Video Game Execs at E3 Push For More In-Game Advertising

bradclark1 · 05-14-06, 05:48 PM

Don't think much of this but it figures.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060513/tc_cmp/187202840

DeepSix · 05-14-06, 06:04 PM

Oh good. We'll be so much better off once we've been assimilated into the advertising Borg.

Skybird · 05-14-06, 06:09 PM

During studying at university, I also had to deal some time with business and marketing psychology - I kept the timeframe as limited as possible (not too mention that it was lethally boring). Those people truly were aliens from an absurd world. We even did not speak the same language.

Glad that my gaming days, all in all, seem to be over anyway. Today sometimes I pass a shelf with games - and looking at the titles I can honestly say that most months of the year there isn't a single piece of game that raises even minimal interest in me. what I still play is some old quality stuff. The last game that I bought, Steel Beasts and chess not counting, was F4AF (not really counting as something new, since I use Falcon since many years) and SH3 (which I wouldn't have bought if at that time I already would have been in full awareness of the starforce issue).

Even buying scenery or addons for FS has lost it's attraction to me. Once you have learned enough about it, it's never be like it was when this kind of stuff was really new.

Think I am immune to these tendencies the article describes.

GreyOctober · 05-14-06, 06:23 PM

Whoever played Splinter Cell Chaos Theory might have noticed the obscene ammount of advertisments in there

Skybird, your a simmer not a gamer

Excalibur Bane · 05-14-06, 07:09 PM

Oh, goodie. So I'm gonna have a big Best Buy sign on my Gato in SH4? I'm sure it will add to my natural camoflage.

TLAM Strike · 05-14-06, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Excalibur Bane

Oh, goodie. So I'm gonna have a big Best Buy sign on my Gato in SH4? I'm sure it will add to my natural camoflage.

Also your torpedoes will be sponsored by Pepsi: Itâ€™s the choice of the Greatest Generation.

GreyOctober · 05-14-06, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Excalibur Bane

Oh, goodie. So I'm gonna have a big Best Buy sign on my Gato in SH4? I'm sure it will add to my natural camoflage.

Pretty much yeah

Remember, SH3 is not lacking ingame commercials either ...BECKS anyone?

I bet some brilliant mind somewhere in the UBI offices is cooking up a plan to incorporate BURGER KING, COKE (and why not PEPSI) into SHIV. :hmm:

JJ · 05-14-06, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GreyOctober

Whoever played Splinter Cell Chaos Theory might have noticed the obscene ammount of advertisments in there

To me it kinda raised the "realism/immersion-bar" a little. Seeing actual things advertised or lying around. Of course it was kinda silly for almost every computer to have the same Nokia-screensaver but you catch my drift.

As long as the game won't be interrupted with commercial breaks I'm fine with it.

Godalmighty83 · 05-15-06, 12:56 PM

a mcdonalds in a online game? it wouldnt last long.

TLAM Strike · 05-15-06, 01:37 PM

On the plus side if Heckler & Koch or Farique Nationale sponsors a game we wonâ€™t have to use pseudonyms for the guns. Say good bye to all those D5Ks and RC-P90s!

05-14-06, 05:48 PM	#1
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Video Game Execs at E3 Push For More In-Game Advertising Don't think much of this but it figures. http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060513/tc_cmp/187202840

05-14-06, 06:04 PM	#2
DeepSix Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Music City Posts: 683 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Oh good. We'll be so much better off once we've been assimilated into the advertising Borg. __________________ Jack's happy days will soon be gone, To return again, oh never! For they've raised his pay five cents a day, But they've stopped his grog forever. For tonight we'll merry, merry be, For tonight we'll merry, merry be, For tonight we'll merry, merry be, But tomorrow we'll be sober. - "Farewell to Grog"

05-14-06, 06:09 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,613 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	During studying at university, I also had to deal some time with business and marketing psychology - I kept the timeframe as limited as possible (not too mention that it was lethally boring). Those people truly were aliens from an absurd world. We even did not speak the same language. Glad that my gaming days, all in all, seem to be over anyway. Today sometimes I pass a shelf with games - and looking at the titles I can honestly say that most months of the year there isn't a single piece of game that raises even minimal interest in me. what I still play is some old quality stuff. The last game that I bought, Steel Beasts and chess not counting, was F4AF (not really counting as something new, since I use Falcon since many years) and SH3 (which I wouldn't have bought if at that time I already would have been in full awareness of the starforce issue). Even buying scenery or addons for FS has lost it's attraction to me. Once you have learned enough about it, it's never be like it was when this kind of stuff was really new. Think I am immune to these tendencies the article describes. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-14-06, 06:23 PM	#4
GreyOctober Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 394 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Whoever played Splinter Cell Chaos Theory might have noticed the obscene ammount of advertisments in there Skybird, your a simmer not a gamer __________________

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Excalibur Bane XO Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 429 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Oh, goodie. So I'm gonna have a big Best Buy sign on my Gato in SH4? I'm sure it will add to my natural camoflage. __________________ Looking for a list of mods for SH4? Everything you need is here: List Of Modifications for SH4 v1.3 "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing."

05-15-06, 12:56 PM	#9
Godalmighty83 Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 398 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	a mcdonalds in a online game? it wouldnt last long. __________________ Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?

05-15-06, 01:37 PM	#10
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	On the plus side if Heckler & Koch or Farique Nationale sponsors a game we wonâ€™t have to use pseudonyms for the guns. Say good bye to all those D5Ks and RC-P90s! __________________