Video: Stevivor

Fans have been and continue to be pissed every time this happens, and if you’re wondering why, it’s because this is a full-priced video game, not a free-to-play mobile title. Folks have already paid in full for the game itself, then been fleeced at every turn to spend on microtransactions, and now have to sit through an ad as well? Get outta here.

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In response to the uproar, 2K have issued this statement:

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If you believe a single word of that after everything else this series has pulled, then I just don’t know what to say.

It should be noted that these kinds of videos aren’t the only unskippable ads in the game; some time-outs, for example, will also play in-game Gatorade commercials narrated by 2K’s commentary team.

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FUN GAME, GOOD TIMES:

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