After buying Rainbow Six: Vegas a week after it’s release last year, I found myself stuck in a loop that contained nothing but Gears of War,Gears of War, and more Gears of War. Here I am 3 month’s and change later finally giving Rainbow Six: Vegas it’s due quality time, but there’s one thing that’s so very different about this experience. Yes, this version of Las Vegas is full of fake hotels with everything else in them being altered from it’s real life counterpart except for the advertising.
We all know that game development cost are continually rising, but at what cost? The Dark Ages History Channel ad found in Rainbow Six( shown above) isn’t all that distracting, but why should we have to be bombarded with these ads in the name of helping development cost when game price’s continue to rise? The consumer sure isn’t getting any benefit of this. I might find myself actually watching The Dark Ages after seeing this, but don’t tell us these ad’s are necessary when we find ourselves paying more and more. The Discovery Channel sponsoring the two new maps for Gears of War was great. That’s what these promotion’s should be giving us.
-William “thewilleffect” Bell-
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March 2, 2007
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It really doesn’t bother me so long as it’s tasteful and in moderation. Dodge billboards in Crackdown, billboards in Burnout, Redbull in WipEout… it’s fine. I just don’t want to see games WALLPAPERED with ads.
March 2, 2007
#2
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The Dodge billboards in Crackdown were annoying because it ruined the feel of the game. It doesn’t make sense to advertise a 2007 car in the future; but if they had done a ‘2020 Dodge Awesome Truck’ ala Minority Report or something it would’ve been more acceptable.
March 2, 2007
#3
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I swear if I see another Dodge car in an Ubisoft game.. I will flip..
March 2, 2007
#4
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Ugh. IMO F the companies that do ads. I’m paying 60$ a game still, its not getting cheaper, I’m not getting extras, and on top of that they charge me to download. Greedy little…
March 2, 2007
#5
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Thrills… make sure you don’t load up Crackdown then too =D
i would like to see more ads actually a large variety as this will make it look more real. plus the more ads the better as it keeps my game price down and the developers profitable.
March 2, 2007
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It isn’t keeping your games price down. Its going up, even on crappy games. Advertisements aren’t helping, not to mention if you have a hit game with ads in it that sells tons, they aren’t passing the savings on to us. Its us being given the shaft again. BTW, Boycott the RIAA month, don’t go buying CDs.
March 3, 2007
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It is always talked about how in game advertising drives down costs, so wouldn’t consumers benefit also? I hope there are games on Xbox Live Arcade ad supported in the future but I want them free, not regular price.
March 4, 2007
#8
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It’s a market the game developer should obviously explore, but I agree–if they’re going to get money for this type of thing then maybe we should still be paying $50/game instead of $60/game.
March 4, 2007
#9
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I don’t mind too much, for me it doesn’t ever retract from the actual gameplay. I mean I am constantly playing Rainbow Six: Vegas and didn’t even notice it until one of my friends pointed it out after playing for probably 40+ hours. I have been playing Crackdown ever since it came out as well and haven’t even noticed them yet, I will have to look next time. Whether they actually drive down costs still seems to be up in the air. As for the current price tag of $60 I feel that the quality of games has gone up considerably and continues to do so. Maybe the advertising does something to help the developers stint the costs of creating games that continue to push the envelope. Anyways, ads are a part of life, they are everywhere I just don’t know why they bother so many people. I mean if they really bother you that much you don’t have to buy the game. Do I think we should get more free stuff; hell yeah, but it’s not like I can go to Microsoft and demand free content, so I am fine with it for now.
March 4, 2007
#10
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If it is done well I say yes. After playing Fight Night I really wanted burger king.
March 9, 2007
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What i want to know is why the software companies get paid the cash, the game is running on the consoles we bought, on the software we bought, its not running on a machine over at the games company that made the game, its not on the software they have running on their game… if you bought a piece of land and someone put an advertisement on that land you would get the money for having that advert displayed on there… its one thing having copyright laws to stop people copying software and subsequently to stop people selling those copies on… but where in the laws does it state that once youve bought an item the company or individuals selling the p[roduct retain the right to change that product to make money for themselves after youve purchased it? im going to stop waffling on now lol i could go on all day about the fact that the software companies are cheating us big time!