Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games

It's not just a pain in the ass, it's not possible. That's why they're banning it.

Still waiting on a good sports games not ruined by ea

Sold to consumers as “immersion” but likely makes money on the back end from advertising.

I also imagine it creates a game preservation issue if there was some sort of disagreement or failure to extend contract. I believe that’s what happened with music licenses so I’m imagining it may be similar with in game advertising?

Full disclosure this is mostly speculation, I’m not entirely sure how all of it truly works.

If you read the article, it's targeting things like "ads you must watch to progress" and "rewards for watching ads". So literally targeting the very worst of the mobile game ad industry.

i don't know about sportsball games, but i sure do want to have a monster energy drink whenever i play death stranding

Thanks for the contribution.

Fuck that! Do the work and design fake companies and products. Thats half the fun walking around a store in any video game. Seeing the funny names and references they come up with.

I don’t want to see fucking ads for anything that’s a real product being pushed in my face in ANY MANNER in video games!

Technically every game is a cyberpunk game because we live in a cyberpunk dystopia.

Cyberpunk games would be fine, these rules are about forcing players to watch an ad to experience parts of the game, like when a mobile game makes you watch an ad before you can continue playing after beating a level or when you can watch an ad to get more coins/gems or whatever. Having ads in the game itself isn't being banned.