There's been a lot of hub-bub lately about advertising in video games, culminating last week with EA announcing that the names of some of the achievements in NCAA 2008 will be sponsored by different companies. There seems to be several opinions about the issue, and I'm curious how the CAG community feels about it.
The first choice is "Ads don't bother me", which is exactly what it sounds like. You don't care if the achievement is sponsored by a company, or if there are dynamic billboards in a racing game, or if Sam Fisher uses a Panasonic cell phone.
The second choice is "Ads wouldn't bother me, if the game costs less". This is the opinion of Wombat (and I think CheapyD). People in this group think that if a company is going to sell ad space in a video game, the game should cost less to purchase.
The last choice, "No ads. Not now. Not ever." means that you're completely opposed to the vaguest suggestion of an advertisement in a video game, and will possibly boycott any game that has ads in it.
I do not have an option for "Ads don't bother me as long as they don't screw up the gameplay" because that seems kinda obvious to me. If a developer requires you to stop playing for 5 minutes every hour to watch a commercial, then that's a serious problem and I tihnk we'd all be opposed to it.
The first choice is "Ads don't bother me", which is exactly what it sounds like. You don't care if the achievement is sponsored by a company, or if there are dynamic billboards in a racing game, or if Sam Fisher uses a Panasonic cell phone.
The second choice is "Ads wouldn't bother me, if the game costs less". This is the opinion of Wombat (and I think CheapyD). People in this group think that if a company is going to sell ad space in a video game, the game should cost less to purchase.
The last choice, "No ads. Not now. Not ever." means that you're completely opposed to the vaguest suggestion of an advertisement in a video game, and will possibly boycott any game that has ads in it.
I do not have an option for "Ads don't bother me as long as they don't screw up the gameplay" because that seems kinda obvious to me. If a developer requires you to stop playing for 5 minutes every hour to watch a commercial, then that's a serious problem and I tihnk we'd all be opposed to it.