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[IFireflyl]

The only thought they should have is, "This is a terrible fucking idea. Let's not do it."

 

[Rat Rage]

Man, the CEOs of gaming companies are displaying their cognitive disabilities at full force this week

Most top managers either display psychopathic or sociopathic tendencies or are outright phychopaths or sociopaths.

This is precicely why a lot of them are only there for the short-term money and why it often looks like they are completely out of touch with their surroundings. And by out of touch with their suroundings I mean a very high disregard for "what is actually good for others" or "what is actually good long-term".

They only think about themselves and only have ONE goal - that is "making money for the company" - which actually is just an acronym for making money for themselves. They say and do ANYHING that is needed to achieve that goal.

Capitalism is their hotbed. It's a playground they thrive in. I'd argue, normal, morally sound and intrinsically "good" humans can't or don't want to partake in such despicable endeavours.

Most of these fucks don't actually know shit. They are great at pretending to know a lot and be of great value for their shareholders, but actually they aren't. Both Sony and escpecially Xbox / Mircrosoft have had terrible CEOs in the last 15 years or so and they are paying the price now.

Same with EA. Let them try to put in game ads into their games and see how that pans out.

 

[TGO]

They've said this before

 

[Sgt.Asher]

The best use of real brands was in pikmin 2. I wouldn't call it advertising though

 

[Verchod]

I don't believe they mean advertising in the game world, I think this means actual adverts during or in-between sections of the game. This is awful, and many publishers would follow suit. As soon as one does it and gets away with it, they'll all do it.

 

[Kerotan]

 

[digdug2]

Cool, as if I needed yet another reason to not buy EA games.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Tbh, I quite loved seeing those cans as they were so out of place and almost immersion breaking lol. They've been replaced with generic "Bridges Energy" drinks in the Director's Cut, btw.

 

[Three]

Tbh, I quite loved seeing those cans as they were so out of place and almost immersion breaking lol. They've been replaced with generic "Bridges Energy" drinks in the Director's Cut, btw.

I played the DC and had the Monster energy drinks still. I guess it was a timed promotion? Mine got replaced with the timefall farm brew anyway.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I played the DC and had the Monster energy drinks still. I guess it was a timed promotion? Mine got replaced with the timefall farm brew anyway.

Probably, I've replayed some parts of the DC last year after snagging a cheap copy on clearance sale, and the Monster energy drinks were gone and replaced with the Bridges one.

Here's a timestamped video with a playthrough done 9 months ago (go to 1:41:57 if for some reason it doesn't work) where you can see them:

 

[Deleted member 848825]

I can see it now. We thought we'd make our games the ultimate cinematic experience. And just like for people who enjoy cinemas, we provide adverts before the main production begins. And we think its healthy to have intermissions too...

 

[drganon]

 

[StereoVsn]

You pay $70, then you die in-game, please watch this 30 sec video to revive

New definition of "git good".

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

You pay $70, then you die in-game, please watch this 30 sec video to revive

Something like this?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I love this new timeline where I can watch things crash and burn.

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

Something like this?

 

[Team Andromeda]

No issues with this at all. I seem to remember the Yakuza team doing the same for their Yakuza games in Japan on the PS3 or 4 and no outcry

 

[Dazraell]

When EA's CEO says they're being thoughtful about something, I immediately have an image like this in my mind