Poll: Replace monthly fees with in game advertising?
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The obvious thing to do is to have both. Go to the supermarket's magazine rack and note how thick the women's magazines are. Keep in mind that over half of that is advertising. All costs for producing the magazine are covered by the advertising. Yet they still charge $5 per issue at the newsstand. This is why subscriptions are so cheap (around $1.50 per issue). They can afford to be.
So, the obvious business decision would be to have ads and still charge people a monthly fee. Whether something like this would work for a MMO remains to be seen. People are used to free stuff from the internet. So such a thing won't happen overnight. but in time, when everyone has in-game ads and a monthly fee, it will just seem like it's always been that way.
So, the obvious business decision would be to have ads and still charge people a monthly fee. Whether something like this would work for a MMO remains to be seen. People are used to free stuff from the internet. So such a thing won't happen overnight. but in time, when everyone has in-game ads and a monthly fee, it will just seem like it's always been that way.
they should not, as then the games wouldnt fix any glitches, bugs, or OPness until next expansion. there is fees on games for a few reasons
1. it allows the developers to update the game frequently
2. most games with a fee is more than worth playing (insert WOW here)
3. without a fee, the games would be a lot lower on the Quality scale.
1. it allows the developers to update the game frequently
2. most games with a fee is more than worth playing (insert WOW here)
3. without a fee, the games would be a lot lower on the Quality scale.
I think I'd rather not play a game than watch ads pop up in it.
So much for the chance of games being consider as a legitimate form of art in the future.
So much for the chance of games being consider as a legitimate form of art in the future.
*sigh* Im so sick of people not reading the posts
Im thinking nuka cola type advertising
wouldn't even notice its advertising at all
Im thinking nuka cola type advertising
wouldn't even notice its advertising at all
Put expenses into prospective, how much do you pay per month for:
1. cable TV?
2. eating out at McDonalds or restaurants?
3. tickets and food at movies, sports or concert arenas?
4. games for console and pc?
5. phone services, do you have a cell phone?
If you don't pay for any of the above then you are right. $9.95 is a lot to pay per month for entertainment and communication.
If you want to play a MMO for $9.95 then give up or cut down on one of the following. Definitely worth it in my opinion. No advertising!
1. cable TV?
2. eating out at McDonalds or restaurants?
3. tickets and food at movies, sports or concert arenas?
4. games for console and pc?
5. phone services, do you have a cell phone?
If you don't pay for any of the above then you are right. $9.95 is a lot to pay per month for entertainment and communication.
If you want to play a MMO for $9.95 then give up or cut down on one of the following. Definitely worth it in my opinion. No advertising!
If you wouldn't notice it then it wouldnt be advertising.painfull2006 said:
Please think before you post, no wonder you're on probation.
Im on probation for starting a flame warweeman3000 said:
I believe its you that needs to do some thinking
Have you read any of this?
Nuka cola... blatant coca coal advertising
but its didn't break the immersion did it?
Think on.
I would perfer adds if there was an option to turn them off and on during game-play but in loading screens on all the time then I would be extremly happy! And it would be a cool feature if the players would be able to make money off this like there charcter having a advert for coke on their cape and geting a small presentage oh what they make on that compony's adverts then life would be great. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh but that will probobly never happen but we can dream..............
So if there was an option?
like you get charged if you turned them off?
and its free if you keep them on?
like you get charged if you turned them off?
and its free if you keep them on?
It's a double-edged sword, let me give an explain my reasons:
Matrix Online was playing around with in-game advertising within the city by way of billboards, ok...i have no problems with that, in fact it made the city feel more 'real'...after all we all see these signs when were driving in a real city so..sure why not?
The problem was three-fold however, first is was mostly Warner Bros. that was advertising, since they published the game i doubt they were actually paying anybody to post them..second they had no real intention of dropping the monthly payment, and third the population of MxO was never really big to begin with so it really failed to draw in any other companies willing to advertise.
But in that setting it would work, especially MxO since it's supposed to be the 'real', having Pepsi or Burger king ads just seems to fit.
WoW is a different matter, i'm certain they could get a ton of in game ads, but some gamers would object to, let's say, Pepsi throwing in ads because it would take away from the overall experience.
In the end i suppose it would depend on the game, a MMO in a modern-day setting of Earth i believe would warrant this type of advertising, but it a fantasy setting? not so much.
Matrix Online was playing around with in-game advertising within the city by way of billboards, ok...i have no problems with that, in fact it made the city feel more 'real'...after all we all see these signs when were driving in a real city so..sure why not?
The problem was three-fold however, first is was mostly Warner Bros. that was advertising, since they published the game i doubt they were actually paying anybody to post them..second they had no real intention of dropping the monthly payment, and third the population of MxO was never really big to begin with so it really failed to draw in any other companies willing to advertise.
But in that setting it would work, especially MxO since it's supposed to be the 'real', having Pepsi or Burger king ads just seems to fit.
WoW is a different matter, i'm certain they could get a ton of in game ads, but some gamers would object to, let's say, Pepsi throwing in ads because it would take away from the overall experience.
In the end i suppose it would depend on the game, a MMO in a modern-day setting of Earth i believe would warrant this type of advertising, but it a fantasy setting? not so much.
Erm Nuka-Cola goes way back to the first Fallout, it is not a Coca-Cola ad in any way,shape, or form...yes it has the same bottle shape but that's where it ends.painfull2006 said:
That's like saying that the Corvega commerical on the T.V during the Fallout intro is a commerical for the Corvette, it may look a bit like a Stingray and have a similar name but that where it ends.
Fallout takes place in the future with a 1950's art-deco flair, obviously they're going to use cars that look like Cadilliac's and drinks that look like Coca-Cola, that doesn't mean they're advertising either one.
F3 used Nuka-Cola because it's part of the Fallout world, to have it omitted would've been a crime to the series.
£8.99 a month really isn't that much and £107 a year definitely isn't that much. On that note you really dont have to do much in an mmo to feel like its £8.99 well spent.painfull2006 said:Heh, someone is taking it a little too seriouslygibboss28 said:
£8.99 a month is £107.88 anyone with good taste and some sense would spend that on different things
someone with more money than sense would spend it on an subscription that they probably wont get there moneys worth from
besides, well done adverts aren't annoying
Anyway i'm now going to ignore you. Have fun with your trolling.
What if they just had commercials? Maybe while you're loading a new map, or realm, or before boss fights. That would be okay with me.
THE POINT BEING
Even if it did have nothing to do with coca-cola
The point is that if it WAS coke it wouldn't ruin the atmosphere
Even if it did have nothing to do with coca-cola
The point is that if it WAS coke it wouldn't ruin the atmosphere