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Patents
Alex Walker
![Activision Patents Matchmaking That Encourages Players To Buy Microtransactions [Update]](https://imgix.kotaku.com.au/content/uploads/sites/3/2017/10/18/fzwe2uzfibzadmpnadro.png?ar=16%3A9&auto=format&fit=crop&q=65&w=800)
A patent granted to Activision outlines a new matchmaking system that would pair players together in order to encourage microtransactions.
With just under three weeks before the launch of No Man’s Sky — which I personally delayed back in May — a new potential controversy has emerged, this one revolving around a Dutch scientist’s patent.
It’s the kind of run Nintendo’s been on lately, that even the company’s one piece of good news – the growing success of the 3DS – has to get a punch in the guts.
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