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I'm not sure I follow. You buy your games like you would with any console. It's just the console is "in the cloud" and you only pay the monthly subscription if

I'm not sure I follow. You buy your games like you would with any console. It's just the console is "in the cloud" and you only pay the monthly subscription if you want the higher quality stream and the occasional free game (think PS Plus). How would an ad supported version fit into that model? I thought it was a fantastic model!

king07828 7y ago
Instead of having to buy a game, the user plays the game for free, but has ads as part of the game stream (e.g., a discrete banner ad at the bottom of the screen), which may only appear during load times or in character selection menus (i.e., not during a fight). An important aspect would be that the ads could not interfere with the game itself. This is like how Google sells ads and displays the ads in the search results in a discrete manner. The publisher/developer would receive a share of the revenue collected from the advertiser. OR do the 4K stream option with no monthly payment but have ads that don't interfere with the gameplay. I expect most have the knee-jerk reaction of "ADS?! N0! NEV3R!". But what if you get to play top games for free by ignoring ads that don't interfere with the game? Like how you get free internet search results by ignoring ads.