Coke Zero is the future of soft drinks

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » August 20, 2005, 3:58 am

http://psforums.station.sony.com/ps/boa ... .id=660283

I can't think of anything to say to this.

miir · Post by **miir** » August 20, 2005, 11:16 am

Anarchy Online has been using ingame ads as a revenue generator for quite a while now.... Matrix Online has as well, but only for other WB products/movies.

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » August 20, 2005, 11:57 am

From what I've gathered.. it's only on their "test" server right now and a speculation is that it will only run for those who are using a free trial.

Regardless.. advertising like that kills immersion and is bullshit.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » August 20, 2005, 12:05 pm

I would just like to add that coke zero rocks.

miir · Post by **miir** » August 20, 2005, 12:10 pm

For game worlds like MxO and Anarchy Online, I think it actually adds to the immersion.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » August 20, 2005, 3:20 pm

Heh. In MxO yeah, I'm ok with it, but if I were playing Planetside and saw an ad for Deuce Bigalow 2 in game I'd be displeased.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » August 20, 2005, 4:01 pm

Especially considering the movie sucks.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » August 20, 2005, 4:27 pm

In EQ III we'll be hitting the Ben & Jerry's Frozen Wasteland to take on Cookie Dough mobs or heading to the Tostitos Arena Bowl for some PvP. You'll have to setup an Advil Relief Healing spell chain to defeat the Playtex Red Dragon of Doom in the End Game.

Psyloche · Post by **Psyloche** » August 22, 2005, 12:52 pm

Winnow wrote:In EQ III we'll be hitting the Ben & Jerry's Frozen Wasteland to take on Cookie Dough mobs or heading to the Tostitos Arena Bowl for some PvP. You'll have to setup an Advil Relief Healing spell chain to defeat the Playtex Red Dragon of Doom in the End Game.

so /icecream, /doritos and /amioverweightandgoingtohaveaheartattackornot will work too?

Siji · Post by **Siji** » August 22, 2005, 1:58 pm

Any product associated with the horribly hacked up version of the Coke song fucking sucks. What asshat came up with that idea?

"I'd like the world to chill.."

Brilliant!

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » August 22, 2005, 5:57 pm

eh.. it was only a matter of time before they started doing product placement in-game. You get the same reaction you get when you see a coke logo in a movie. Sacrifice integrity for quick and easy money. I think the customer base is too sensitive for it to be a good business decision in the longrun for games like this, but shit.. Planetside has obviously not met the bottom line. Maybe SOE is starting to experiment with simply stomping out their games once they fail, squeezing out any last drop of income that may remain, rather than continuing to support a dying portfolio. "What the hell... its a goner anyway, let's find out what we can get away with."

hopefully this will be an isolated experiment for them, but it won't affect me personally either way since I doubt i'll be playing any more SOE games.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » August 22, 2005, 8:30 pm

I don't mind product placement in movies if it's not obvious. I mean it's more realistic to see a Coke can in a shot than a generic can that says 'soda'/ It just mirrors real life better. However, when the product shots are obvious (go see The Island for an exmaple of that), that's when I'll have a negative reaction.

I don't really feel the same when it comes to something like ads in computer games though. A game that you are already paying a monthly fee for. That's just rubs me the wrong way!