buy into.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It won’t start that way. Give it a few years and an under-performing quarter and it’ll happen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I have that same skepticism when they announce these things. Only a matter of time before the rest of us see some ads but pay just as much if not more. I’m hoping they don’t.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Do you really want to be halfway through a strike on Destiny 2 and get disconnected to show an advert? if you've noticed on xbox even just pulling up another screen, or simply alt-tabbing off for just a moment will disconnect you from the server and make you start over your sesh.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Whilst I’m very much against ads this could be a good way to get a free “demo” of a game. Seen as basically zero games have demos anymore, being able to play the first 15-30 mins for the price of watching a couple ads before buying could be worth it.