Poll: Replace monthly fees with in game advertising?
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The people paying for the advertising space are going to be the ones calling the shots on what goes there. Alterations to their products are rarely accepted. It works best in a contemporary environment where no changes are necessary (ie. any sports game) but the advertising companies can be real sticklers about it. For instance, some companies don't take kindly to their vending machines being used as cover in a shooter, because you can pound their product with a hail of hot lead.painfull2006 said:
It's ridiculous, I know, but do you really expect more from them?
Well.... it depends, you have a good idea but at the same time, a lot of MMOs are about the immersion, an effect that would soon be ruined by advertisements from real life companies... A LOT OF ACTIVISION games have had this recently (Guitar Hero III with "5 Gum" adverts & Quantum of Solace with "Dorritos" advertising)... I HAVE A MASSIVE PROBLEM WITH THIS
1) Activision has so much money and make up probably more than 50% of every year's holiday sales with Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, and World of Warcraft (Activision Blizzard) alone! So why on Earth do they need to cheap out EVEN MORE with advertising
2) We let them get away with crap like this AND THEN they have the nerve to even think about adding fees to play ALL of their PC and console games online.
3)What if this affects Modern Warfare 2? How great would that be... the multi-million seller will become a giant laughing stock among the gaming community... Bungie will look at us and say: "HEY! Look at the Hubba Bubba & Corn Flakes adds!"... some experience that will be
1) Activision has so much money and make up probably more than 50% of every year's holiday sales with Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, and World of Warcraft (Activision Blizzard) alone! So why on Earth do they need to cheap out EVEN MORE with advertising
2) We let them get away with crap like this AND THEN they have the nerve to even think about adding fees to play ALL of their PC and console games online.
3)What if this affects Modern Warfare 2? How great would that be... the multi-million seller will become a giant laughing stock among the gaming community... Bungie will look at us and say: "HEY! Look at the Hubba Bubba & Corn Flakes adds!"... some experience that will be
People have already shown that they have no problem paying 15 bucks a month.
If you go with ads, the companies will expect data on how many people are playing the game at all given times and if they don't meet targets companies will pull out.
When companies start to pull out, the game will need a new source of income and look to the players either by microtransactions or subscriptions.
Players will be outraged because they bought the game on the idea that they could play for free.
It puts both the dev and the players in a rough spot.
If you rely on subscriptions, you know that money will be coming in as long as you can keep some sort of fan base going.
If you go with ads, the companies will expect data on how many people are playing the game at all given times and if they don't meet targets companies will pull out.
When companies start to pull out, the game will need a new source of income and look to the players either by microtransactions or subscriptions.
Players will be outraged because they bought the game on the idea that they could play for free.
It puts both the dev and the players in a rough spot.
If you rely on subscriptions, you know that money will be coming in as long as you can keep some sort of fan base going.
I can picture WoW without subscription fees......
"To complete your quest you must Go past the Mountain Dew river, over the Cheetos hill, defeat the dragon of Oxyclean, and then celebrate all night with the villagers of Pepsiville."
Your reward? A 6 pack of Coors Light, and a bag of Cape Cod potato chips.
"To complete your quest you must Go past the Mountain Dew river, over the Cheetos hill, defeat the dragon of Oxyclean, and then celebrate all night with the villagers of Pepsiville."
Your reward? A 6 pack of Coors Light, and a bag of Cape Cod potato chips.
It would certainly liven up the game, I can tell you that much 
But couldn't you say that you get advertising like that in things like Skate and the Tony Hawk's games, with all the brand names and what not?
But couldn't you say that you get advertising like that in things like Skate and the Tony Hawk's games, with all the brand names and what not?
It would only work for big big games, but those games already make enough money not to want to try it
I don't understand at all why people are saying no
I have said it about 1000 times now, the DEVs would be making the advertising so it would be nothing that would annoy you or get in your way anyway
Maybe its just people with more money than sense
I have said it about 1000 times now, the DEVs would be making the advertising so it would be nothing that would annoy you or get in your way anyway
Maybe its just people with more money than sense
Nope. I would happily pay than see adverts in game.
And to say that people who spend £8.99 a month to play a game have more money than sense... shut up.
Or maybe they just dont like adverts. It doesnt matter who does them they're still annoying as hell.painfull2006 said:
And to say that people who spend £8.99 a month to play a game have more money than sense... shut up.
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
MMMORPGs have immersion? Also, it'd be worth killing the immersion in exchange for the game having a semi-reasonable price.MaxTheReaper said:
Well actually I could, and it's a lot easier than imagining someone paying 144$ a year at best for one fucking game.
You do know how much 9$ a month is at the end of the year right?? A lot.gibboss28 said:
So what did people make of "Nuka cola" adverts in fallout 3, they have adverts for Coca Cola, if anything they just made the game more intresting
Theres ALOT more people who watch TV compared to how many play WoW, also adverts on TV are placed right in the middle of programs people want to watch, would you like your game to pause for 5 minutes every 30 just so you can play for free? even then it wouldn't make sense from a business point of view because mmo's are a cliche market as it is and advertising in one would be very tricky.confernal said:
How many people played BF2142 and decided to go out and buy a intel CPU or go watch I AM LEGEND just because they might have noticed the billboard while they were sniping somebody in the face do you think?
The irony of most pc gamers makes me laugh my ass off, half of you cry up in arms when somebody wants to curb a certain type of game or remove certain bits of content, yet you demand MMO's to have obtrusive ad's just so you can play them for free?
You yourselves will be the downfall of pc gaming if ever there will be one, mmo's are the only market consoles havnt nailed yet and its all because pc gamers are used to getting 'EVERYTHING I WANT, HOW I WANT IT WAAA WAA' while console gamers just get on with it, i payed for my computer, i pay for my mmo's... they both provide me with entertainment so who cares how little it costs?
Or you could spend $9 in 20 minutes at mcdonalds or starbucks or w/e and that makes who have the least sense?mike1921 said:
Bottom line is;
Grow up, nothing in life is free.
Ingame adverts will never catch on, don't like it DONT PLAY IT.
You will never have a say in the matter, boo hoo.
Fin.