Re:Apple is quietly pushing a TV ad product with media agencies
by andsoitis on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:04PM
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> The biggest video games are all free.
Huh?
Re:Apple is quietly pushing a TV ad product with media agencies
by ask_b123 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:26PM
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https://steamdb.info/graph/
Top 5 currently and Top 4 all time peak.
And outside Steam others like Fortnite, Candy Crush, Roblox, Club Penguin...
Many at the top here have a free-to-play model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-played_video_game...
Re:Apple is quietly pushing a TV ad product with media agencies
by tharax on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:27PM
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Many popular games are free to play. They monetise through targeting whales.
Re:Apple is quietly pushing a TV ad product with media agencies
by yamtaddle on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:23PM
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> > > streaming services were free then dealing with all the different services would be a mild nuisance
> Sure.
I'd still find piracy tempting if streaming services were free just because streaming service UIs don't offer good parental controls. All I want is a goddamn allow-list. That's it.
Ah yes, the ol' blame the user.
> streaming services were free then dealing with all the different services would be a mild nuisance
Sure.
> IMHO people pirate primarily because of money
The biggest video games are all free.
> At the very least pay for most of your content.
Because of piracy, all the streaming services operate like free to play games. Disney+ gets $80/yr from payers. Not bad. Compare to Clash of Clans which is closer to $10-15/yr (per payer).
They're doing a good job. I am not 100% sure what the payers are paying for. Lack of technical knowledge to pirate? You're right, nobody who would know how to do this would pay.