<story><title>Ubisoft blames &apos;technical error&apos; for showing pop-up ads in Assassin&apos;s Creed</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/24/23974420/ubisoft-assassins-creed-odyssey-pop-up-ad-xbox-playstation-technical-error</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>graphe</author><text>Games are already working on putting realtime ads in your game menus and signs. Most games are gatcha games and introduce children to gambling and financial transactions.&lt;p&gt;This is just what always on connectivity does to the media.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>p1necone</author><text>&amp;gt; most games are gacha games.&lt;p&gt;No they&amp;#x27;re not - if you include mobile games, sure but they&amp;#x27;re not really the same thing as PC&amp;#x2F;Console games. It&amp;#x27;s good to criticize this stuff but the hn crowd seems to go into full moral panic mode when discussing video games.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; easy to find hundreds of really good games that don&amp;#x27;t have predatory microtransactions, just download steam and pay attention to reviews.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ubisoft blames &apos;technical error&apos; for showing pop-up ads in Assassin&apos;s Creed</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/24/23974420/ubisoft-assassins-creed-odyssey-pop-up-ad-xbox-playstation-technical-error</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>graphe</author><text>Games are already working on putting realtime ads in your game menus and signs. Most games are gatcha games and introduce children to gambling and financial transactions.&lt;p&gt;This is just what always on connectivity does to the media.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zimpenfish</author><text>I think Trackmania has had in-game billboard ads for a few years.  Although it&amp;#x27;s not really a hugely popular AAA title...</text></comment>