Who Is Winning The “Race To The Bottom”?

[TruckOSaurus]

curl-6 said:

Well, Sony just patented a controller where you tap your credit card/phone on the controller to pay them more money:

https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-patent-would-let-you-tap-your-card-or-phone-on-your-playstation-controller-to-make-a-payment

Meanwhile, Microsoft, not wanting to be outdone, patented game-interrupting ads:

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/09/microsoft-files-patent-which-could-bring-game-pausing-ads-to-xbox

I guess Microsoft wins that round. Ads in games sound awful!