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📃 Research Links
World Economic Forum: By 2030, "You will own nothing. And you'll be happy!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omAk1gMyw7E
https://web.archive.org/web/20161125144156/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/8-predictions-for-the-world-in-2030/
Gamefly commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=httjloeB150
Unity changes UpperEchelon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOCTSp_U-KI
Ubisoft Respond To Backlash, Insist They Don't Delete Players' Games On Inactive Accounts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4arhEV1suA
Game Pass review from @MajorBen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5lEDT17Rj8
Games as a Service: What does it mean for indies?
https://mcvuk.com/development-news/games-as-a-service-what-does-it-mean-for-indies/
Mercedes-Benz earned $US1 billion from in-car subscription services last year
https://www.drive.com.au/news/mercedes-benz-subscription-services-revenue/
Automakers Turn to Subscription Plans
https://www.capitalone.com/cars/learn/finding-the-right-car/automakers-turn-to-subscription-plans/1864
Sega channel
https://segaretro.org/Sega_Channel
Satellaview
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview
Gameline for Atari
https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/articles/gameline/gameline.html
History of cable TV
https://seatup.com/blog/history-of-cable/
Steam Subscriber Agreement
https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/
Unity promised no royalties
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/theres-no-royalties-no-f-ing-around-riccitiello
Leaked Xbox hardware
https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-microsoft-leaks-xbox/
Amazon adding ads to Prime Video in 2024 unless you pay $2.99 extra
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/amazon-jacks-up-price-of-ad-free-prime-video-by-2-99-starting-in-2024/
Cult of the Lamb devs threaten to delete their game
https://twitter.com/cultofthelamb/status/1701715971663425897