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YouTube is reportedly testing online games for mobile and desktop
(www.engadget.com)
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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2023
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Ad Watching Simulator 2030™ will be the top one with a 69.99 a week battle pass.
Someone could probably make money by just making a platform where you show people ads, and there's a leaderboard ranking for how many ads you watch.
That sounds like a good description of half the mobile games.
Yeah, but there's at least a facade of game in there somewhere. Like how the 2K NBA games are slot machines with inconvenient basketball minigames attached.