Ubisoft in-game ads ! WHAT

[Vayra86]

Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed

Let’s hope we never see this type of ‘technical error’ again.

www.theverge.com

LMAO

Technical error, my ass.
Another sign you need to be signing off with these big publishers that are out of ideas. Everything is aimed at more monetization. Its never enough.

Just you wait, next Watch Dogs has bosses that carry an LCD screen on their chest with the Ubisoft Store ads on it. There, no pop up, problem fixed.

 

[AsRock]

Yeah they kinda let the cat out of the bag, it was a error we wanted to drop this on you when more games supported it.

 

[Bones]

Oh, the irony......

 

[sam_86314]

One of the many reasons why I will never buy a Ubisoft game (outside of GOG releases). The other main reason is that they put microtransactions in their full-price single-player games. I don't care what everyone else says, microtransactions of any sort (cosmetic, gameplay-affecting) should be unacceptable in a full-price single-player game.

That being said, ads in full-price games are nothing new. I remember Burnout Paradise having billboards that advertised real brands on them. That game also had MTX, and unfortunately, back then, my dumb 9-year-old self bought some of the progression-skipping ones to unlock all of the cars.

 

[cst1992]

This is what Louis Rossmann calls "searching for pennies in your couch".

 

[Vayra86]

One of the many reasons why I will never buy a Ubisoft game (outside of GOG releases). The other main reason is that they put microtransactions in their full-price single-player games. I don't care what everyone else says, microtransactions of any sort (cosmetic, gameplay-affecting) should be unacceptable in a full-price single-player game.

That being said, ads in full-price games are nothing new. I remember Burnout Paradise having billboards that advertised real brands on them. That game also had MTX, and unfortunately, back then, my dumb 9-year-old self bought some of the progression-skipping ones to unlock all of the cars.

Sure. But this here is a pop up that interrupts active gameplay. It didnt intend to, but it happened to be an attention seeking .PNG apparently that went rogue all on its own.

I actually dont think anyone is really up in arms against ingame advertising, as long as it is not 'out of place'. Youre right, been there for a long time.

 

[Frick]

One of the many reasons why I will never buy a Ubisoft game (outside of GOG releases). The other main reason is that they put microtransactions in their full-price single-player games. I don't care what everyone else says, microtransactions of any sort (cosmetic, gameplay-affecting) should be unacceptable in a full-price single-player game.

I'm fine with that kind of thing, if it isn't intrusive. Like the millions of DLCs that existed in Crusader Kings 2 and Cities Skylines, you bought them outside the game and you never noticed not having them. It's when you have those things in game they become annoying.