In-game advertisements

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=3028&Itemid=2

A new poll shows that most gamers don't mind in-game advertisements.

Personally, I'm kinda on the fence. If they aren't too distracting, I can live with it. If it gets to the point where it's basically like playing I, Robot vs. The Island: The Game, then they need to stop. I got sick of seeing ads for the same fucking EA games over and over again while playing Burnout 3, that's for sure.

What's unfortunate is that due to the rising cost of making games for 360 and PS3, developers are going to have no choice to resort to using ads to help pay for the game. It's sad. Games are going the way of blockbuster movies - shit-filled ad-ridden rehashes. How are you supposed to escape reality for a little while if you're seeing ads for real-life things in the game? My Guitar Hero experience would be dampened if I had to play at the MOUNTAIN DEW XXXTREEEME ARENA everytime I wanted to play a song.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Soluzar

It depends. When I'm playing Pro Evolution soccer, I can't help but think that contemporary adverts would help the immersion. Same goes for racing games. It's something that has to be handled with delicacy, and only some games can take adverts.

Yeah this is the fine like that I tread. I've never played Winning Eleven, but I can only assume a soccer simulator like that would have ads along the edge of the field like in real life. I don't mind ads like that because that caters to the experience.

Anything else is septic tank fodder if you ask me.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Soluzar

Yep. I just don't see how you can fit adverts into anything with a fantasy/sci-fi/historical/etc setting without wrecking immersion. Unless it's Pepsi. You could probably advertise Coke in a futuristic game, because Pepsi will certainly be around forever.

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The only way advertising is going to work is the same way it works in movies, TV, and real life - It has to be in our face and for the most part, piss us off.

How ya doing, buddy?