Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2007 Agreed. Who cares what's on the loading screen? If it's a hint or code about the game, or telling you what you're supposed to do for the next level, or Alizee naked, then great. But if not, and they want to plaster Sonic burger ads all over the loading screens, then better there than when I'm trying to kill the fourth Colossus or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2007 And what good are in-game any advertisements anywhere anyway? The only way they'd get me to buy something is if they offered a sale or a coupon somewhere. Shhh, don't spoil the flimsy logic that the whole marketing industry relies on! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2007 What's wrong with ads in games? I dunno, maybe that we have ads on TV, radio, the internet, magazines, newpapers, billboards, buses, and the sky? Today, video games, tomorrow, dreams! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2007 I remember playing EA Sports Triple Play about..what..9 or 10 years ago and there being the fake ads for dumb stuff that got really annoying fast after being really amusing to start off. "LOBSTER COLA!" "RAYS HOUSE OF PENCILS!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
World's Worst Man 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2007 I welcome ads in games if they're going to drive down the costs of those games (which are already overpriced in general). It's a nice idea in theory, but I am rather cynical about the prospects of ad revenue being translated into lower cost for the consumer however. In-game advertisements have already been done by a bunch of games, and I've seen no benefit off of it in terms of lower game costs. If the developers and publishers won't translate the extra revenue into savings for the consumer, there's no reason the consumer should have to put up with that advertising. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2007 What's wrong with ads in games? I dunno, maybe that we have ads on TV, radio, the internet, magazines, newpapers, billboards, buses, and the sky? Today, video games, tomorrow, dreams! You left out the pre-movie trailer (which are also commercials) commercials. It got to the point where the group of us going every Tuesday memorized the ad order... then they changed it last month ("quiet Jeep in the woods" was replaced by "Surpsingly Roomy Yaris as a Trojan Horse", the GTA-style Coke ad was replaced by something else, etc.). Points for the Futurama reference as well. One thing though - in pointing out you don't need ads in video games because they're literally everywhere else, you inadvertently make the point that they might as well be in games too just to get the whole thing over with. Also, people that don't believe in advertisements are communists. And this is coming for a socialist Canadian talking to a capitalist pig American (not you specifically, Andrew, just my term for you fine Yanks as a socialist half-commie from Canada). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2007 Maybe JR can do a Skittles plug in the next Raw/SD game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
World's Worst Man 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2007 One thing though - in pointing out you don't need ads in video games because they're literally everywhere else, you inadvertently make the point that they might as well be in games too just to get the whole thing over with. I'd say it's more to do with not actually having experienced in-game ads, and thus not knowing how they really work, or how much they can add to the realism of a game. It's easy to say "in-game ads suck, they don't belong in games" if you haven't played a game that takes place in a real city, where it makes perfect sense to see various real life stores and billboards and what not. Or a driving simulator like Gran Turismo or Forza, where it makes perfect sense to see advertisements for various auto manufacturers and parts dealers and what have you. Also, please don't quote the posts of people on my ignore list, I am not interested in reading them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted July 19, 2007 Also, people that don't believe in advertisements are communists. And this is coming for a socialist Canadian talking to a capitalist pig American (not you specifically, Andrew, just my term for you fine Yanks as a socialist half-commie from Canada). Well, first off, insults and ad hominems are not the grounds for a solid argument, but I know you mean it in jest, and aren't bragging about your supposed mastery of debating, pretending people actually care, all the while putting yourself on an imaginary moral high ground when somebody gets sick of you. So that's cool. Secondly, communists (or at least communist leaders) do believe in advertising, just advertising one specific thing: the idealogy or symbols thereof. http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp...hairman_Mao.jpg And personally, after 7 years of the current administration, I'd be willing to try a little good ol' fashioned socialism for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
