I use outdated technology just for fun, listen to crappy music, and watch a lot of horror movies. Expect posts about These Things. I talk a lot.
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and i will be very thoughtfully considering all of the aaa titles i won't even bother to pirate let alone purchase, because ads.
also, periodic reminder:
this money doesn't go to "the devs". it goes to the suits. the devs are paid all the money they're going to get by the time the game ships. after which, they may not even work for the company any more.
any provable instances of otherwise are the exception, not the rule.
need for speed: underground 2 was chock full of ads like two decades ago. i don't think as many people will revolt against this as people assume
(when i was a kid i didn't even realise that all the ads were real american companies and not just made up for the game)
If it's just putting real instead of fake ads on like billboards and shit that would be in the game world anyways, I don't see that much harm in that either, with the exception that depending on the type of ad it might awkwardly date the game
Very big difference between that and interrupting the game for "And here's a word from our sponsors:"
Ah, remembering the explicit Energizer batteries in Alan Wake. I think they also had a car for product placement...
This isn't even the first time EA has done this! Go back and play Skate 3, play Burnout Paradise, any of that shit, they had a service for advertisers to buy space on in-game billboards.
how can u mention burnout paradise and not that one of the ads in that game was for obama
