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Incoming Ass Creed: Star Wars is going to have Burger King ads isn't it?

 

[Krathoon]

Now. I must say. When Blizzard let you order Pizza Hut in WoW... That was a good idea.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Errrr thats where the ad came from not your secret ad injection conspiracy technology lol…

How did it come from Ubisoft Connect while a game was already running?

 

[Krathoon]

I wonder if they did this in all Ubisoft games or just Assassin's Creed?

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

This will never fly. Not in the middle of gameplay.

Oh it will. Gen Z and younger grew up with constant ad harassment on social media and mobile device screens. In fact they're confused real life doesn't throw ads in their faces all the time.

 

[n111ck]

How did it come from Ubisoft Connect while a game was already running?

It runs in the background on all their games.

 

[SnapShot]

 

[64bitmodels]

disappointing.

 

[64bitmodels]

In fact they're confused real life doesn't throw ads in their faces all the time.

it already does though

 

[Azelover]

Only way I could ever accept this is if they make the game free of charge. Completely..

 

[Kurotri]

We can all calm down now.

 

[BossLackey]

Who the fuck keeps giving these assholes money!?


Why would you even want to in the first place? Ubisoft games have sucked for a long, long time.

 

[The Cockatrice]

We can all calm down now.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Only way I could ever accept this is if they make the game free of charge. Completely..

I still wouldn't play them. I don't want to be interrupted every so often with ads. I refuse to watch live TV for this reason too. It's bullshit.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

This is no glitch. You specifically had to code for this. Oh well good thing I've over time stopped buying Ubisoft games. Last one I bought was Fractured But Whole. So that will probably make it the last one I bought from them.

 

[digdug2]

Yes, an amazing bug that magically created code for a fullscreen banner that triggered after a button press, including screen adjustment and UI input commands to go to the store and dismiss the message.

Amazing how a few lines of code just randomly create this output, isn't it?

They didn't mean to do it. It wasn't intentional. Just a glitch, not a trial run that blew right up in their faces.

 

[Kurotri]

Wouldn't even surprise me because Ubi really is that fucking stupid but we're save for now...for the time being.

 

[SmokedMeat]

It runs in the background on all their games.

Every launcher does that. I’ve never had the Steam store pop up when I went to an inventory screen.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

It's finally happening

FTFY

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

It is inevitable as mobile gaming - for example - is all like this. Unless you pay to remove ads.

 

[Deerock71]

Each and every day, I look backwards at retro gaming as my primary hobby.

 

[Krathoon]

They want you to buy stuff and put ads in it.

They pull this with streaming too.

 

[n111ck]

This is no glitch. You specifically had to code for this.

So as the game was last updated in December 2021 where did the code come from.. seriously... a few people in this thread are ether just stupid or professional victims but surely it's time to move on.. lol......

 

[Krathoon]

I would not be shocked if the code had been in there since 2021. It just had to be switched on.

 

[Klayzer]

So as the game was last updated in December 2021 where did the code come from.. seriously... a few people in this thread are ether just stupid or professional victims but surely it's time to move on.. lol......

Telling others to move on while you continue to post

 

[King Dazzar]

I would not be shocked if the code had been in there since 2021. It just had to be switched on.

Its normal to have ads get added on Ubi games to the main menu of their games. They're claiming that this was the original intention, but due to a "technical error", it appeared as it did. I wonder as many of their games have an online changeable feed for their in game store, that, that's how it got pushed through, be it error or cynical testing.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

So as the game was last updated in December 2021 where did the code come from.. seriously... a few people in this thread are ether just stupid or professional victims but surely it's time to move on.. lol......

 

[adamosmaki]

maybe they should experiment with fun in their games

 

[Evil Calvin]

The tweet says it was supposed to just in the MAIN MENU of the game to advertise Mirage. NOT random ads. Also was NOT supposed top be in-game. Ads won't be in-game as that was an error. Nothing to see here.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

This wasn't an accident, this company just sucks.

 

[Joramun]

This is why I never pay for their games

 

[Krathoon]

Ubisoft pulls some weird shit sometimes.
I have ran into some weird terms of service with their games.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

GAF outraged over nothing? Shocked.

 

[BootsLoader]

Oh no. This is bad news.

 

[Hypereides]

This wasn't an accident, this company just sucks.

If so, then this is exactly what I want when playing a video game.

Go ahead, Ubi. Do it. Let's see how your cunning plan works out.

 

[Hohenheim]

The last Ubisoft game I played was "Child of light", but if this shit becomes part of their games.. well, it obviously changes nothing for me. But if other publishers who actually do interesting games start doing this shit.. man, that's gonna be a blow.
Fingers crossed for this being a "get 30% off if you accept some pop up ads during gameplay" shit.

 

[SmokedMeat]

GAF outraged over nothing? Shocked.

I don’t know how you can say it’s nothing, when we’re discussing Ubisoft doing this. Do you need to be reminded that this is the same company that tried pushing NFTs on us? That companies lie?

Even if it truly was a mistake (still crazy that they can just inject something into your game that easily, should they desire) the blowback was what’s needed.

Remember harmless horse armor? You can’t open the door even a crack, to allow these companies to get their foot in. It’s never to our benefit.

 

[Krathoon]

What were some games that had product placement? Death Stranding? They took it out.

 

[yurinka]

PR statement from Ubisoft:



Further clarification via The Verge:

Apparently, Ubisoft is experimenting with pop-up ads in the middle of video games now. No thanks. (Updated)

The darkest timeline.

www.windowscentral.com

Update via The Verge:

As shown in the OP tweets, the thread title is a lie.

The popups weren't to experiment putting them in the middle of the game. They appeared due to a bug, they were supposed to appear in the main menu of other games.

 

[SubZero_Wins]

I don’t know how you can say it’s nothing, when we’re discussing Ubisoft doing this. Do you need to be reminded that this is the same company that tried pushing NFTs on us? That companies lie?

Even if it truly was a mistake (still crazy that they can just inject something into your game that easily, should they desire) the blowback was what’s needed.

Remember harmless horse armor? You can’t open the door even a crack, to allow these companies to get their foot in. It’s never to our benefit.

Trying to reason with corporate shills? Good luck.

 

[Kamina]

Let’s see if these “technical errors” continue to happen.

 

[thatJohann]

I’m over new gen gaming in general. This just reaffirms my decision. I’ll stick to my retro games.

 

[Pop]

As shown in the OP tweets, the thread title is a lie.

The popups weren't to experiment putting them in the middle of the game. They appeared due to a bug, they were supposed to appear in the main menu of other games.

You and others are so naive

This is why our societies are the way they are. Clueless and soft

 

[Hudo]

Clueless and soft

I feel like this could be a name for a band.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

As shown in the OP tweets, the thread title is a lie.

The popups weren't to experiment putting them in the middle of the game. They appeared due to a bug, they were supposed to appear in the main menu of other games.

Joking aside, I've asked the mods to add some clarity to the thread headline since as you should know regular users can't change it. That said, I did update the OP with all the new info that has come in from UBI PR and The Verge.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Schrodinger's technical error?

 

[OuterLimits]

Maybe I'm one of the few who thinks Ubisoft makes some pretty damn good games.

Heck, I enjoyed Mario Rabbids even more than Odyssey.

 

[ahtlas7]

kudos on the marketing campaign. 4.2M eyes on this tweet alone!
Everyone’s been

by Ubishit.

 

[newtypepilot]

"technical error" sure

they saw the backlash and decided to walk it back. You have to be super gullible to believe otherwise.