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Wipeout HD getting in-game ads!
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Zeliard said:
What if one day we start to see this instead?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7U83sponKY
SUPPORT IN-GAME ADS!!! :lol
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Shurs said:
There is no delay. That video is fake (rephrased: that video is not a meny bootup as stated by his "friend"). Please read the entire thread (or atleast a bit of it).
That said, as you and others stated, I don't mind ads that are part of the game. I hate ads that feel out of place. State Farm =! Wipeout, unless they expect us to get insurance to prevent crashes in the year 3000...
Visualante
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Take a bite from your sandwich.TTP said:
If it affects track reload time, if that's what the comparison was, then apologies to the vid creator...and that's crappy!
I'd prefer them to charge more for the game than to add ads that bring that behaviour with them (i.e. artificially extended reloads).
Hopefully this stays out of PAL land.
I'd prefer them to charge more for the game than to add ads that bring that behaviour with them (i.e. artificially extended reloads).
Hopefully this stays out of PAL land.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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-viper- said:
I bought Wipeout HD but I haven't bought Fury yet since I haven't finished HD to start playing the expansion.
I don't know whether I should be glad for not buying Fury or sad that lack of support led to this... ad... thingy.
But then again, it's been just a few weeks. I'm sure they had it planned all along. Guess I'll wait for Fury to pricedrop like crazy before I buy it.
Thanks Liverpool for making my decision easier!
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Haunted said:
If you mean that my tag doesn't link to an actual post, I've never known why. Damn those corporate idiots, though! Damn them to hell!
Shalashaska161
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There haven't been any ads for me yet playing up here in Canada. Most likely that this is a U.S. only experiment for now, and one that I hope Sony get's some backlash for. As much as I like Wipeout, the last thing I need is annoying ads in my games.
Visualante
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Read the OPgofreak said:
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lawl, people actually support this? This is annoying, timed, interstitial advertising in a product you paid for - not some free streaming TV show online. Well, enjoy your AIDS, er, ads.
Mardil said:
Twenty bucks plus, if you picked it up, the ten dollar expansion.
Regardless, I agree. The game is beautiful and clearly cost more to develop than a lot of downloadable fare. And if in-game ads are part of your financing plan, great. But that's not what happened here - people have shelled out $20-$30 on a game only to have ads pop up out of nowhere.
Whether they impact load times or not, there's something that screams "cash grab" when something that was selling for a premium price that also had an expansion that was priced similarly suddenly gets ads out of the blue.
And it doesn't help that it's just the one ad. Over. And Over. And Over. If I have to see Ben Franklin flying around again I'm going to go nuts.
Slavik81 said:
No, I have the ads and I have yet to purchase the expansion. It's in an update.
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TTP said:
That's really all they need to do. Alternately, just put up a "press X to continue" prompt when the track is loaded and allow us to skip the rest of the ad.
Not a big deal. In-game advertising is fine (for some games), but there are acceptable ways to do it, and this isn't one of them.
jiji said:
They do? I've seen just a couple of mildly supportive posts here about this, and a handful more that could possibly be considered 'neutral'. Amidst an avalanche of negative opinion on it. And that's when people thought the youtube comparison was fake...
I think 'people' don't support this.
Slavik81 said:
I don't think it's exclusive to Fury, but most will probably see them in that fashion since Fury is getting people back into Wipeout HD.
Probably the single saddest part about this is that Fury represents one of the best value deals in a gen that's been rife with DLC nickel-and-dime whoring.
Zeliard said:
That is true, but personally I'd prefer to pay more upfront than to have the ads.
I'd have paid $5 more or perhaps more still if it kept these ads out. $9.99 was less than expected.
But maybe this was part of the package that would 'let' Sony sell it at this price. I suppose if things seem too good to be true...
neverknowsbest
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Like watching the ad takes up so much of your precious time? It's during the loading screen. It's the principle, you say? Well, how about, Studio Liverpool released the best futuristic racing game of this generation for $20, then released an add-on that doubled the content for $10. Stop being stupid. This shit isn't free.
Rapping Granny
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drizzle said:
Just like Xbox Live.
I can't say I support this, but at least it's a smaller developer like Studio Liverpool doing this. SCE owns them now but still. If it helps them make some more cash to justify making great games that don't necessarily sell as well they probably should, I'm fine with it. Still sucks though.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Rapping Granny said:
Pretty much.
neverknowsbest said:
Living up to your username, eh? You'll make your father proud.
Last time I checked, XBox Live didn't prevent me from playing a game that's already loaded into memory, just so I could check those ads before actually playing.Rapping Granny said:
This is not Microsoft vs Sony thread, don't turn it into one.
It's about In-Game advertisements done wrong. And this is clearly such an example.
FishSquared
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I hope this doesn't become the norm...
chubigans said:
It's not sketchy at all. The loading in HD with the new patch has been reduced... well... reduced if you don't get the in-game ads loading screen. In which case your load slows for about 10 seconds extra so you can see the stupid ad for the umpteenth time while loading your track.
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neverknowsbest said:
Hey, if you don't mind giving up a few seconds of your not-so-precious time, then how about hearing a couple of radio ads before your car will start? How about some ads in between songs on your MP3 player? It's a small price to pay for the privelege of driving or having portable music.
Tyree said:
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(Well that and poor content)
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Now look, if you want to put ads in your game and try to sell it to me, then fine, I just won't buy it if it's done in poor taste (and I'm very anal about in game ads).
Have optional extras with commersials in it? Fine by me, see above but swich out buy with download.
Cramming ads up my ass after the fact? Why no, no I do not approve at all. And by that I mean I won't buy another one of your games untill I'm sure that you won't do something equally dumb and potentially immersion killing again.
Rapping Granny
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drizzle said:
How is it preventing you from playing the game, it's an ad during the loading screen.
And do you even have the fucking game?
RedNumberFive
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Anyone defending this is part of the problem. If you think that it's going to end here, you're mistaken. The more that we as a collective put up with it, the more developers and publishers are going to push it on us. Studio Liverpool already got money from me for the base game, as well as Fury, there should be no reason they need to make more money off of me.