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Indigno · Dec 7th, 2006, 9:28 PM

Recently, there has been some controversy regarding advertising in video games. People say that the video game industry is "selling out". They say that it destroys the feel of the video game by having brand names in a game. It's so unrealistic to have a billboard with a big coke logo on it in the background.

BULL. If anything, moderate advertising makes a game more realistic. Advertising is everywhere, and having familiar logos around in moderation actually makes it more realistic. Besides that, when a company is paid to have a big Target poster in the background, it means that THE GAME WILL BE CHEAPER. How do you think cable and radio pays for itself? Certainly not from the meager cable bill. No. Their money comes in from the million dollar commercial ads. It makes everything cheaper. If we had to pay per channel or per show, we would be shelling out a fortune. But because we allow the evil corporate giants to brainwash us with their sinister plot to get us to buy their product, it makes the product we wanted in the first place cheaper!!!

Dec 7th, 2006, 9:28 PM	#1
Indigno Professional Programmer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Anywhere non-productive Posts: 267 Rep Power: 0	Advertising Recently, there has been some controversy regarding advertising in video games. People say that the video game industry is "selling out". They say that it destroys the feel of the video game by having brand names in a game. It's so unrealistic to have a billboard with a big coke logo on it in the background. BULL. If anything, moderate advertising makes a game more realistic. Advertising is everywhere, and having familiar logos around in moderation actually makes it more realistic. Besides that, when a company is paid to have a big Target poster in the background, it means that THE GAME WILL BE CHEAPER. How do you think cable and radio pays for itself? Certainly not from the meager cable bill. No. Their money comes in from the million dollar commercial ads. It makes everything cheaper. If we had to pay per channel or per show, we would be shelling out a fortune. But because we allow the evil corporate giants to brainwash us with their sinister plot to get us to buy their product, it makes the product we wanted in the first place cheaper!!! __________________ Perhaps I should have a sticky topic for all of the times I "return" to this forum instead of a new one every time.