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    Exclamation commercials in online loading screens?

    anyone remember those fury ads that played during the loads of online races after the 2.0 patch? well today i saw a fair share of state farm ads in the same place. is it just me, or has anyone else seen them? if so, whats the deal? plus... why is state farm advertising on wipeout hd of all places??? what, because we play wipeout we're supposed to be bad drivers

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    I saw this also and was like "WTF!!!!" seriously... If SL is going to do in game advertising save it for energy drinks. Its pretty stupid that they would throw State Farm Insurance ads on there.

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    if SL was responsible for the ads it would be cool if they stayed in theme. now i may be wrong, but the games are all user hosted through PSN so i dont think SL has anything to do with the online functionality. so are these ads really coming from PSN or what i guess is the first question to be asked

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    I've never seen any ads like that in the game... ever... is this a US thing maybe?

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    I haven't seen it myself, but you know what ads mean right? More money for the devs (hopefully) so larger budget to make more Wipeout goodness!

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    So are we going to have ads like PS Home now?

    Then in game billboards? (I hope not unless they are relevant to WO)

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    Default WipEout HD ads

    Is this just showing up for people who haven't downloaded 'Fury' yet? I have Fury installed, and haven't seen any ads--Fury or otherwise--since prior to its installation. Perhaps it's a ploy to get more people to download the DLC...

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    I have Fury installed and saw the State Farm one today for the first time.

    I'm ok with it if it means we get more content sooner rather than later.

    As for the ad being WO related... they're going to take money from whoever gives them more of it.

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    The MS philosophy? *sigh*
    (We see how that turns out reguarding "exclusives")

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    This is a sad day, then.

    I would rather pay for PSN than deal with in-game ads.

    Logging in now - if the ads are there - these may very well be my last two races.


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    @IH8YOU
    -Just close your eyes while the race loads..no ads, no foul...
    They are not within the game YET....

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    I've seen the Fury Ads a couple times. Haven't seen the State Farm ones yet though.

    I'm OK with ads during loading screens. They're pretty unobtrusive and its not like I'd be doing anything at that moment anyway. Sony gives us the PSN for free (Xboxers pay for Live, right?) so I'd rather see this than an access fee to the PSN.

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    Correct, you pay for multiplayer on Live, and you have to see advertisements all the time to.

    This is nothing. Burnout Paradise has in game billboards, inFamous has in game advertising, it's helping defray dev. costs for the game, not a big deal. But like, if my Mirage all of a sudden had a big ole Nascar style hood ornament, well, that would be super annoying.

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    In game ads in a game like Wipeout could get pretty sticky, I think. All the Future-tech of the game world with a 'Buy a Kia' billboard in it would be pretty off-putting.

    But Red Bull was able to incorporate their ads into the XL universe pretty effectively, so it could be done.

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    Hmmm. I saw a Fury ad in HD after the 2.00 update and just before I downloaded Fury. I've not seen a different ad in Fury.. yet. This is bad news. I thought the Fury ad in HD was fair enough, but I thought that would be it after you bought the damn thing.

    This video capability during loading could be put to good use though - showing a highlights reel of the previous race or something. Or info about the track, like at the start or Pulse races.

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    who gives a crap, it's not like it's affecting game play or loading times now is it?

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    Looks like an US only thing since i have no ads and i'm from europe, I understand ads when the game is free but in a full release game, not so much ;x.

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    list of potential adverts they could put into wipeout loading screen

    A govenment advert about safe driving and "KILL YOUR SPEED before you kill someone"

    Loreal.lip plumping balm

    party political broadcast from the labour party

    Sugar puff avert with honey monster

    Felix gormet pouches for cats

    ASDA rolling back the prices

    Xbox 360 advert on a ps3 game ..LOL



    Colgate toothpaste

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    Quote Originally Posted by Syntek View Post
    who gives a crap, it's not like it's affecting game play or loading times now is it?
    No, but it's affecting my mental well-being. And my opinions of SL/Sony.

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    I don't understand why people are complaining. As long as ads stay out of the gameplay + they don't change anything in the game + they don't affect playing or selecting things they are generally a good thing imho. More money for SL is more Wipeout for us.
    But if SL doesn't get anything of the money and it just goes directly to Sony I would be really pissed too.

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