GHG
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[Business Insider] Microsoft is building an ad program that will let brands advertise in Xbox games
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Google have no future in gaming.
Knightime_X
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At least with games that have soda machines we will see MOUNTAIN DEW and not Rush Dew
nikolino840
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Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Gamepass getting all the good stuff.
What's next? Games being released in chapters like Netflix instead of full games?
What's next? Games being released in chapters like Netflix instead of full games?
prinz_valium
Member
You can pay to remove them.
Honestyl I don't mind if it fits the game.
Like Racing, Sports or a game like GTA.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
Will CP77 replace all the ingame ads with real ads? I hope they give them a cyberpunky look and feel.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
What does game pass have to do with this ?
It's only for free to play games, and it's not even a thing. Just a concept right now.
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Cert.in.Death
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Kilau
Member
I couldn’t get that to block YouTube ads and I
F them in the p****(any advertiser).
Unknown?
Member
Yeah that's because they're served on the same CDN or something so blocking them will block everything.I couldn’t get that to block YouTube ads and I
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
I feel like I'm experiencing deja vu. I could have swore Microsoft first broached such a concept back around the release of the Xbox One.
Edit: also I don't mind this. I viewed it as an inevitability in online games back when I first experienced PlayStation Home.
Edit: also I don't mind this. I viewed it as an inevitability in online games back when I first experienced PlayStation Home.
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Magic Carpet
Gold Member
Too bad the consoles have SSD thi k of all that ad space during load screens.
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
Very true.
The article explicitly states this is for FREE-TO-PLAY games. Nowhere does it mention anything to do with Game Pass. So how many times are these stupid trolls going to keep trying to tie this to Game Pass.
Regarding the actual topic: I don't play any ftp games so this won't affect me, but I don't think I'd object to replacing ads for fake products in games with real ads if it makes sense. It would be completely stupid and annoying in games like Halo, Fallout, RDR but for games in current times, I think that would be OK.
nominedomine
Banned
Great, more incentive for devs to shift from regular games to F2P garbage, quality be damned. The dream is to turn traditional game in the abomination that mobile game has become.And without Money for MS
As if the plan isn't to get a cut and leverage that later when devs start to rely on that system, same old MS.
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Frank Horrigan
Banned
No thanks.
Ad company spies on my gaming habits, against my wishes, that I can't stop, then sells the information to who the fuck knows, for who the fuck knows how much and then has the cheek to say it's a free to play game, when I am the product? lul no.
Ad company spies on my gaming habits, against my wishes, that I can't stop, then sells the information to who the fuck knows, for who the fuck knows how much and then has the cheek to say it's a free to play game, when I am the product? lul no.
SteelCurtain 59
Member
Personally, as long as they aren't stopping gameplay or taking up most of the screen I really couldn't care less, as long as the devs at least attempt to make it look like it fits within the game world
Grildon Tundy
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How do you even track the efficiency of in-game ads? Like, do you walk up to an in-game billboard and select it and it takes you to the website where you can purchase the product?
If there's no way to tie the sale back to the ad, how do you prove to your clients that the ad was effective?
If there's no way to tie the sale back to the ad, how do you prove to your clients that the ad was effective?
Dream-Knife
Banned
Didn't Sony patent something like this a few years ago?
Interactive dystopian tv ads:
www.fastcompany.com
Advertisements that halt gameplay:
Advertisements in VR headset:
www.ign.com
Interactive dystopian tv ads:
Sony Files Patent To Make TV Ads Into Video Games
The future of commercials is pickle-icious.
Advertisements that halt gameplay:
Advertisements in VR headset:
PSVR Patent Filed For Advertisements Displayed Within The Headset - IGN
A Sony patent details software that displays advertisements in the corners of your vision in PSVR when playing certain games or watching media.
Swift_Star
Banned
Honestly disgusting.
Swift_Star
Banned
This aged like fine milk.
Frank Horrigan
Banned
I'm guessing the same way they did with TV ads back in the day. There was no shopping link after the Volvo advert. It's all about how many people who played X game went and bought Y product.
JerryinSoCal
Member
I don't mind things like real product billboards in open world games or a real brand can or bottle being used as that just adds to the realism IMO but if it's something where you have to start watching ads in games between rounds or see them when you load up the game that's annoying AF.
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Craig of War
Banned
Frank Horrigan
Banned
How many people said that about Horse armor, Paid online, DLC keys, Cut and resold content, P2W mechanics, MTX, loot boxes, GAAS...
No slippery slope here. None. Zero.
Craig of War
Banned
I don't know as i don't care about any of them as they never affect me as i have never paid for no DLC or loot boxes in my life
same thing with this i won't care about it at all lol
Frank Horrigan
Banned
I'm in the same boat as you when it comes to never having paid for DLC or Loot Boxes. But let's not be naive and say it doesn't affect us, because it affects the games we play and the way that those games are released.
Craig of War
Banned
I can't say for anyone else but for me it won't affect at all cause ill just drop the game or won't even bother to try it
there are to many games for me to care ill just play what i want instead of worry bout these F2P games
polybius80
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I couldn’t get that to block YouTube ads and I
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This is already being done in games like Football Manager
clarky
Gold Member
Really? Not played that game in a very long time, but seems like a no brainer to me.
I know they said FTP games but this will make it into AAA stuff eventually, and to me a preferable alternative to MTX as long as its not at the cost of gameplay why not? Say GTAVI with real coke billboards and such or like someone else said billboards in forza, if you've got a million kids wizzing past your sign a day got to be more effective than one on the actual race track. Don't want ads just pay full price, DLC? ads around the new tracks, or buy the tracks. Not sure how you'd get them into COD though lol.
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Captain Toad
Banned
Lol, all the Xbox posters here are completely fine with this. Shocking. And I'm sure if it was PlayStation doing this, those same guys wouldn't have ANY issues with that either.
Watch this cause legality issues ten years from now where games are pulled down because of some copyright issues pertaining to ads found in the game.
Watch this cause legality issues ten years from now where games are pulled down because of some copyright issues pertaining to ads found in the game.
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Elder Legend
Banned
Good, more opportunities for me to make money and I am being serious. I do digital marketing as a freelancer on top of my other mainline of work.
DarkMage619
$MSFT
First off let's not act like if this was something Sony was doing this wouldn't be widely accepted by Sony fans. Fans of certain platforms accept pretty much whatever those platform owners do. Sony fans aren't rebelling against cloud saves being behind a paywall for instance despite it being free on another platform.
Secondly this tech is supposed to do dynamic ads so it is highly unlikely that there will be old ads locked into the game causing copyright issues. This isn't a big deal because it isn't a big deal. Ads are already in games and as long as the ads aren't intrusive who cares especially in F2P titles.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Captain Toad
I advertise for PlayStation. For free.
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PS. You're getting worked up over something which is a/ a concept at the moment and b/ only meant to target free to play games if it ever goes through. Relax.
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Grildon Tundy
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Good point. Back in the day, you couldn't be certain of exactly who saw the TV advert unless they happened to be one of the people with a Nielsen box. Now they could probably link someone's Microsoft account info to an eventual credit card purchase.
Google Is Secretly Monitoring Your Real-World Purchases, Too
The search giant has begun tracking consumer behavior through credit card purchases, but won’t say how its system works.
sachos
Member
I hope if they end up implementing this stuff they allow for an option to play offline and the "ad space" to render an offline default fake ad, otherwise that would mean real time ads in games = online only games. No thanks, imagine your 70 usd game having a ticking time bomb until the server goes down just so it can have even more ways to monetize your playtime.
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Chukhopops
Member
Didn't Sony patent something like this a few years ago?
Interactive dystopian tv ads:
Sony Files Patent To Make TV Ads Into Video Games
The future of commercials is pickle-icious.
Advertisements that halt gameplay:
Advertisements in VR headset:
PSVR Patent Filed For Advertisements Displayed Within The Headset - IGN
A Sony patent details software that displays advertisements in the corners of your vision in PSVR when playing certain games or watching media.
DarkMage619
$MSFT
Well I certainly hope a F2P title isn't $70.
Most if not all implementations have a cache or fallback of an ad
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Ads in games sound really gross. I hope they (or anybody else for that matter) aren't even thinking about it.
MTX, battle passes, P2W items, and now ads? Yuck.
MTX, battle passes, P2W items, and now ads? Yuck.
PropellerEar
Member
You seem more worked up.
I advertise for PlayStation. For free.
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PS. You're getting worked up over something which is a/ a concept at the moment and b/ only meant to target free to play games if it ever goes through. Relax.
How about bit of your own posting style.
I'll take your role....ChanApellersAdamDoog:
"There is nothing saying it will never be used in GamePass games.
Only you're saying that."
Am I doing this right?
