commercials in online loading screens?

[PjotrStroganov]

I didn't play this before they removed the ads, so I missed my chance to complain. One of the videos posted here linked to this one as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX4f9zts6JM

It should not make you wait while the ad finishes playing. I'm surprised at how many people were ok with this crap.

1. If they think they aren't charging enough for the game to cover costs, charge more for the game. TV is not a good comparison (you aren't paying for anything specific), but movie theaters are. There should be no commercials before a movie.

They could be honest about it and offer ad-supported versions, and a more expensive version with no ads if it's truly such an issue.

With XL/2027, Red Bull must have funded development in some way, and as others have said the ads fit in with the design of the game. Racing has sponsors, so it's not like it doesn't make any sense for there to be some kind of ads, but they need to be designed appropriately - not as an apparent afterthought to be added to a loading screen that forces you to watch a whole commercial.

2. Does State Farm really want to insure people who play racing games like WipEout?

1. I can only speculate but chances are that the low price of WOHD (and the beautiful screenshots) has introduced a lot of people to the series that otherwise would not have bought the game.

2. Your name is not Jack Thompson right? Although I agree that the add has nothing in common the theme of wipeout, there is no reason why gamers who play wipeout or any other game should be any different than non-gamers. Games do not make healthy people do weird things. Notwithstanding cosplayers.

1. I can only speculate but chances are that the low price of WOHD (and the beautiful screenshots) has introduced a lot of people to the series that otherwise would not have bought the game.

2. Your name is not Jack Thompson right? Although I agree that the add has nothing in common the theme of wipeout, there is no reason why gamers who play wipeout or any other game should be any different than non-gamers. Games do not make healthy people do weird things. Notwithstanding cosplayers.

I don't know what 1. has to do with not charging enough. If they thought they were losing money, then Fury should have cost more, or the original game should have. That doesn't have anything to do with new players. The prices of downloadable games have been going up, and eventually, may just be $60 like disc-based games.


I was kidding about State Farm. I have State Farm for my insurance. Maybe I can call them and say, "You know, I play WipEout." and then see if they raise my rates.

Actually, they could probably design some futuristic car insurance ads if they tried, and if they were integrated into the game originally (not as a patch) in a sensible way, maybe there wouldn't have been this big uproar about it.

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Did the ads also appear in regular HD, or only in Fury? Adding ads after you buy a game is not how to welcome new players.