Gamers in 5 years: “I don’t mind ads in $90 AAA games as long as they’re only in menus and loading screens, but mid-gameplay? That’s too far.”
Gamers in 10 years: “I don’t mind ad breaks in $120 AAA games as long as they don’t take longer than 3 minutes, but 5 minutes of ads per 10-minute match? That’s too far.”
Gamers in 5 years: “I don’t mind ads in $90 AAA games as long as they’re only in menus and loading screens, but mid-gameplay? That’s too far.”
Gamers in 10 years: “I don’t mind ad breaks in $120 AAA games as long as they don’t take longer than 3 minutes, but 5 minutes of ads per 10-minute match? That’s too far.”
“You died. Watch an ad to respawn.”
Gamers: This is fine, skill issue, simply don’t die
“The real issue is that they let you choose your pronouns in the Ad/Character Creation screen!”
watch an ad to respawn faster. gotta get the teammates yelling slurs at you for not watching the ad
NBA 2K introduced ads between quarters years ago, and the logic was ”but it’s realistic, real NBA matches have ads too!”