Re:Why I don't play mobile games on my smartphone
by orbital-decay on Sunday May 19, 2019 @07:08AM
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>What a game developer would never try with a PC player would be to display an ad for another game.
It used to be a common tactic with older PC games when the shareware model was popular. Games by id, Sierra, Sirtech to name a few. Also most installers had ads before Steam emerged and made the installing step less visible. GOG still does this in their installers.
Re:Why I don't play mobile games on my smartphone
by Kuraj on Monday May 20, 2019 @02:59AM
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I've seen that happen lately, for example in the main menu. But it's an effective ad that I don't mind at all, if it's just another game from the same developer/publisher.
It used to be a common tactic with older PC games when the shareware model was popular. Games by id, Sierra, Sirtech to name a few. Also most installers had ads before Steam emerged and made the installing step less visible. GOG still does this in their installers.