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Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] Its_Always_420@lemmy.world 151 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Their finger slipped and accidentally coded a whole in-game ad delivery system.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 52 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You're not a programmer, right? You have no idea how often this happens!

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago

Just the other day I accidently sleep coded an entire pop-up ad system and put it our automated delivery system tool so all customers know to buy stuff they don't need or want.

[–] BillyTheSkidMark@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I was about to say, as a software engineer I can totally understand how that might have happened and am not surprised... But the skeptic/cynic in me feels like it's a convenient excuse.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 65 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is clearly them testing the waters to see how big the backlash will be for even more intrusive ads, plain and simple.

A code error would probably crash the game if it went to pop up something that's not meant to be there, or at least make it unplayable. This was not the case, and it was clearly meant to be there.

If there is a huge fallout over it, they'll push the rollout date further back. If people don't seem to care, which THEY FUCKING DO, then they'll just push the date up.

Every time I see this shit, I wonder just how satirical the Drink verification can meme will end up being.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Satire is dead.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

WeAreAllTryingToFindTheGuyWhoDidThis.jpg

[–] Jamie@jamie.moe 40 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can't believe a random technical error would design and deploy a Black Friday popup ad right at the time of year where it would be relevant.

The machines are going too far, we need to shut them down.

[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The machines are going too far, we need to shut them down.

I can't think of a more relevant time to have just finished reading Player Piano for the first time yesterday.

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 29 points 10 months ago

"sorry guys, some technical mistake. it was supposed to be a full screen pop under. won't hapen again. ^promise.^"

[–] stormesp@lemm.ee 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The main menu was already a front end for ads and the games were full of microtransactions in the last trilogy, they have no shame.

[–] KeefChief13@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So tired of ads

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Coming up on Christmas soon, visiting relatives who still watch cable TV. 🤯

[–] Unlocalhost@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

This was no accident. The saddest part of all this is the fact that the general public will accept this and it will soon become the norm. It is now assassins greed.

[–] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 10 points 10 months ago

Wow, how convenient for them!

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Ubisoft is blaming an unspecified “technical error” for a fullscreen pop-up ad that appeared in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey this week.

Reddit users say they spotted the pop-up on Xbox and PlayStation versions of the game, with an ad appearing just when you navigate to the map screen.

“This is disgusting to experience while playing,” remarked one Reddit user, summarizing the general feeling against such pop-ups in the middle of gameplay.

“We have been made aware that some players encountered pop-up ads while playing certain Assassin’s Creed titles yesterday,” says Ubisoft spokesperson Fabien Darrigues, in a statement to The Verge.

Either way, the intent of adding pop-ups into the middle of a game you’ve paid for is rather “gross” as one Reddit commenter puts it.

Imagine a world full of games you’ve paid $70 for and then ads popping up in the middle of gameplay.

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[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Bullshit lying piles of feces

[–] Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

In other news, Assassin's Creed Mirage sees large uptick in sales this week...

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Technically they added it just to find out it was an error to do so