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Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by mintplant »

apapli wrote: post #29

Having a 4 year old son I am the first person to put my hand up and say I absolutely HATE ads and general in-app purchases for games that he likes to play on my iPhone. In some cases the way these are implemented it is almost akin to being in a casino which is not a skill I really want my son picking up (watch this ad to see what prize you can WIN etc). I welcome Sega's announcement and will be delighted to hand over…

For those with rooted Android phones, AdAway (available from F-Droid) does a good job of blocking in-app ads in my experience.

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Post by josu »

phjesusthatguy3 wrote: post #224
portal_narlish wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Crazy Taxi is already out and it's surprisingly good.

Cool! I just went and looked at WP's list of Dreamcast games[0] and honestly, besides Ecco, Seaman and Shenmue there's nothing from Sega I want to play. I'm hoping they do as good a job at bringing third-parties along for the ride as the JP PSN did for PS1 games. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dreamcast_games

Chu chu rocket is a pretty good game and it's available on Android and iOS.

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Post by mikejmoffitt »

cdevs wrote: post #141

Was excited until I download comix zone and heard the choppy audio and the game was lagging out - worked fine over 20 years ago. Just read a article and they ported these games into unity blah blah blah that doesn't excuse that you should test your product to see the final quality before porting everything over. This is unplayable garbage guys...

Why in the world is an emulator wrapped up in Unity?

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Post by naikrovek »

teach wrote: post #232
naikrovek wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nintendo doesn't know how to run a business. They know how to make games. It's a shame. Because, as you said, they could effectively print as much money as they wanted with a long-term production run of the NES classic and the obvious sequels for SNES, N64, and Game Boy.

Per Wikipedia, "Nintendo is one of the world's largest video game companies by market capitalization. Founded on 23 September 1889...." I think they're doing okay running a business.

You'd think that, then you'd see them doing things like stopping production of the NES Classic, which is one of the most idiotic moves ever.

So long as you can sell a product at a profit, you keep fucking selling it.

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Post by DerekL »

DonHopkins wrote: post #225

I sure hope that includes Seaman! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaman_(video_game)

Apparently, the developer of Seaman is making a sequel. I don't know if it will be published by Sega or someone else.

http://seaman.ai/

https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/25/15690876/new-seaman-yoot-s...

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Post by tripzilch »

apapli wrote: post #93
jeffhuys wrote: post #54

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Hey, you can lock certain parts of the screen from touch on the iPhone. It locks the phone inside an app and you can define "dead" parts of the screen, really handy.

Thanks, yes I've done that. Works well in keeping him off youtube/my work email etc. The kid lock is great, unfortunately doesn't stop the ads.

it's crazy that a kids mode wouldn't affect ads. in some countries it's illegal to advertise to children, and in many others there's at least strict rules on what you can and cannot advertise to children.

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Post by tripzilch »

Ntrails wrote: post #125
tdiggity wrote: post #10

The Sonic game uses the most vile type of in-app ad. The ad requires you to play Game of War for some indeterminate amount of time. You are made to play it after every stage. I hope Sega changes this, it basically makes their game unplayable.

I seem to recall you can close out of it after 5 seconds without playing unless they've got different tech for the sega ones. Either way it for sure means I'd never ever play a game that had such a shitty and obnoxious ad. Other fun patterns: - Fuck you for playing games on mute whilst listening to music, Ima override that with super loud obnoxious bleeping for my ad - This ad is just going to keep pretending you cli…

> I simply don't understand how those make people not annoyed and actually generate conversions

if you can preselect your target group/audience to consist purely of suckers, this can be very profitable.

it's literally preying on the weak. it is so clearly and straightforward EVIL that it should be regulated.

and it is, in many EU countries at least. but the lowest common denominator for these ad markets is whatever the big, US-based, app/play stores allow. even if they'd make regulations (in law), which they won't, I strongly doubt they would pick a sensible[0] level of what is considered "okay", given that extremely powerful (including beyond deceptive) advertising is already considered so "normal" and ingrained in US culture. certain ads are basically allowed to con people (within some limits, but still)

[0] in terms of public health

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Post by tripzilch »

richev wrote: post #12
tdiggity wrote: post #10

The Sonic game uses the most vile type of in-app ad. The ad requires you to play Game of War for some indeterminate amount of time. You are made to play it after every stage. I hope Sega changes this, it basically makes their game unplayable.

Or, you can just purchase the game to get rid of the apps.

there's a certain level of abusive advertising beyond which I think whoever decided to put it there deserves to have their software pirated.

sure, the ad networks also carry blame, but the devs provide them with a platform and medium. both are guilty and the cumulative effect of the ubiquity of abusive ads is very damaging to society.

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Post by bitJericho »

scarface74 wrote: post #214
bitJericho wrote: post #183

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No, but I wouldnt be opposed to spending 20-40 for a good game either.

The issue is that once they have your money, what is their motivation to offer updates to the game when new iOS versions come out? This is no different from every other phone manufacturer but Apple. They have no reason to support older phones because it doesn't make them money. It does benefit Apple because they get recurring revenue from the App Store. You might be willing to pay 20-40 bucks for a game, but the vast…

I still have my sega. I'd rather just buy the original cart, new or used :)
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