Activision patent points at plans to manipulate gamers into buying microtransactions

[Windows Central]

Rolling Stone magazine recently discovered that Activision was granted a patent which allowed them to matchmake players together in a way that encouraged microtransaction purchases.
How would they do that you may ask? Well, the patent revealed that by matching weaker players with stronger players—in a competitive setting—it might force the weaker players to purchase loot boxes and other packs which contained advanced weapons.

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