Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoGamers enraged at Ubisoft for injecting ads into the middle of video gameswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGamers enraged at Ubisoft for injecting ads into the middle of video gameswww.techspot.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThe first time I saw Ubisoft doing this was actually kinda neat because it was done well. It was Rainbow Six Vegas/Vegas 2 and the billboards and posters scattered around were real ads. I thought it was a clever way to improve immersion.
minus-squareMoneo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoFunny, cause nothing breaks immersion faster for me than product placement.
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoWhen you swing downtown to time square in spiderman, does your brain really care if it’s a real product on all those signs?
minus-squareJayObey711@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoYes, advertisements in game environments have always been the place to make stupid puns.
minus-squareZacryon@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoI loved the Pißwasser ads in GTA IV.
The first time I saw Ubisoft doing this was actually kinda neat because it was done well.
It was Rainbow Six Vegas/Vegas 2 and the billboards and posters scattered around were real ads. I thought it was a clever way to improve immersion.
Funny, cause nothing breaks immersion faster for me than product placement.
When you swing downtown to time square in spiderman, does your brain really care if it’s a real product on all those signs?
Yes, advertisements in game environments have always been the place to make stupid puns.
I loved the Pißwasser ads in GTA IV.