The3rdWalker 1,271 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 So check this out. Filed in 2015 and just finished processing. Taken by @Bruce Quote System and method for driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games Activision is patenting purposefully shitty matchmaking. For example, if the player purchased a particular weapon, the microtransaction engine may match the player in a game play session in which the particular weapon is highly effective, giving the player an impression that the particular weapon was a good purchase. This may encourage the player to make future purchases to achieve similar game play results. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9789406.PN.&OS=PN/9789406&RS=PN/9789406 i7 7700k, 16GB RAM, GEFORCE 1080, 240GB SSHD, 2TB SSD Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/5054-activision-patents-system-to-correlate-matchmaking-and-microtransactions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil bottle 9,754 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 So check this out. Filed in 2015 and just finished processing. Taken by [mention=1492]Bruce[/mention] System and method for driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games Activision is patenting purposefully shitty matchmaking. For example, if the player purchased a particular weapon, the microtransaction engine may match the player in a game play session in which the particular weapon is highly effective, giving the player an impression that the particular weapon was a good purchase. This may encourage the player to make future purchases to achieve similar game play results. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9789406.PN.&OS=PN/9789406&RS=PN/9789406Check the thread from James and make them whole again xSent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/5054-activision-patents-system-to-correlate-matchmaking-and-microtransactions/#findComment-97553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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