this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2026
204 points (100.0% liked)

PC Gaming

15499 readers
159 users here now

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

  1. Be Respectful.
  2. No Spam or Porn.
  3. No Advertising.
  4. No Memes.
  5. No Tech Support.
  6. No questions about buying/building computers.
  7. No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
  8. No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
  9. No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
  10. Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Developers should not utilize paid advertising as a business model in their game.

If they accept money to show those pause screen ads, that's part of their business model and it wouldn't be allowed.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm no lawyer, so I'm sure some corporate goon (on either side) will find loopholes to do whatever they want, but the idea is to ban mobile-style F2P games where you show ads alongside gameplay or "watch ads to refill your play meter" as your only revenue stream. Some other kinds of in-game advertising are still allowed. Unfortunately.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Requiring a 30-second pause every half hour (or whatever the timer is) is "gating gameplay behind advertising".