Do these people just want everyone to not play their games and to pirate everything!

Drink verification can

Or, instead of ad-free playtime credits, don’t inject ads in the first place.

They really are trying alienate their users.

What in the fuck…

Literally the Black mirror episode.

Download your pirated copies now! I can totally see this being implemented in older games via updates.

Ah, yes, of course; let’s screw with the player’s flow by taking them completely out of the game, just so they can continue playing the game!

How could this possibly go wrong?

They patented so we can’t get games with mechanics like this for two decades, right? They did this to protect us, right? Right? …

There’s enough old good games to last me the rest of my life without giving any money to these evil companies

Well, I am glad it is Microslop patenting this. That means it will only ever be used in a handful of games noone evert plays before xbox goes completely belly up.

Let’s make version of Proton to block all that when playing the games on Linux. It’s gonna be hilarious.

I’ve hated Microsoft since the late 90s. I refused to ever own an XBox. My friends rolled their eyes, but I get semi-regular reminders that validate my feelings.

I’ve been a console guy my whole life, but I’m starting to realize that PC is, indeed, the master race.

I’m pretty sure there’s a black mirror episode on this.

“Open your eyes!”