Activision patents matchmaking system designed to encourage microtransactions

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Call of Duty publisher Activision has patented a method of matchmaking designed to increase a player's spend on microtransactions.
This system would deliberately pair you with someone who had a premium item to show off, in the hope you would see and then spend money on it yourself.
The patent was first spotted by Glixel, in a report which initially suggested the system could already be in use. Activision has now responded to reassure it has not implemented the method in any game.
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