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COD: Advanced Warfare Doritos & Mt. Dew in-game Gear!
- Thread starter KiraXD
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Dictator93
Member
Yeah, this is pretty gross.
Yaphett Kotto
Member
People I know here do, but they have the personalities of tools, so they don't count.
funkystudent
Member
I did not know Pepsi owned Doritos and Dew until reading this.
Thats... something. I guess it makes sense the same company owned those two.
Coke Cola is too classy for this "gamer" bullshit.
Thats... something. I guess it makes sense the same company owned those two.
Coke Cola is too classy for this "gamer" bullshit.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Holy fuck.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I bet you've never drank anything other than water in your entire life, right? No alcohol or anything? Ever?
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
this is real?
holy diabetes.
holy diabetes.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I love Spicy Chilli Doritos (Mountain Dew tastes like rat piss), but they're horrible gaming food. They make your hands far too greasy to play with a controller. Aside from a horrible marketing gimmick and the assumption all gamers are fat and greasy, why the connection between the two aspects?
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Pretty sure Pepsi owns Pizza Hut as well, so I'm surprised that brand's not being given the gamer food makeover.
Only if you're 12 or so.
The rest of us roll our eyes and continue to invest in companies that specialize in bariatric and diabetes related products.
Call of Duty, DEW, and Doritos? "Poisoning your mind AND body!"
GunslingerVit
Banned
Refuel your energy supply with some great energy containers: Dewritos!
MMaRsu
Member
Remember when this image:
was posted by Bungie as an April Fools joke back in 2005? How far we've come.
Wow bungie has knowledge of the future!!
Riedinizzo
Banned
Wait, this isn't a satire?
Are you a bubble boy?
KojiKnight
Member
My reaction exactly.
That's pretty much my reaction to most of the posts in this thread.
someguyinahat
Member
Can the verification can be far behind?
Is this racist?
I don't see the huuge deal about it to be honest.
Call of Duty has definitely offered bonus experience and I think custom player cards for people who buy Mountain Dew and Doritos loads of times in the past.
It's a little stereotypical sure, but whatever. I remember when you could get exclusive helmets in Mass Effect for buying Dr. Pepper.
Red Chocobo
Banned
I honestly thought this thread was going to be a parody.
Is this racist?
I don't see the huuge deal about it to be honest.
Call of Duty has definitely offered bonus experience and I think custom player cards for people who buy Mountain Dew and Doritos loads of times in the past.
It's a little stereotypical sure, but whatever. I remember when you could get exclusive helmets in Mass Effect for buying Dr. Pepper.
The point is that it's combining videogames, a sedentary activity, with some of the worst food you can put in your body.
It's basically a celebration of gluttony and sloth. If they were co-marketing with Planter's Peanuts or something at least semi-healthy, nobody would care.
th4tguy
Member
i guess COD and doritos and mountain dew are all synonymous with each other?
I would seriously get that gear and wear it. You can't play cod seriously and still have fun, so why not embrace it for what it is and rock that Doritos/ Dew branding?
Actually, in all seriousness. Would people prefer over the top (comical)/ optional product placement in this game? Would it be better received if people could tell it was meant to be funny, not taken seriously?
Marketers don't really care. It's about mindshare. Anywhere they can stuff an ad, they will, so long as it's relatively cost effective.
Revolutionary
Member
The hell? I played through PW twice and never saw any of this.
Edit: upon further googling I see it was all replaced by generic items in the US release.
Why do you care so much that the items in question aren't healthy?
fluffydelusions
Member
same
If there was ever any doubt about call of dewty, target audiences and the lowest common denominators, there you go. At least they're being honest having the nutritional quality as foods match the quality of the games. Waiting on north america's confederate flag gear unlock codes for next year's game.
njean777
Member
To gamers: no, unfortunately to the masses that see this: yes.
Tell us more about his you're so much better than all those disgusting Americans.
JordanN
Banned
I don't think that any reasonable adult American gamer actually buys into this shit. It's pretty silly to label it as "this is so American and dude bro," imo. It's probably mostly targeted at kids, which is pretty sick in its own right. Yay let's pump our children full of the poison that is HFCS!
Can't really see the issue with this. People might not like it, but there are huge swathes of gamers that do treat this shit as 'gamer fuel' so these kind of promotions make perfect sense for all involved.
I wish Pot Noodle and Stella Artois would sponsor Drive Club.
I wish Pot Noodle and Stella Artois would sponsor Drive Club.
Same reason that McDonalds and Coca-Cola sponsor the olympics. Nobody is going to spend hard cash urging people to eat fresh fruit. It ain't sexy enough.