Published On Oct 29, 2023
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World Economic Forum: By 2030, "You will own nothing. And you'll be happy!"
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Gamefly commercial
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Unity changes UpperEchelon
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Ubisoft Respond To Backlash, Insist They Don't Delete Players' Games On Inactive Accounts
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Game Pass review from @MajorBen
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Games as a Service: What does it mean for indies?
https://mcvuk.com/development-news/ga...
Mercedes-Benz earned $US1 billion from in-car subscription services last year
https://www.drive.com.au/news/mercede...
Automakers Turn to Subscription Plans
https://www.capitalone.com/cars/learn...
Sega channel
https://segaretro.org/Sega_Channel
Satellaview
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satella...
Gameline for Atari
https://www.ataricompendium.com/archi...
History of cable TV
https://seatup.com/blog/history-of-ca...
Steam Subscriber Agreement
https://store.steampowered.com/subscr...
Unity promised no royalties
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/theres-...
Leaked Xbox hardware
https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-micro...
Amazon adding ads to Prime Video in 2024 unless you pay $2.99 extra
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/...
Cult of the Lamb devs threaten to delete their game
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