ProgenitorCastle
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HOLY SHIT LMAO IT DOESN'T GET MORE BLANTANT THAN THAT I BELIEVE!!!!
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Most Shameless Product Placement in Games
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HOLY SHIT LMAO IT DOESN'T GET MORE BLANTANT THAN THAT I BELIEVE!!!!
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ShadowSoldier89
Member
the worst I've ever seen is definitely cup noodles. At least the Coleman chairs were just there. Never in your face and never really feeling out of place.
Cup noodles has gladiolus straight up spilling out an advertisement speech completely undisguised as a side quest.
Havent played alan wake, but that verizon one seems really bad too.
Cup noodles has gladiolus straight up spilling out an advertisement speech completely undisguised as a side quest.
Havent played alan wake, but that verizon one seems really bad too.
BR joke was clever tho
ShadowElliot
Banned
I don't drive the the German cars in Mario Kart because I'm Jewish and it's one of those unwritten rules.
By the way, Pikmin 2 was all about this:
Playing Pikmin 2 and seeing all of these, it's much darker than you think.
SoulUnison
Banned
I don't have a screenshot, but right now in the Nintendo Badge Arcade you can pay to play to "earn" decorations that are literally just little digital stickers that are pictures of Amiibo in their packaging.
It's like the above Splatoon example, except you decorate your Home screen with them.
Thanks, Nintendo!
It's like the above Splatoon example, except you decorate your Home screen with them.
Thanks, Nintendo!
CloudStrife_ca
Member
The NHL games are a good example of advertising in a game, they're not pointless as they appear that way in-game but with all the advertising money that goes into it, why are we paying $79.99 (CND) for a yearly franchise with just a new coat of paint each year?! or returned features from the year prior that were stripped down...
hydrophilic attack
Member
Philanthr0py
Neo Member
I came here to post EXACTLY this.
Dude, there is one mission where gladioulus wants to eat some Cup Noodle with eggs from a rare bird, the crew climbs a friggin mountain, and get the egg just to see a quasi comercial for the noodles
I too think that they are out of place, but at least they had the enough insanity to justify its presence
Grettir_the_Swole
Member
Holy shit I forgot all about this game. I have to find a copy of this somewhere, I MUST TASTE THE PAINBOW.
actthafool
Member
Jangowuzhere
Banned
Except it wasn't.
They took a shot at the user having to swap discs back in MGS1, and now you don't have to do that. Instead...you must wait 10-15 mins. to install each act before you can play it.
Stupid joke that lacks self-awareness.
The game still had stuff like the ipod and playboy at release right? They might have patched in more adverts after the fact, but the ones that were there at launch were still pretty in your face.
Fabtacular
Member
ceiling car
It's a game about driving really cool real-life cars.
I literally can't think of a more tonally appropriate co-marketing deal than that.
Fbh
Member
Alan Wake's batteries and the "Can you hear me now ?" plug
It was also really dumb.
Yeah, let's promote out batteries in this game where you are constantly running out of batteries and they die after powering a flashlight for a few minutes !!!
At least cup noodles look good on FF XV
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Huh. I finished the SP on this game and did not notice any of these. Are these just in MP ? or are they the kind of ad's which only populate when you're connected online .. like some other games do.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
So many of Sega's arcade games used to either have Pepsi or Coca Cola in them. Loved it.
Also Crackdown's billboards were set up for advertising. One time they were Cloverfield posters.
Also Crackdown's billboards were set up for advertising. One time they were Cloverfield posters.
It's just an empty box until you actually use an amiibo though
Because nobody goes to Subway.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
First thing that came to mind. I remember being put off by it when I was a kid thinking it just seemed weird to have something from real life in it.Zool had some fucking RIDICULOUS Chupa Chups placement...
But that is done in reverse too the Squid Sisters had a hologram performance irl lol.
So Amiibo done in reverse
coming alive from the game instead irl from a toy.But yeah that one is very obvious.
"Something dawned on me when I was on my own - any food you make tastes better when you use good ingredients right?
Then if you take something already delicious like Cup Noodle and add in the finest, freshest ingredients, what do you get? The ultimate flavor experience!
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You know something? Going through all that trouble to make our own custom cup, it's made me appreciate Cup Noodles even more.
Ignis: Perhaps we truly can't improve upon perfection.
Gladio: It's not about finding the single best ingredient. It's about crafting that perfect blend of meat, egg and shrimp. that harmony of flavours is key.
Prompto: Yeah, you're right. Make you appreciate how delicious these noodle really are
Noctis: I know I sure do."
Then if you take something already delicious like Cup Noodle and add in the finest, freshest ingredients, what do you get? The ultimate flavor experience!
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You know something? Going through all that trouble to make our own custom cup, it's made me appreciate Cup Noodles even more.
Ignis: Perhaps we truly can't improve upon perfection.
Gladio: It's not about finding the single best ingredient. It's about crafting that perfect blend of meat, egg and shrimp. that harmony of flavours is key.
Prompto: Yeah, you're right. Make you appreciate how delicious these noodle really are
Noctis: I know I sure do."
That joke is lost when the game takes 5 minutes to install shit when it's 100 times faster to switch discs.
Betta Lines
Member
Came to post this. Wasn't just Airwaves either:Splinter Cell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSr7gFkzQHw
Is Ebony a brand? I thought it's just what they called all coffee.
Alan Wake has already been mentioned a lot of times but I didn't see anyone explicitly mention The Signal, the DLC chapter where Alan has to use fucking VZ Navigator to figure out where to go:
It's like if Uncharted had a scene where Nate had to use a Blackberry Passport to solve a puzzle.
Quantum Break did this shit too. Every computer was a Surface, every person had a Windows Phone, and every car was a Nissan. Super jarring. There's a way to do product placement in a way that's semi-tasteful, but Remedy definitely hasn't figured it out.
It's like if Uncharted had a scene where Nate had to use a Blackberry Passport to solve a puzzle.
Quantum Break did this shit too. Every computer was a Surface, every person had a Windows Phone, and every car was a Nissan. Super jarring. There's a way to do product placement in a way that's semi-tasteful, but Remedy definitely hasn't figured it out.
Family Fry
Member
Pushover
Crazy Taxi with KFC and Pizza Hut.
Crazy Taxi with KFC and Pizza Hut.
BouncyFrag
Member
Now I've got a hankering for Cup Noodles and Mountain Dew.
anyone care to give some context and post what the actual product is? Or am I missing something?
Gangster Bastard
Member
The original:
Though I'm not sure if this classifies as product placement or just an ad.
Though I'm not sure if this classifies as product placement or just an ad.
JigglesBunny
Banned
This was all in single player. I actually vividly remember the opening sequence involving being in a flipped bus as an army of soldiers chase you into the kitchen of a White Castle which you have to defend.
There was egregious stuff in there, lol.
It's an action RPG where you use Skittles to cast spells. Yes, those Skittles. The "Taste the Rainbow" Skittles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkened_Skye
The Wikipedia article is worth reading, because it has tidbits like this:
Ultimately, it sounds like Simon and Schuster weren't happy with the Skittles branding, so they hid mentions of it in the marketing. It's super bizzare.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
You are powered by skittles or some shit
Read the top left
MaximusPayne
Member
ceiling car
??? why it's a racing game
I would find these and think, yep....they would be in this locker/vent grate/bathroom stall. I mean Snake didn't go sneaking under anyone's bed, or did he
Family Fry
Member
I believe you had to collect magic skittles and was part of the taste the rainbow campaign.
PshycoNinja
Member
Ebony was originally what FFXV's engine was called so it was an inside reference to the old engine. After it was put into the game (it was a fake brand) they found out that some obscure brand called themselves Ebony Coffee. They were allowed to keep it in the game as is.
People keep posting Cup Noodles photos from a joke commercial instead of what is actually in the game. But I agree. I'd rather it not be in the game. But I am glad they went tongue and cheek with the quest than going completely serious with the quest.
Edit:
My answer is MGS4 as Apple clearly payed a great deal to get iPod and Apple products in a multitude in scenes. I'll never forget that one cutscene where everything went in slo-mo and as the scene was framed on Ottacon a macbook slowly came into frame and took up the entire frame. Lol.
well the image is really tiny, and I already read that line.
"Tomb Raider style adventure with Magic"
Still dont see how that conveys Skittles though....?
Thanks everyone else for the info. Pretty funny
I don't drive the the German cars in Mario Kart because I'm Jewish and it's one of those unwritten rules.
By the way, Pikmin 2 was all about this:
This one is just a cute reference. Not like they are trying to push Nintendo rewritable disks at that point.