I will, in turn, be very thoutful about buying any of your games.
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If in-game ads become the norm, I guess I could either not play games anymore, or I could take my ship out onto the ocean.
There are more "lol fuck you" choices than there are "pretty please let me be bombarded with bullshit" options here.
There are enough games that can be enjoyed bullshit free, that you'll never have to buy a new game again.
People are already paying for ads in games. Look at American/European truck simulator where you pay to have Goodyear or whatever other company on your rig.
If they do it tastefully.. like a coke can in a cafeteria which would make it more realistic than a generic brand - it could work.
They’ve been doing this in movies for decades.
If it’s shit like pop ups or little red notification dots, they can go fuck themselves with a rusty screwdriver.
my ship sails the ocean because of shit like this for a while now. these people dont deserve money to nickel and dime us.
EA Ads, they're in the game!
Oh no! If only there were thousands of other games I could play instead
Companies used to do this, but stopped when every game reviewer called them out on it. It was always in kinda shitty games too. You can rest assured that EA is fully capable of making shitty games with ads in them.
I don't mind it if it makes sense. Driving around in GTA if there's a gap billboard I don't care. I don't want banner ads in the equipment menu though
How about when they inevitably share user data with advertisers (assuming that isn't the plan from the start)?
GTA is filled with parody ads, which are actually fun content and not intended to make you buy something. The second they become real ads, you'll have brands complaining about being displayed next to gun violence or prostitutes, and all the fun goes away.
There's a reason there's no real car brands in GTA, because none of them want to be associated with running down pedestrian and drive-bys
Loved the ones in Burnout Paradise. It had billboards for CompUSA. Which had liquidated almost all their stores shortly before the game released.
I will continue to not play EA games. Business as usual.
I'll be very thoughtful about avoiding EA games.
To be fair, AAA games are bullshit anyways. I believe I have never seen a modern AAA game that is not utter shit with EVERYONE complaining about it.
God of war Ragnarok is a AAA game, and I absolutely loved it.
There, not everyone complains about all modern AAA games. Just in case you actually thought EVERYONE dislikes them, you might be in an echo chamber.
The game better be free. I'm not paying to see ads. No chance. I'll find a copy on the high seas that has that bullshit removed.
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Let's add EA to the list of companies I'm boycotting.
Oh? What a coincidence; it was already there.
EA is really pushing for their products to be pirated at this point like no one will put up with ads on their 60 bucks triple a game
Don't buy EA! Easy solution.
AAA: Acquire An Advertisement
They been doing that with Need for Speed for decades. Surprised they didn't spread it to the rest of the company earlier.
Their sports franchises have similar in-game ads matching the real world in how they are presented in the stadiums.
That is thoughtful and people didn't complain... They now want to shove in your ass and make you suck verification dick whle at it to ensure 100% engagement
And even more I see no reason to pay for their products. If they're going to be getting ad revenue then I'm sure as shit not giving you any more upfront. Bunch o' double-dipping twatmuffins
Since advertisers are already paying for EA games, we need not buy them.
Seriously though, only thing capitalism breeds is enshittification.
I'm surprised that the billboards and stuff in games are not ads already. So many racing a FPS games that have scenery of billboards and stuff, it's all prime real estate for ads.
I mean, I do remember T-Mobile and BurgerKing "sponsorships" in older Need for Speed games.
EA might just be responsible for an increase in literacy. Why play corpo trash when you can, I dunno, read books?
EA hasn't produced a game I care about in years.
thoughtful
Thinking about all the money that could be in his bank account.
"We'll be very thoughtful entering the potential earnings into the relevant Excel spreadsheets, and then go ahead with it".
The only way I could see this not being a complete shit-show is if they integrate them into the game in a way that makes sense, which has been done in places before. Banners along the roadside in a racing game (which exists in real life), a sci-fi hologram advertising "new-new-new coke, now with added element-320" as you walk by, etc
But since it's EA we're more likely to get an ad for hemmoroid cream during a loading screen, and the loading screen will be extended to ensure it plays the whole ad
I would be okay with cerveza cristal ads like they had in chile while airing star wars haha
Thanks Kojima
Oh yay, my Sim can watch real ads in-between in-game TV shows while listening to Katy Perry in Simlish, wearing their official Diesel clothes, and putting on their MAC makeup.
Can't wait to be blasted with a stuff pack full of vintage Pepsi-Cola™ merchandise next!