2.10 advert discussion, NOT a lawsuit thread.

[JJPAP]

Denmark free at last as well (for now)
(For the last one and a half week that is - based on the experience of an enormous amount of 2 wipers)

[Koleax]

They are COMING BACK.

Unless you take appropriate measures.

All it means is that no one has purchased ad space for this period of time. Or there are new holiday-themed ads on the way and they're not ready for release yet.

[mizunoori]

The ads are back... ¬_¬

Giving me 3 days without them to rise my hope...

[Koleax]

Did you read brummpahh's post? You know what method works in Germany. And probably everywhere.

I declare no more whining about ads if you haven't done a fresh reinstall and made to sure to always start the game offline.

[DrMannevond]

I declare whining about the ads wouldn't be necessary if Sony showed some respect for their user base

[Constrictor]

Update on my ad situation. For about one week, after a two week absence, I did not see any ads. Even that I think the systems wants to display some - there is a very short stutter before the original loading screen appears. Did I change something? Well, no, besides that I did try the PSN-late-login method (and originally failed) and I stayed with this setting for manual login.

Assumption: Maybe they did change the ad roll from rocky and braveheart to something different. As I never was PSN-online when starting WOHD the new content never made it to my disk .. . Therefore no more ads - fingers crossed that they do not reactivate the existing ads that are stored locally and I do not f'up with the starting WOHD when PSN-online. So, maybe this is another indicator that the late-login method works - depending on the regional ad roll.

[mic-dk]

I haven't performed any of the voodoo to make the ads go away, but they have been gone for a few weeks now.

I'll enjoy it while it lasts!

[Oracol]

As someone who doesn't have the internet at home and bought HD in a videogame shop, I'm puzzled by this advertisement furore.

Do they pop up while the races load, or are they on the tracks, or what's the story with them?

[Skvall]

Its while races load, and it makes loadtimes worse.

But its not happening on every race.

[il_mago_di_Doz]

I've always used manual connection to psn. But only since 2 weeks ago I'm ad-free! This is such a good feeling...

[abukii]

I havent been playing that much lately, but I do cram a session in at least a few times a week. I havent had any ads at all. I do have auto log-on enabled because I use remote play often.

[RedScar]

So how is it that you all are getting around the adds? Signing into PSN after you load the game? I plan to boot up and finally patch so i wanna know.

[yeldar2097]

Dunno what the status is on this because afaik people haven't been getting ads for the last few weeks. Probs not gone for good but I dunno what's going on.
Maybe someone else knows?

[Dark_Phantom_89]

The ads are there yeldar I keep getting the Relentless one now - least it's better than that bloody annoying Fight Club one.

[Koleax]

So how is it that you all are getting around the adds? Signing into PSN after you load the game? I plan to boot up and finally patch so i wanna know.

Yes. Immediately after you update, make sure to NEVER be online while you start the game and only go online after the intro sequence has completed, or else it will download ads and save them to your disk.

[AG-wolf]

for all the BS and commotion about them, I have ironically never seen one yet since I've been able to play online during my winter break from school.

I feel like I might be pushing my luck by posting about it, and I've probably jinxed myself now But really, should I have seen one by this point or do they not show up in US consoles?


...(Knock on wood)

[Amorbis]

I still get the occasional advert. The most frequent being an advert for some deodorant/energy drink that I can quite see properly so I can't actually tell what it is. The logo is also quite small and intricate so I don't even know what brand it is.

I haven't played WipEout since last week so I don't know if it's still there, though. There did seem to be less adverts which was good, but I can't say anything for certain.

[Rezatron]

I'm in Canada and have only seen one ad. It was a trailer for the movie "Armored." I started seeing it around the middle of November right up until it hit theaters Dec 2, now nothing. I presume Sony hasn't been able to secure anymore advertising deals, rather than simply deciding to pull the ads.

Frankly I question the effectiveness of such advertising, after seeing that trailer 50+ times the last thing I wanted to do was go see the movie.

[stin]

Yes, we do get adverts occasionally.

Amorbis, It`s Relentless, an energy drink.

stevie

[yeldar2097]

I haven't started WO whilst being signed in since about 2 weeks after the ads were introduced.
I dunno if ads would still be there if I signed in before starting WO, not really willing to risk it though