A correlating factor is that it was not viable for quite some time (1995-2015) to make a playable minigames on the loading screen due to a Namco patent. Compan

A correlating factor is that it was not viable for quite some time (1995-2015) to make a playable minigames on the loading screen due to a Namco patent. Companies avoided doing even a basic loading screen chatbox because of that, though I suspect the real reason is something else.