Originally Posted by
Connavar
Hopefully the next update will patch (= remove) the ads
And what are your dreams when you sleep?
USA was the first test candidate, now it spreads over to most European parts. Chances for removing this are as high as peace and justice taking the power instead of war and money.
Originally Posted by
ACE-FLO
I work with advertising, and I'll be damned if I'm to enjoy my leisuretime by being force fed ads from the game I'm wanting to play!
That's one of the best contras I've heard so far. I wonder if either supporters or users of advertizement realize that they can't only create markets but also destroy them, because they over-annoy potential customers. I for my part do also boycott advertizers - most effectively while browsing
Originally Posted by
novide
I would pay 10 euros or so, if there is a patch, to stop it.
That's how far we have come already Paying for not being penetrated by unwanted information. The sad part is: I guess i would also pay 10 euros. But this is also the wrong direction, says my mind...
Originally Posted by
AG-wolf
In pure, the Puma and Coke packs were nothing but blatand brand-plastering, ... what on earth could Puma shoes and Coca-Cola EVER have to do with Wipeout
You might not want to hear that, but I think Puma fits very well in those tracks. Coca-Cola too. Interestingly enough, both are monochrome brands with even the same two colors. Both are somehow speedy and stylish, enjoying my eye because it worked with the game design. (This other advertizement on the one same track did NOT fit at all - and I already forgot the name - eat that advertizers!)
Originally Posted by
JJPAP
Unfortunately I haven´t seen any commercials yet. Maybe - as Mic said - because we´re such a small country.
Lucky you - I thought the same when I first read about ads in USA. But now I'm also doomed Someone put up wipEout-ish graphics, but they contain Jpeg-artefacts. Nothing more to say...
Advertizement NEVER EVER worked on me - it always annoyed me. Why?- It's horribly loud - on TV, on radio, on phone, on markets - and now in HD also. If it cannot be loud (because it is in a mag or somewhere else) it mostly destroys other things or even erases useful info beneath!
- It is always cheap crap - it's never something useful. Stuff for the people, which isn't really needed and which breaks early. Or gets out of vogue. There are exception, but those surprisingly also advertize nearly never.
- I don't ordered it and never said "Yes, give me more". And there is no way to turn it off. Day in day out I pass giant bills blocking me from being able to view the wonderful nature in its beauty. Everything they gain is my increasing wish of totally ruining the whole billboard!
- They never have useful info. And if they're forced by law to include info, it's written way too small (TV). And there's always a nice or sexy smiling girl which should stimulate my instincts (for making me trust and believe this advertizer, I don't speak of reproduction instincts *g*).
Sony, if I consider to buy Ghostbusters or else it might have been in the past - but now I don't want to anymore - It's a total waste of money AND energy. So much problems on this planet could have been solved already if we wouldn't try to convince someone to buy something he initially never wanted. Why this doesn't work? Because the first person in return gets also advertizements from all the others... And I better not list what amounts of energy spam eats Not to speak from all the wood/paper wasted for the daily flood in my letterbox...
- It's even lying quite often: "The best...", "...for your health...", "...better...". Most bizarre ones occur with politicians on it before elections
One could argue: "By now all the WO-players are doing it for free, so if now there won't be so much players online because of the ads it's still better than not making money at all". That's even quite true. But this will have consequences which will last longer, as this isn't really a great magnet for (new) people who want to have a PS3. I could understand it very well if the fanbase will shrink. Sony seriously does not lose money in any way.
This is as naive as advertizements on DVDs, those who are not to be supposed to be skippable. Luckily enough some software players ignore these structure settings (and other tools even filter out strange law warnings).
My wish so far:
make the advertizements at least mutable. Please!!
Thanks for reading, whoever has influences on responsables.