Activision patents Microtransaction Manipulation System

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Published on October 19, 2017 6:11:33 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCfSpmwYIb8

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Activision was recently approved for a patent filed back in 2015 where the patent is a system by which the player is manipulated through various means to purchase microtransactions within multiplayer games. This microtransaction manipulation is about as anti-consumer as one might think.

Rolling Stones article: http://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/how-activision-uses-matchmaking-tricks-to-sell-in-game-items-w509288
Activision Patent: http://bit.ly/2yBop8b (the URL was WAY too long!)
Cornell University site: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/4.64

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