Full screen ad on Xbox for Modern Warfare 3 (www.ign.com)

submitted 1 year ago by daniyyel@lemm.ee to c/xbox@lemmy.world

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is a multi-platform release, but that isn't stopping Xbox from giving it the full first-party treatment. Xbox users booting up their console today were greeted with a large splash screen prompting them to buy it now that the new campaign is out, and some of them aren't too happy about it.

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[-] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

It's got to the point now (recent dashboard update and these full screen ads) where I'm starting to really dislike using the Xbox.

[-] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

its pretty gross, keep ads off the home screen. Microsoft is just so bad for their shitware, I have a mac at home and use pc at work and its unbearable sometimes. the amount of restarts, ads, messages is nuts, edge is awful, I hear they've patented a system to embed ads in search results for files, its brutal.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It used to be where I did all my gaming, now it is almost exclusively used for plex and kodi

[-] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Mine is pretty much just for Microsoft Rewards now.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

How do you get enough points for that to be worth it?

[-] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Bing website + Bing mobile app + Xbox mobile app + Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox. Takes about 15 minutes a day. Could've been 10 if MS's apps weren't so slow. It's very region dependent – some countries get more earning opportunities than others.

It paid off my Series S in about a year and a half. Any points I earn now are bonus.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

..isn't 15 minutes a day for a year and a half like 130 hours? Pretty sure M$ is paying you about $3 per hour, I'd recommend getting a job

[-] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Time to sell my Xbox I guess, fuck ads on a paid product

[-] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Unless things change (I doubt they will) then this will be my last Xbox console. Once my game pass expires it's time to sell.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Xbox one was my last console before I just went in 100% on PC.

I hated that my dashboard had ads. It bothered me an unreasonable amount.

I have a steam deck now and I think there are some ads, but they are not in the way and I don’t think you can even see them unless you scroll to them.