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How Microsoft unsuccessfully tried to negotiate with Apple about the release of Xbox exclusives in the App Store

New details of Microsoft’s negotiations with Apple have become known from the published emails. For the sake of launching a cloud gaming service in the App Store, the company was ready to make a number of compromises. On iOS, among other things, AAA Xbox exclusives could appear. However, the negotiations have reached an impasse due to financial and technical differences.This was reported by The Verge with reference to documents related to the litigation between Apple…
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Players criticized the Ubisoft Quartz NFT platform. Over 96% of reactions to the announcement video are dislikes

Recently Ubisoft announced its own Quartz NFT platform. It will sell unique cosmetic items for the company’s AAA titles. Despite Ubisoft’s ambitious plans, the announcement video received over 96% dislikes. Players, among others, do not understand why they should use blockchain to sell “cosmetics”, because there are much more reliable and time-tested technologies for this.