Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed::Ubisoft started displaying a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey this week. It was caused by a technical error.

  • Erasmus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Anyone that thinks this wasn’t intentional is a fool. They are just testing the waters.

    Bad feedback? Then shelve it and try it again in a couple years. Regardless, Pandora’s box as been opened and all the other game companies now will be eyeing this new ‘feature’ for future implementation real soon.

  • bratosch@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Okay , but if this was a so-called accident, why is there even a function in the game for pop-ups?

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    1 year ago

    horseshit, this was a canary launch. if we hadn’t thrown a fit we could look forward to “To turn on Seven Up Subtitles, press pause, wait for the unskippable ad to play, go the the ‘Settings Brought to You By Doritos™’ menu, select the ‘RAID Shadow Legends Options Menu’, wait for the unskippable ad to play, then select ‘Seven Up Subtitles’.”

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    1 year ago

    This story has essentially caused a 20% off coupon for Assassin’s Creed Mirage to circulate my lemmy feed for the past 2 days. I am a chubby man with a weak heart that hungers for these types of comfort food games and this subliminal advertising is hard for me to resist.

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      1 year ago

      Ignoring the overall subject, I don’t like your physical description of yourself.

      Try to be a little healthier, please.