The new ads will be opt-in, with in-game rewards as the lure.
@BrikoX :(
Roblox players are going to start getting paid to watch ads
Submitted 1 day ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to gaming@lemmy.zip
https://www.theverge.com/news/640707/roblox-google-rewarded-video-immersive-ads-paying-players
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 day ago
And by paid we mean given in-game cosmetics with no monetary value.
This is not a new thing at all. Mobile games have been using rewarded ads for years so I’m not sure why they’re acting like it’s some groundbreaking thing.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Because so far that type of monetization scheme hasn’t made headway outside of the mobile space. This is yet another frog-boiling moment where they gradually push what they can get away with.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
And we will not really wonder when we’ll see how tremendously far that will be…