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What’s the difference with mobile games choosing to show ads?

by baby 5y ago

amelius 5y ago
Little difference. They suck too. Except you can still use your mobile device for other purposes.
- baby 5y ago
  Right, but it doesn’t make the whole platform bad. Just pay for games that don’t have ads.
  - shadowgovt 5y ago
    People have concern that such a thing won't exist, or will be the tiniest margin of games. Personally, I respect that fear but I think it's going to be alright. If we're talking about an ecosystem with hundreds / thousands of games and 90% have ads as opposed to one with fifty games with no ads that cost $10+ each, I'm in favor of the more diverse experience space.
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jabbany 5y ago
I think it's closer to YouTube running ads in videos---it's more of a platform level thing rather than a "cross platform ad SDK".
hn8788 5y ago
There's not much difference, and that's the problem. Mobile games are notorious for being asset flips and shovelware because being funded by ads means they don't have to worry about making something worth paying for. I imagine people who were excited about AAA VR games are disappointed that it looks like VR technology is turning into a race to the bottom with ads subsidizing hardware costs.
zmmmmm 5y ago
One difference is, in your headset you literally can't look away. It can track your head movements and glue the ad in front of your eyeballs.
treesprite82 5y ago
Using your headset requires linking a Facebook profile (with your real info if you don't want to risk its deletion), and this will use information from it to target ads. VR ads have a lot of invasive potential which I don't think people trust Facebook to stay away from. Ads on the dashboard, ads that stick to your vision, ads that pause when you take the headset off, ads you have to look at to proceed, etc. There's not much of a limit when it's Facebook's hardware on your head.
downrightmike 5y ago
I sure as hell don't play those. Not these either.

What’s the difference with mobile games choosing to show ads?

by baby 5y ago

What’s the difference with mobile games choosing to show ads?

amelius 5y ago

Little difference. They suck too. Except you can still use your mobile device for other purposes.

baby 5y ago
Right, but it doesn’t make the whole platform bad. Just pay for games that don’t have ads.
- shadowgovt 5y ago
  People have concern that such a thing won't exist, or will be the tiniest margin of games. Personally, I respect that fear but I think it's going to be alright. If we're talking about an ecosystem with hundreds / thousands of games and 90% have ads as opposed to one with fifty games with no ads that cost $10+ each, I'm in favor of the more diverse experience space.

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jabbany 5y ago

I think it's closer to YouTube running ads in videos---it's more of a platform level thing rather than a "cross platform ad SDK".

hn8788 5y ago

There's not much difference, and that's the problem. Mobile games are notorious for being asset flips and shovelware because being funded by ads means they don't have to worry about making something worth paying for. I imagine people who were excited about AAA VR games are disappointed that it looks like VR technology is turning into a race to the bottom with ads subsidizing hardware costs.

zmmmmm 5y ago

One difference is, in your headset you literally can't look away. It can track your head movements and glue the ad in front of your eyeballs.

treesprite82 5y ago

Using your headset requires linking a Facebook profile (with your real info if you don't want to risk its deletion), and this will use information from it to target ads. VR ads have a lot of invasive potential which I don't think people trust Facebook to stay away from. Ads on the dashboard, ads that stick to your vision, ads that pause when you take the headset off, ads you have to look at to proceed, etc. There's not much of a limit when it's Facebook's hardware on your head.

downrightmike 5y ago

I sure as hell don't play those. Not these either.