So Massive have announced that they are the official advertising facilitators for battlenet.
Would be funny if we got in game advertising.
Can't imagine our hero taking kindly to having to use a Coke vending machine when needing to quaff a potion.
Instead of rainbows we could have street side billboards directing us to get a WoW subscription.
Hopefully just a bit of advertising content out of game....
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So we've got over the problem of colour in D3. Great. Now let's argue about everything else not yet set in stone and help make this game simply great! Game on.
It seems weird that they would be doing advertising for just battlenet. I hope this doesn't mean that battlenet will be brining in its own money via a subscription fee.
I doubt it will be in game. It's annoying enough to have to deal with the spambots that constantly enter open battlenet rooms. Blizzard must realize that this is an issue and will hopefully find a better way to get rid of it.
I could handle SOME in game advertising.....but not much.....now chat rooms and possibly loading screens im all for that if its helping keep bnet free :)....
As much as I am for advertising business, leave it out of video games as much as possible. If you pay for it, the companies should keep the ads to the lowest level possible, the same way buying movies still has pre-movie ads and previews, but no commercials during the actual thing. So like some people here said, maybe in the chat rooms, but not in the game.
LOL! *cloaked figure stands in front of large doors, they slowly open, revealing a sirius/xm banner* XD
what if they had diablo advertise a product...
"Not even life alert can save you from me" XD... uh oh now how am i going to be able to beat him
but seriously i really hope the advertising will only stay in the chat room:confused: just thinking about advertising in the game really makes me mad.....
*sees WoW t-shirts on the fallen shaman* well i guess it can get your rage pumped up.... and it gives you all the more fun of killing them..
I'll probably get flamed for this but I seriously half expect that D3 will contain at least one reference to WoW in it, like a character or item or something
I'll probably get flamed for this but I seriously half expect that D3 will contain at least one reference to WoW in it, like a character or item or something
I hope they keep in in-game advertising to the absolute minimum, ff there is one thing Blizzard could do to ruin my impression of them it would be to have more in game advertising. I personally think there shouldn't be any in game advertising of any kind in any game considering I paid for a video game, not a glorified Nvidia ad(I realize this is impractical and will never happen).
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Not in the same vein as the OP but I could compromise:
No in game advertising.
But okay if in peripheral areas such as loading bnet, game selection screens, lobby / chat / guild areas.
So long as no advertising when hackin' and slashin' and doing the inventory thing then cool with me.
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So where do we stand on banner ads? At the top and / or bottom of the screen while the actual game is in a separate frame (i.e. the middle / majority of the screen).
Distracting?
I'd rather these not be present but heck, even free fan sites and such have them...
This is where I think the new alliance will be heading.
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I recall a TV station with no ads in my country. Then public service announcements were allowed. Then sponsor messages at the beginning and end. Then ads. Now ads throughout the TV programme.
Hope they don't implement this "creeping" type of strategy.
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Massive have the technical ability to insert ads in games and have done so. That's the bit that has me worried.
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So we've got over the problem of colour in D3. Great. Now let's argue about everything else not yet set in stone and help make this game simply great! Game on.
Massive is paying Blizzard to advertise on Battle.Net, not vice versa. This has nothing to do with in game advertising. All ads will be in the form of text/banner ads in the Battle.Net interface. This keeps Battle.Net free and doesn't make it more likely to have a fee.
Massive is paying Blizzard to advertise on Battle.Net, not vice versa. This has nothing to do with in game advertising. All ads will be in the form of text/banner ads in the Battle.Net interface. This keeps Battle.Net free and doesn't make it more likely to have a fee.
Um, I already said that I suspect the ads will be banner ads.
If you had read my last post then you wouldn't be accusing me of being clueless. But thanks for your contribution. Please don't flame. Not welcome. Thanks.
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So we've got over the problem of colour in D3. Great. Now let's argue about everything else not yet set in stone and help make this game simply great! Game on.
Um, I already said that I suspect the ads will be banner ads.
If you had read my last post then you wouldn't be accusing me of being clueless. But thanks for your contribution. Please don't flame. Not welcome. Thanks.
I can only take so much stupid before I stop reading a thread. I must have hit critical mass before your post.
Lots of love. Psyche.
I know you will, but I'll say this anyways. Don't take this the wrong way.
Would be funny if we got in game advertising.
Can't imagine our hero taking kindly to having to use a Coke vending machine when needing to quaff a potion.
Instead of rainbows we could have street side billboards directing us to get a WoW subscription.
Hopefully just a bit of advertising content out of game....
I doubt it will be in game. It's annoying enough to have to deal with the spambots that constantly enter open battlenet rooms. Blizzard must realize that this is an issue and will hopefully find a better way to get rid of it.
Fuck you, I'm a dragon.
what if they had diablo advertise a product...
"Not even life alert can save you from me" XD... uh oh now how am i going to be able to beat him
but seriously i really hope the advertising will only stay in the chat room:confused: just thinking about advertising in the game really makes me mad.....
*sees WoW t-shirts on the fallen shaman* well i guess it can get your rage pumped up.... and it gives you all the more fun of killing them..
Fuck you, I'm a dragon.
No in game advertising.
But okay if in peripheral areas such as loading bnet, game selection screens, lobby / chat / guild areas.
So long as no advertising when hackin' and slashin' and doing the inventory thing then cool with me.
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So where do we stand on banner ads? At the top and / or bottom of the screen while the actual game is in a separate frame (i.e. the middle / majority of the screen).
Distracting?
I'd rather these not be present but heck, even free fan sites and such have them...
This is where I think the new alliance will be heading.
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I recall a TV station with no ads in my country. Then public service announcements were allowed. Then sponsor messages at the beginning and end. Then ads. Now ads throughout the TV programme.
Hope they don't implement this "creeping" type of strategy.
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Massive have the technical ability to insert ads in games and have done so. That's the bit that has me worried.
Massive is paying Blizzard to advertise on Battle.Net, not vice versa. This has nothing to do with in game advertising. All ads will be in the form of text/banner ads in the Battle.Net interface. This keeps Battle.Net free and doesn't make it more likely to have a fee.
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Um, I already said that I suspect the ads will be banner ads.
If you had read my last post then you wouldn't be accusing me of being clueless. But thanks for your contribution. Please don't flame. Not welcome. Thanks.
I can only take so much stupid before I stop reading a thread. I must have hit critical mass before your post.
Lots of love. Psyche.
I know you will, but I'll say this anyways. Don't take this the wrong way.
I really do love you. Psyche again.
Silly.
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