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- tones1, on 10/10/2007, -6/+59No thanks. I'd gladly pay the $50 to keep my sanity.
- trubbleshute, on 10/10/2007, -3/+42What about load screens? I mean that's potential right there. I'd stare at a picture of doritos for 10 seconds while I wait for something to load.
Crackdown was an awesome game, I loved every minute of it, except for the Dodge Advertisements and the shortness of the game. - suxmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+32I think I'd prefer the option rather than having it decided for me. A lot of blogs and websites I frequent have ways that, by paying a fee or signing up for something, you stop having to see ads. I might pay to not see ads in video games as well. The choice would be best IMHO.
- Camphlobactor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+24l don't mind ads as long as they actually blend in with the environment. In fact, certain games would look better with real ads such as the Need for Speed series.
- JMowery, on 10/10/2007, -3/+20Load screens are certainly a prime target to be hit with advertisements. Great point.
- Nidis, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14Oh man, I hate to sound like a purist here... but I'd most likely prefer games to remain advert-free. Not because I'm pissed about Tony Hawk's clothes being real brands or crap like that, but because if it made games like -that- free (read: infinitely more popular to the masses) then it's a bit of another nail in the coffin of well developed games. It'll just be another platform for commercialism to hawk out on, and the goal of developing something fun will become irrelevant =
- supermanred, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Free game, no copy protection schemes, constantly updated with new content because advertising can be changed and is a constant revenue stream which helps to continually fund work on the game...
is there a downside here? So big deal, when driving around the city in my game I see advertising. Makes it more realistic.
Of course, a coca-cola sign in the middle of Quake 2 would look very cheesy. - h4mx0r, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12"Adventurer, I have a quest for you! Go retrieve the holy grail and I will reward you with 500 gold and a Steel Guard! By the way, did you hear about those new Tea flavored Doritos? Go pick up some of those while your at it! They have a BOLD taste that will make you finish your quest BOLDLY!"
- Whackly, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Every driving game I've played since... well... nintendo 64 has had advertisements in it anyway, except Mario Kart.
- EXreaction, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9You mean $60 now right? Or $70?
- Lixie, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11If it will save me 60 bucks, I'll gladly take some billboards and product placement.
- oxdeltaxo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I feel ads in games would only effectively work for something like an mmo.
- Whackly, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7But they are just going to put the ads in anyway. Damn near every game has some kind of product placement. How many games did the Honda Element show up in? Or Mountain Dew?
- quomen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Why do you not support the developers of games? They need to make money, and the developers that produce outstanding games should be especially rewarded. You don't have to be a jerk and try to promote blatantly ripping off the gaming companies. It's when they try to ***** US over that I dont mind ***** them over.
- synaesthesia, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7If it fits with the environment, it could add to the realism. For example, a large Coca Cola billboard in the next Grand Theft Auto would look right at home. An Axe deodorant poster in the middle of Halo...not so much. If they're going to make more money for the ad revenue, the consumer needs to see something of this. Charging $60 for a game that they're getting paid for plugging ads into is simply not kosher. However, they know that people are going to buy the games either way so I cant see them doing the right thing here.
- zombies187, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Free games maybe. Games I pay for with advertising anger me.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -6/+11Either way, it doesn't matter.
1) Not free = bittorrent
2) Free with ads = Someone will make an ad blocker. - noahhoward, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Can you imagine NPCs walking around in Halo or somthing going "Why hello there [killzntbagskittezors32] may I have a moment of your time to talk to you about the latest offerings from Dell?"
- manageMyRights, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Comcast added an add to my digital TV guide and the price didn't come down. What if you get ads and they get all the profit?
- EXreaction, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Actually, that would be kinda funny, as long as it isn't terribly abused...
- Blah_Blah_Blah, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4not necessarily. if ads are hardcoded into the game it wont be that easy. plus, i don't mind if there are ads similar to the McDonalds billboards in various Need for speed maps (not that id be any more inclined to ever get a big mac) =]
- MagicCake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I dunno, it kind of takes you out of the experience when it's supposed to be 2142 and they're advertising the current Intel processors...
- oxdeltaxo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Yeah, but AO just plain sucks for our day and age I'm not surprised it's free.
- EXreaction, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Then you ask: May I roast your nads with my flamethrower? Or smash them with my hammer?
- TDTech, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Well I see adverts in games I paid for anyway so if I don't have to pay for the same stuff = win
- Urusai, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I think IE already does that. At least, as far as I can tell, but I use Firefox with AdBlock.
- Hermitwise, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yeah they do it in Anarchy Online, it's kind of odd to see an Army ad whilst blasting mutants.
- mrkamil, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3anarchy online? that's still around?
- quomen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Very True.
- CraigNobbs, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6My answer... Hell NO!
- endlessoul, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Provided they're not obnoxious.
If I see "Head on, apply directly to forehead...", I'll probably stop playing the game. - Zaggynl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2do not want :(
- xjeffx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2They are already filled with advertisements. Have you played Tiger Woods or Tony Hawk lately? You have to WORK to unlock branded items. Wish I got a discount.
Just like with TV/Movies, I would happily watch them with commercials if I could download and play them at my leisure. - deadnoob, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3i don't think so. developers are still going to want to make money, and they would do that by having people play the game and have the sponsors pay them. the worse the game, the less people that play, the less money they make.
- jorgepblank, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I think intelligent ad placement would be fine with me, hey if it's free or less money to pay. For example, if in the game you're in a city and there's billboards, have it advertise something, I wouldn't mind it, in fact I would actually think that's cool. Also, in load screens I wouldn't mind some advertising.
This is what I mean, I definitely wouldn't want it installing tons of advertisement stuff on my computer and making pop ups and stuff. - MagicCake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2This has been discussed many times, and the conclusion always seems to be the same: It's fine in games where a billboard is natural, like sports games or games that take place in big cities. It adds some realism, as long as they don't go overboard. The first problem is when the ads start appearing in unnatural places. The second problem is when you see a bunch of ads and they have no effect on the price of the game. I've already seen plenty of real life products in games, and they cost just as much. Seeing the stuff doesn't bother me, but if you're going to do it then pass on the savings to the consumer.
- MagicCake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I didn't really mind the Dodge ads in Crackdown. They weren't intrusive, and a couple of them were on those big screens that, when targeted, show you the high scores for various races. Kinda cool.
- weizilla, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6Isn't this how adware gets started?
- Bamborzled, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Speaking of Halo, imagine if you had to listen to ads before you could use the voice chat. Then again, if the ads are unique, then you might actually enjoy listening to them once in a while, and then return to the usual snide remarks made by 12-year olds like "You're a total fag" or "bitch" or whatever.
- zymase13, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Doesn't really make a difference whether we, as gamers, like it or not, because in-game advertising has already been embraced by development studios as a way to generate revenue. So, if in-game ads are becoming more prevalent, and more intrusive - which they are - we, as gamers, should at least get something in return. If that's free games, fine by me.
- smacksaw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I want one or the other. What I hate about paying for cable is that it costs me money AND I have to watch ads. If I got cable for free, I would not care about commercials. But if I pay for it, I should not have to watch commercials. In the end, TNT, USA, etc are ripping us off. You get a lot more bang for your buck with HBO/SHO/CINE/STARZ than you regular channels. I wished tv providers would give us free cable and backcharge the channels for carriage. They make all of the money from ads AND charge the cable operators? My ass.
Same goes with games. Free with ads is fine, ad-free and I pay, fine. But both? Not fine. Even worse is a game like WoW where you have to buy the game AND pay a subscription. Either allow us to access the servers free or give us the software. Having it both ways sucks and people are stupid to even enable such an unfair business model. But no one will get change unless more people start saying what I'm saying here, which is "Why do we have to pay at every turn?" - GaiaAP, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I'd prefer to pay the racket to not be brainwashed, thanks.
- chronos78, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I would rather pay for my game without advertisement than getting said game for free if it meant having to look at ads. If in the future ads start getting forced on me through video games I will quit playing them. I rarely watch TV anymore because of the ads instead I will wait and purchase an entire season of a show I want to see when it comes out on DVD just so I don't have to see them. I hardly go to the movies any more as well. Who wants to pay $10 bucks to sit trough 20 minutes of commercials followed by 20 minutes of trailers about movies that aren't going to be out for 2 years before the movie you payed to see even starts. Then once the film starts it is filled with nothing but product placements. Screw that, the entertainment industry should be paying me to sit through all their advertising. Me I'll go read a book. Last time I checked Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit' wasn't trying to sell me a CokeCola or a pair of Nike's.
- carl25, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2i wouldn't mind if it's discrete like on billboards in some games, but definately don't want it in the start of the game or blatantly obvious
- bib4tuna, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2advertising in free games is cool with me.
what ISNT cool, is buying a game for 50 dollars thats full of advertising. like fight night round 3. i dont give 2 ***** if it 'makes it more realistic'. i dont want to see burger king or dodge on EVERY ***** SCREEN. - RebornInFlames, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Hell no, I would rather pay for my videogames. A game is one of the few things you can enjoy on your TV without seeing an ad. Even the fact that product placement (notably in Ubisoft games) has started creeping in really bugs me.
- bbear, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Originally Anarchy Online players saw the obnoxious ads whether they paid for the game and expansions or not. I know this because obnoxious Motley Crue ads made be cancel my subscription to that game some years ago. What made the AO ads so horrible was that most were completely out of place. It killed the atmosphere of the futuristic setting to see ***** products from the 20th century on moving billboards.
- endlessoul, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That's what Crackdown did, tastefully. Yes, I hate ads, but if they look similar to how they would look in real life, then meh.
Side note, I was playing Crackdown in August and saw a Shoot 'Em Up billboard, along with a few music artist billboards as well. Not obtrusive. - givemereplay, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I don't know if any of you have tried far cry with advertising support, but it is UNPLAYABLE. Hearing the same terrible mcdonalds commercial every 60 seconds is ridiculous.
- Bob042, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I played the ad-supported Raving Rabbids game, and it was certainly intrusive. After every mini game attempt, it froze your screen and played the same McDonalds ad. That's just plain obnoxious. Billboards or loading screen ads would possibly be OK to make a free game, but hindering gameplay made me quit playing very quickly.
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