Xbox Game Pass for free? Microsoft is experimenting with ad views for access to hundreds of Xbox games.
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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It won’t start that way. Give it a few years and an under-performing quarter and it’ll happen.
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.
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.