Activision Explains Microtransaction Matchmaking Patent
Unsurprisingly, many were furious with the video game publisher and said that Activision wants to ’exploit’ the people who play its games. Activision has now responded to the concerns, releasing a brief statement that says, “This was an exploratory patent filed in 2015 by an R&D team working independently from our game studios. It has not been implemented in-game.” Activision’s statement will be a huge relief to fans of its games who feared that they were already being subject to the technology....