Poll: Sex Sells: But who's buying?
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Yes but I had interest in the games as well. It usually turned out good like Resident Evil 4 and Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time (He was ugly in the rest of the games). I thought Link was hot when I was a kid but even the grown up Link looks sorta jail-bate-ish now.
P.S. The evony adds where they show that it`s just a RTS game got my attention better.
P.S. The evony adds where they show that it`s just a RTS game got my attention better.
You people on your lofty moral high ground crack me up.
Yes, sex sells for me. Nothing subconscious about it, either, I buy the products on a purely conscious level.
When I see sex in advertising, I believe that this is a good thing. I like sex and I like to see sexual things as often as possible. Sex makes what would otherwise be annoying ads a lot more tolerable. So I make sure that I purchase that product or service when possible, so people in advertising get positive reinforcement and see the effectiveness of sex in advertising. This way I hopefully send a message to them that they should continue to use sex in advertising, which then means that I get to see more sex in advertising. In the meantime, they made money. So we're all winners.
Yes, sex sells for me. Nothing subconscious about it, either, I buy the products on a purely conscious level.
When I see sex in advertising, I believe that this is a good thing. I like sex and I like to see sexual things as often as possible. Sex makes what would otherwise be annoying ads a lot more tolerable. So I make sure that I purchase that product or service when possible, so people in advertising get positive reinforcement and see the effectiveness of sex in advertising. This way I hopefully send a message to them that they should continue to use sex in advertising, which then means that I get to see more sex in advertising. In the meantime, they made money. So we're all winners.
While it does grab my attention, in the end it is just a pretty face or pretty girl on the cover. It does the same thing as if I saw a male character with really nice looking armor or a nice gun. But it has yet to get me to fork over some money for it.
I don't mind if there is a half naked character on it, but the game has to have some more substance to it for me to actually buy it. That's more like a bonus, because the main attraction for me is a game. If i wanted to see half naked people I'd go to the beach, which doesn't cost $60.
One of my friends had convinced me to play Evony with him before the irrelevant but boobiful ads came. when those ads came, i had had my fill of the game, decided it wasn't really all that fun and stopped playing it in favor of playing games that were more fun. to be honest i felt insulted when i saw those ads. I think it was the complete irrelevance to the game that made me actually really not like it.
I don't mind if there is a half naked character on it, but the game has to have some more substance to it for me to actually buy it. That's more like a bonus, because the main attraction for me is a game. If i wanted to see half naked people I'd go to the beach, which doesn't cost $60.
One of my friends had convinced me to play Evony with him before the irrelevant but boobiful ads came. when those ads came, i had had my fill of the game, decided it wasn't really all that fun and stopped playing it in favor of playing games that were more fun. to be honest i felt insulted when i saw those ads. I think it was the complete irrelevance to the game that made me actually really not like it.
Hawt gurls should have nothing to do with products I'm buying. If they're on there I know the creator is trying to use some cheap marketing tactics. I don't buy things that should feature something like those Evony ads. If something like that's on there, I would skip over it.
Thanks for doing this thread.
I have found it as icing once or twice on top of a movie with a solid story-line to begin with. And I don't mind sex/cheesecake/beefcake in context. I do hate the over-abundance of it in games and it can seriously turn me off of a game I would otherwise enjoy. And it has even wrecked a movie or two when it had scenes dropped in that seemed to be disjointed from the rest of the show.
So sex sells...in context, with careful use.
I have found it as icing once or twice on top of a movie with a solid story-line to begin with. And I don't mind sex/cheesecake/beefcake in context. I do hate the over-abundance of it in games and it can seriously turn me off of a game I would otherwise enjoy. And it has even wrecked a movie or two when it had scenes dropped in that seemed to be disjointed from the rest of the show.
So sex sells...in context, with careful use.
Well, if it's a magazine I'd probably pick it up if it had a hot chick half naked on it, not buy it (god no) but I'd be interested enough to look.
When Forgetting Sarah Marshall was being advertised, they used mainly posters that didn't include Jason Segal's face because test audiences didn't find him attractive enough and responded more to the posters without his face in it.
Point being: Even if it's subconscious, or if the sex factor isn't as overt as it is in evony, people are more attracted to things when they have pretty and shiny stuff attached. If Abercrombie&Fitch didn't have those male models, I doubt they would still be in business today because it sure as hell isn't the clothing that brings people to the store.
Point being: Even if it's subconscious, or if the sex factor isn't as overt as it is in evony, people are more attracted to things when they have pretty and shiny stuff attached. If Abercrombie&Fitch didn't have those male models, I doubt they would still be in business today because it sure as hell isn't the clothing that brings people to the store.
This should've been the only reply in the thread.Matt_LRR said:
I will not click an ad because there's a girl with her panties down on it. I will, however, be much more enticed to notice said ad and unintentionally remember the logo on it instead of one that says "You're a winner!"