The filing points to a possible ad-supported model for PC and console games that is less disruptive than the approaches commonly used in mobile titles.

Watching an ad would earn players another block of ad-free play time, called a “credit”

  • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 days ago

    The patent system is broken. This is such a simple concept, even if a terrible one that sucks.

    • ladel@feddit.ukEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      This is a patent application. Many applications are filed for terrible and/or fundamentally unpatentable ideas. Even by huge companies.

    • davidgro@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, I was wondering if they are trying to use USPTO incompetence to destroy the mobile gaming industry.