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[ATXAlchemy]

CTRL+F = Pepsi

 

[kitschbeam]

 

[ArchedThunder]

Soon!

Square better hurry the fuck up! Human Revolution takes place in 2027 and we currently have 14 numbered Final Fantasy titles released, that means they have 12 years to release 13 numbered Final Fantasy games.

 

[Revolutionary]

Playboy in Mafia 2 and Dead Rising 2
No pics for obvious reasons

 

[son of a Sven]

Mountain Dew in Jet Moto:

Who's gonna look at the ad though?

 

[Revolutionary]

Who's gonna look at the ad though?

Mountain Dew was one of the teams you can select. Butterfinger as well.

 

[GungriffonEX]

Shenmue

 

[Compsiox]

Shenmue

Get ur coke flavored cylinders today!

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Is there even a Levi's store in real life? Also, I got this on Steam and without KFC and The Offspring, something just feels off.

You can mod the music back in at least.

 

[Noobcraft]

More easter egg than Product placement but this is in Halo ODST.

I couldn't find a picture but I remember the original NFS Most Wanted being filled with Burger King advertisements.

 

[Dash Kappei]

I wish Pikmin 3 had stuck with the real-life products as well instead of just the fruit

 

[Treechopper]

SSX 3 had advertisements for Honda on the billboards. Even had some Honda Elements at the finish lines. Couldn't find a decently size picture :/

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

PowerAde in Enter the Matrix. I beat this game for some reason.

http://i.imgur.com/xuRYwjG.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

Hey I liked that game, played through it too.

 

[androvsky]

Surprised no one's mentioned the bars in the Yakuza games. They're filled with alcohol from all over the world that's been licensed by Suntory, and the bartender will give a nice description of each one when you order it.

 

[Teggy]

Bawls in Run Like Hell

Peng in Dead Space

Spoiler

 

[MrCunningham]

CTRL+F = Pepsi

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

I would say, I quite enjoy product placement where it makes sense or is tastefully done to make the world more "real".

 

[MrCunningham]

it's the best

Alan Wake loves his Energizer batteries and Verizon phones.

 

[The Argus]

Any real product in a video game is instantly a product placement in my eyes. There's actually very few TV shows and movies that use real products only because they're set in our reality (Sopranos comes to mind), but every thing else is reads as just an ad.

 

[Syriel]

Is there even a Levi's store in real life? Also, I got this on Steam and without KFC and The Offspring, something just feels off.

There is a Levi's store in SF.

 

[Solaire of Astora]

Actual product tastes terrible though.

Spoiler it tastes like chalky garbage

Liars. The chocolate one is nice. I always have a protein shake and a calorie mate after the gym.

 

[Lijik]

You fight the man in Shaun White Skateboarding by transforming propaganda into ads for Stride gum:

you can also deck your skater in wendys sponsored clothes and gear to REALLY stick it to the man

 

[Shiggy]

A can of fish in Pikmin 2:

Does that brand even exist outside of Germany?

 

[jobrro]

Already said but the Pizza Hut, KFC, Levi's and Tower Records in Crazy Taxi all seemed pretty cool and novel to me at the time.

 

[Sixfortyfive]

Yours shows how big the presence was though. Like overkill.

Not that it wasn't all over the final game, but that particular pic is a pre-release shot. That stage's aesthetics are completely different.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Isn't there a scene in Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory where he pauses to eat some Airwaves chewing gum?

EDIT - should have read above first.

 

[adamsapple]

Binary Domain has some, not nearly as much as Yakuza .., but some.

 

[Spieler Eins]

A can of fish in Pikmin 2:

Does that brand even exist outside of Germany?

Apparently they also have Haribo in Japan.

 

[Zertez]

There is a Levi's store in SF.

There is a Levi's store in Houston as well. I was in there at Christmas time.

 

[Shiggy]

Apparently they also have Haribo in Japan.

Just saw that the branded stuff is different in the three regions. Only the PAL version has Haribo and Hawesta?

 

[Jintor]

always enjoyed that little joke

 

[Frologic]

Alan Wake loves his Energizer batteries and Verizon phones.

iirc, you have to watch a verizon ad to get one of the achievements

 

[UnluckyKate]

From Splinter Cell to R6 Vegas (shoot the can to play a little infomercial)

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

You fight the man in Shaun White Skateboarding by transforming propaganda into ads for Stride gum:

you can also deck your skater in wendys sponsored clothes and gear to REALLY stick it to the man

WOW

Wanna know something funny? Sega paid the Brands to use their likenesses in the game, not the other way around.

Now that is funny. I imagine SEGA thought the realism/familiarity added to the gameplay? Recognizing landmarks is useful in CT after all..

 

[Ladekabel]

Don't know if memory serves right and I can't find any pics atm, but in Splinter Cell: Conviction are two billboards with product placements. One was for an electric shaver from Philips and the other one was for Internet Explorer. I believe they were in the fair level.

 

[hobblygobbly]

I saw other Alan Wake mentions but haven't seen the one with the Verizon advert that plays on the TV.

Video

It destroys the atmosphere.

 

[FlyingSaucer]

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Spoiler

Roen clothes/shoes/accessories.

 

[retroman]

Here's an old one:

 

[Paradise Brunch]

When I was in Japan, I saw CalorieMate and was like "holy shit its the health item from MGS3! I need to try that!"

Spoiler it tastes like chalky garbage

They even have codec conversation dedicated for calorie mate.

Also

 

[Casimir]

Couldn't they be interacted with too? I think that's cool but I don't know how I feel about that lol.

In MGS4 the iPod would play music, some of which would change aspects of the game.

 

[Son Of D]

Devil May Cry 2 has unlockable costumes from Diesel (as in the clothing brand).

Also Tony Hawk Ride has the tutorials and some cutscenes take place as if they were being watched on a T Mobile Sidekick.

 

[Tiu Neo]

Wasn't Cool Spot a big advertisement for 7up?

Can't find images now, I'm at work, but I'm pretty sure it was.

 

[hodgy100]

Here's an old one:

and another gremlin game...
Zool

Wasn't Cool Spot a big advertisement for 7up?

Can't find images now, I'm at work, but I'm pretty sure it was.

Yeah 7-up. It wasn't as in your face as a lot of these examples though.

 

[UrbanRats]

Heineken in Dark Souls 2:

 

[PayOffWizard]

Im surprised that this atrocity hasn't been posted yet

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Spoiler

Roen clothes/shoes/accessories.

I really hate these character designs.

 

[TheMan]

I remember being excited to see Mountain Dew branding in jet moto- felt like people were starting to take gaming more seriously as a mainstream pass time.

 

[nkarafo]

Spoiler

Roen clothes/shoes/accessories.

Oh.

So this game IS a fashion show.

And they called me cynical.