Ads in exchange for no load times and cheaper games in next gen consoles?

Nah.

Also non Nintendo games are cheap now.... you just don't have to buy them at launch. Almost every AAA $60 release is down to $30 (at least during sales) within the first 6 months and then they just keep dropping lower and lower. Several games that haven't even been out for a year (like Metro Exodus, DMC5, Days Gone) were down to $20 on PSN recently.

And if you switch to PC things get even cheaper between third party key sellers like CDkeys or stores that offer regional pricing depending on where you live (not sure about Africa though I wouldn't be surprised if you get similar prices than here in south america). Like I just bought Jedi Fallen Order for $18.... and that thing came out last month. Or I can go preorder Cyberpunk 2077 right now on GOG for $47
 
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nowhat said:
So... pretty much everyone on this thread thus far (and I doubt if you'd run a poll elsewhere the results would be different) is in the "hell no"-camp. Yet you maintain everyone is onboard, but can't admit it because of... porn?

Have you considered a career in politics? You seem to have a knack for making wildly inaccurate statements, but standing behind them because of very dubious reasons, I think you're a natural.
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They all say that in the end if they advertised gta6 tomorrow for 15$ plus ads 90 percent of people will buy it and 10 percent will buy it for 70$, denial is human nature.... Think twice
 
DrNeroCF said:
Not really sure what you're replying to. A developer would make maybe 2 bucks extra for putting ads in the game, they're not going to discount you 65-95 bucks for a 2 dollar return at most. And that's only in a country with good ad rates. Then they would have to deal with the bad reviews and PR that would come from that.

I'm not complaining that I don't want ads in my games, I'm saying it makes absolutely no financial sense for publishers.

The only version of this that does make sense is putting ads for newer games in a series in older games, which I've seen a few times. That's about as targeted of advertising as it gets. And if you're still playing the older game, you've probably already gotten your money's worth out of it, so you're not going to get a discount at that point. Offering a customer loyalty discount would be interesting, though.
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Selling a game that costs 100$ for 15$ would sell more copies if it and if ads only add 2$ there would be free mobile games that make millions. Facebook wont make billions and youtube wouldnt have made billions and youtubers billions ads make money and if that means i can play gta6 for peanuts then im in
 
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Fbh said:
Nah.

Also non Nintendo games are cheap now.... you just don't have to buy them at launch. Almost every AAA $60 release is down to $30 (at least during sales) within the first 6 months and then they just keep dropping lower and lower. Several games that haven't even been out for a year (like Metro Exodus, DMC5, Days Gone) were down to $20 on PSN recently.

And if you switch to PC things get even cheaper between third party key sellers like CDkeys or stores that offer regional pricing depending on where you live (not sure about Africa though I wouldn't be surprised if you get similar prices than here in south america). Like I just bought Jedi Fallen Order for $18.... and that thing came out last month. Or I can go preorder Cyberpunk 2077 right now on GOG for $47
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Waiting 6 months to play a game is stupider than watching a 5 second ad on a game u bought for 15$ that costed 70$ no matter how u look at it u might die before 6 months n wont even play that game, the backlash people are displaying is ridiculous if u waited 3 minutes on loadscreens before why not 5seconds for an ad whats so alarming here?
 
Shangounchained said:
Ok so i got an idea what if you can play most next gen games for less than half the price say 15-20$ for a 70$ game but the catch is youd have to watch ads as load screens or in game menus or checkpoints!

Im saying this because games are too expensive now dont know much about europe but growing up in africa everybody loved the ps2 because it could easily be moded and play pirated discs and this is really what pushed the sales of the ps2 and pcs, not going to lie gamepass is a hero going forward aswell fact of the matter expensive entertainment doesnt sell.
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.[hypothetical's aside] ... ads aren't worth $30 per view, let alone $1 .. that's not the scale they work on.
 
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No, it's just me.

They all say that in the end if they advertised gta6 tomorrow for 15$ plus ads 90 percent of people will buy it and 10 percent will buy it for 70$, denial is human nature.... Think twice
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You are aware how much (or how little, rather) for example mobile games make from ads? They may be plentiful, but the revenue is negligible. Which is why MTX is the main game in that space, even if ads exist. If you're looking to go from $15 to $70 with ads in terms of revenue for the publisher, you will either be bombarded with ads constantly (forget about only loading screens, you will be watching them constantly) or have the games filled to the brim with predatory MTXs (this is already the case with some games today, yet they're full price). But either option, you can count me out.
 
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.[hypothetical's aside] ... ads aren't worth $30 per view, let alone $1 .. that's not the scale they work on.
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Yeah but for 15$ youll sell millions of copies more and youll have millions playing your game the economies work and uts why facebook youtube n such are still existing.
 
nowhat said:
No, it's just me.


You are aware how much (or how little, rather) for example mobile games make from ads? They may be plentiful, but the revenue is negligible. Which is why MTX is the main game in that space, even if ads exist. If you're looking to go from $15 to $70 with ads in terms of revenue for the publisher, you will either be bombarded with ads constantly (forget about only loading screens, you will be watching them constantly) or have the games filled to the brim with predatory MTXs (this is already the case with some games today, yet they're full price). But either option, you can count me out.
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15$ is my idea they could make it 20-30$ but all in all ill rather pay half or less of the price to watch 5 second ads for loadscreens that spend 70-100$ i dont know whats alarming here ive waited 5-10 minutes before and were already waiting on loadscreens as we speak
 
would you kindly fuck off with shitideas like that?
have a lil bit selfworth/-respect.
getting your brain scrambled by ads, just so you can get something cheaper is just sad.
(spoken by a poor person btw.)

and just so you know, if they add a system like that, loadingtimes will become longer. the fun little L-Ads will also be used.

you only think about your short benefit, not how it messes everything up in the long run for everyone (and yourself).

worst of it all, people try to tell you and you just ignore them because you think you are smarter than everyone.
well, its your world, i just live in it.
 
Shangounchained said:
Ok so i got an idea what if you can play most next gen games for less than half the price say 15-20$ for a 70$ game but the catch is youd have to watch ads as load screens or in game menus or checkpoints!

Im saying this because games are too expensive now dont know much about europe but growing up in africa everybody loved the ps2 because it could easily be moded and play pirated discs and this is really what pushed the sales of the ps2 and pcs, not going to lie gamepass is a hero going forward aswell fact of the matter expensive entertainment doesnt sell.
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Are you a terrorist?
 
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Selling a game that costs 100$ for 15$ would sell more copies if it and if ads only add 2$ there would be free mobile games that make millions. Facebook wont make billions and youtube wouldnt have made billions and youtubers billions ads make money and if that means i can play gta6 for peanuts then im in
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Why does your game price keep on going up, most games cost around $60 not $70 like you posted but now games are going to cost $100?
Who says they would cost $15 with Ads anyway.
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Honestly as much ad i hate ads but im used to watching empty loadscreens if i can buy a gta6 or god of war for 15$ plus 5 second ads then im in
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Can you explain to me how a 5 second ad would work on a game that basically had no loading screens like god of war.
Oh yeah you didn't mention that do you .
How do you get the starting $15 dollar price point anyway? That's like 75% off regular retail price , your in fantasy land and by this point just trolling us on.
 
Rhaknam said:
You sound like the one who is in denial. Everyone doesn't like the idea, they hate it.
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Its mob psychology they dont hate it they just follow the mob and hate it, its like that girl in high school who tells everyone how she hates u only to find out she cant sleep without seeing u.
 
This is one of the worst ideas i've seen when it comes to gaming.

OP, you should be ashamed of yourself. Do you think that letting stuff like that happen, it would stop with only those cheap versions? It's like you dont know how this industry works. Just look at what happened to microtransactions. Sure, paying for some cheap extra content seemed fine at the start, because it was obivious it was things made after the game was launched, and now see how it progressed. Cut content to sell later, content in the disk but that you had to pay to unlock, etc....

Please, go away with these ideas.
 
DESTROYA said:
Why does your game price keep on going up, most games cost around $60 not $70 like you posted but now games are going to cost $100?
Who says they would cost $15 with Ads anyway.

Can you explain to me how a 5 second ad would work on a game that basically had no loading screens like god of war.
Oh yeah you didn't mention that do you .
How do you get the starting $15 dollar price point anyway? That's like 75% off regular retail price , your in fantasy land and by this point just trolling us on.
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Brav its an opinion were not in the middle east warzone here so calm ur tits, i said for most games and its optional nobody is forcing you to buy any game at 15$ with ads u can still pay ur full price without ads, im giving a scenario whereby u buy a god of war for 15$ plus ads, yes there wont be no load screens on nextgen and its precisselly why i said ads for loadscreens!
 
Games that currently have ads still have microtransactions. And often also still cost full price. Ads aren't an alternative revenue stream when they exist, they are an additional revenue stream.
 
Quezacolt said:
This is one of the worst ideas i've seen when it comes to gaming.

OP, you should be ashamed of yourself. Do you think that letting stuff like that happen, it would stop with only those cheap versions? It's like you dont know how this industry works. Just look at what happened to microtransactions. Sure, paying for some cheap extra content seemed fine at the start, because it was obivious it was things made after the game was launched, and now see how it progressed. Cut content to sell later, content in the disk but that you had to pay to unlock, etc....

Please, go away with these ideas.
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Spending 1000$ or more on microtransactions is a sin and its nit what im aiming at here all im saying is ads in exchange of loadscreens for buying a cheaper version of the game nothing further than that, n without ads the mobile phone marlet wouldnt be the top seller its free to play games with ads that have made mobile phones the top
 
Shangounchained said:
Selling a game that costs 100$ for 15$ would sell more copies if it and if ads only add 2$ there would be free mobile games that make millions. Facebook wont make billions and youtube wouldnt have made billions and youtubers billions ads make money and if that means i can play gta6 for peanuts then im in
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FFS....

Go find a publisher that can make that deal THEN comeback and make your argument.

Fuck I want to tear my eyeballs out.
 
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Brav its an opinion were not in the middle east warzone here so calm ur tits, i said for most games and its optional nobody is forcing you to buy any game at 15$ with ads u can still pay ur full price without ads, im giving a scenario whereby u buy a god of war for 15$ plus ads, yes there wont be no load screens on nextgen and its precisselly why i said ads for loadscreens!
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Trust me I'm probably the most calm person you've never met but your opinion is so far out there it's sounds horrible.
God of War had no loading times so now your going to have "artificial" load times just to show me ads?
Or make me watch 30 minutes of ads at the start of a game just to save a couple of bucks?
Here is the opinion on most everybody on GAF , absolutely no way it's a good idea.
 
Shangounchained said:
Its mob psychology they dont hate it they just follow the mob and hate it, its like that girl in high school who tells everyone how she hates u only to find out she cant sleep without seeing u.
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Insulting your audience is never a good idea.

Microtransactions are also optional, whether the game is full price or free to play, so please stop using that excuse. A bad idea is a bad idea no matter how you try to spin it.

Say i not we, you n who that is how mob psychlogys work, u forcibly want to include everyone else in ur agenda.
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Very ironic post.
 
DESTROYA said:
Trust me I'm probably the most calm person you've never met but your opinion is so far out there it's sounds horrible.
God of War had no loading times so now your going to have "artificial" load times just to show me ads?
Or make me watch 30 minutes of ads at the start of a game just to save a couple of bucks?
Here is the opinion on most everybody on GAF , absolutely no way it's a good idea.
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I didnt say ads should be in every game i said they are optional its the publisher who decides how hed apply ads in god of war and player who decides either to buy the affordable game at 15$ with ads or get the no ads one for 70$ n it doesnt have to be in every game doesnt have to be in god of war or finty flush. Its a decision.
 
Shangounchained said:
Say i not we, you n who that is how mob psychlogys work, u forcibly want to include everyone else in ur agenda.
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No, it's because every single person in this tread agrees this is a bad idea. Lots of these people very often disagree vehemently with each other on many other topics, but in this we are all united:
Ads in our games is a batshit crazy idea.
 
Rhaknam said:
Insulting your audience is never a good idea.

Microtransactions are also optional, whether the game is full price or free to play, so please stop using that excuse. A bad idea is a bad idea no matter how you try to spin it.


Very ironic post.
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I didnt insult any audience if u call that an insult then u must be living in a cave or havent really been insulted before and try to make strong points other than cheap shots, microtransactions and lootboxes are damaging because it totally destroys the experience in fact its fraud im not asking anybody to pay extra here uts simply 15$ plus ads or full price without ads
 
CatLady said:
No, it's because every single person in this tread agrees this is a bad idea. Lots of these people very often disagree vehemently with each other on many other topics, but in this we are all united:
Ads in our games is a batshit crazy idea.
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Again mob psychology keep it on maybe ull get a flock of sheep
 
You guys never learn.

Developers invent loot box
Gamers: iTs oPtIonal "derp face"
Developers: go overboard with lootboxes
Gamers: oH mAh gOd hOw dArE tHeY

Some of you just dont fucking learn

Remember when nintendo didnt make dlc or didnt charge for online

They are all the same. Thet are not your friend. They want to suck you dry
 
WTF is up with OP talking about this as some undeniable truth after making a thread to gather the forum opinion?
Hey OP, the thread backfired, don't get so bend over it. At least make rational arguments instead of "dur dur you are all in denial, because i think so"
 
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Ads are like a disease, once you let them in they just spread and you can't ever get rid of them.
 
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