Good point, well i'm certainly not getting any nintendo crap so... Well, looks like i'll just have to find something better to do.Crono1973 said:
Sony Could Interrupt Your Games With Ads
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If prices become almost negligible for games and the commercials are, say, during genuine loading screens that's okay I guess. But stopping the experience so companies can plug their rubbish, no way!
So, because this is going to be built into the hardware it seems like there will be no mitigating factors as to when the adverts will actually appear? Looks like a whole new multiplayer experience is inbound...hey man you lagging? Nah, it's a goddamn advert...
If they actually do put an advertisement for some shitty product in while i'm zooming down my sniper scope aligning that perfect shot when suddenly the screen goes black and some cleaning product pops up screaming 'BUY ME!! NAOW!!' - What will happen is I'll rage at Sony, I'll rage at the game for doing this (even though it's not its fault)and I'll most definitively rage at the add, vowing I'll never buy that piece of crap that thought it was so important to annoy the hell out of me while I'm having fun. Come on, you don't put adds right inside an action scene from a good movie do you? Bruce Willis going 'Yippie Ka Y--" BUY THIS ORANGE SODA! IT HAS 0% SUGAR!!!" "yeeee mother fucker"
Yeah, I don't see this happening.
Yeah, I don't see this happening.
Just because they have a patent doesn't mean that they are going to implement it any time soon.
They have filed plenty of patents over the past years, only a portion of which has been implemented.
Looking on the bright side of life, I believe that this system will be used in free to play content on the PSN, like with apps on the Android platform for example;
You have a paid and free version, the free version has ads but the paid doesn't.
This would certainly be a good move for Sony, as proven with android, a lot of revenue can be generated if you offer games for free with ads in them!
They have filed plenty of patents over the past years, only a portion of which has been implemented.
Looking on the bright side of life, I believe that this system will be used in free to play content on the PSN, like with apps on the Android platform for example;
You have a paid and free version, the free version has ads but the paid doesn't.
This would certainly be a good move for Sony, as proven with android, a lot of revenue can be generated if you offer games for free with ads in them!
The only in-game advertising I'm willing to put up with is when they stick a billboard up somewhere or a radio ad plays in-game. That I can deal with. But actively stopping me from playing? Aw hell naw.
yeah, as others have said i can stand some product placement or even a add before...but during a game, no that's not where you put an add if you want me to buy your product.
interrupting a game i am currently playing for an add will get me to start a list of companies and products to never buy and write an email to in the hopes they will pull their add so i have fewer interruptions
interrupting a game i am currently playing for an add will get me to start a list of companies and products to never buy and write an email to in the hopes they will pull their add so i have fewer interruptions
Because someone can't own more than one console? Or not be a rabid fanboy/girl?Syzygy23 said:
There's this thing people do, it might blow your mind, but see... most people don't shit all over things they don't own. Amazing, right?
You crack me up.
If this technology is implemented during the next generation of consoles then we will probably see it being offered in the form of a cheaper console, which is partly subsidized by advertising revenue alongside the offering of a premium product sans-advertising. It could also be used to generate revenue in lieu of paying for a subscription service like the Playstation Network or Microsoft Live.
This might be overly optimistic but they might have learned from their past mistakes with the launch of the PS3. Generating ad revenue from an advertising-enabled Playstation 4 variant might allow gamers who would have otherwise been priced out of the market to enjoy the new generation of console that much sooner then their financial circumstances would've allowed them to do in past console generations. All they'd need to ensure is a good solid starting line-up which would hook consumers into buying the ad-enabled PS4 early in the console's life cycle rather than wait it out as usual and buy in when the price drops a couple of years in.
All pure baseless speculation of course.
This might be overly optimistic but they might have learned from their past mistakes with the launch of the PS3. Generating ad revenue from an advertising-enabled Playstation 4 variant might allow gamers who would have otherwise been priced out of the market to enjoy the new generation of console that much sooner then their financial circumstances would've allowed them to do in past console generations. All they'd need to ensure is a good solid starting line-up which would hook consumers into buying the ad-enabled PS4 early in the console's life cycle rather than wait it out as usual and buy in when the price drops a couple of years in.
All pure baseless speculation of course.