What's the most blatant in-game advertising you've ever seen?
ugh but I grew up with it OP you can't critique it! it's SOVL it's FAMILIARBRANDS it's so recognizable and relatable!! i love brands!!
>>730650219Does it count when it's developed with the sole express of advertising? That and Sneak King and its like
Crazy Taxi.
Remember, kids, you can't McSkate without your McDonald's™ and your Nokia™ cell phone!
>>730650053The monster drinks in death stranding.
>>730650053nothing will ever be as soulless as kojimbo advertising monster energy drink with death stranding. unironically one of the main reason I never even. bothered giving that shit game a try
>>730650053Should have been energizer
>>730650053>>730650528>>730650513
>>730650053Maybe not the most obnoxious but Parasite Eve II's huge love of Coca Cola was the first time I ever went "ok this is silly"
>>730650686
>>730650713
>>730650749
>>730650570The other day I was at the market and saw a father scolding his 7-year-old son because the kid wanted him to buy these energy drinks. And the clueless father had no idea what had influenced his son to want something normally consumed only by adults, because he doesn't know how this brand has been introduced into all the digital and gaming environments that his son must be frequenting without supervision.
>>730650528>>730650570Is this in the 2nd game? I never finished the first one but I unironically loved this it made Sam seem like just a dude
>>730650565Alan Wake has Energizer batteries
>>730650053Death Stranding's product placement. Feels more in-your-face than downright ad-games like Pepsiman or whatever.
>>730650836I have never had a monster drink in my life so I can't relate.
>>730650053Is this real? Did shiggy really stoop that low?
>>730650848It's because you know what to expect going into an ad game, but when you get product placement in a normal game it's frequently the ONLY brand in the game so it comes out in jarring inorganic ways.
>>730650450Disney Extreme Skate Adventure had a sidequest where you doordash for McD's and your reward is ronald's fucking clown shoes
>>730650836This is the first game. The director's cut of the game removes it and replaces it with a made up brand though.
>>730650528The Director's Cut replaces the Monsters with an in-setting (fake) brand.Kojima sure is a whore for product placement, though.
>>730650053>branded product exists in game>THIS MUST BE ADVERTISING!!!If the game is supposed to be taking place in the real world then having real world products represented makes it feel a lot more realistic than the developers making up some generic product that doesn't exist.Real stores are full of advertisements for real products and I'd much rather see something like this>>730650713>>730650749than some shit like "Parasite Cola" or whatever dumb fake product developers invent when they want to show a soda machine but don't want to show a real brand.
>>730650053you had to watch a verizon ad in alan wake to get an achivement, also the batteries were energizer brand.
>>730650513>>730650570Norman Reedus also breaks character/4th wall to advertise his tv show, podcast or whatever, in a random voice line that plays after you unlock the tricycle
What about when the product placement is for another video game?
>>730651010fake brands are soulful; an opportunity to feel the artist's touch. product placement on the other hand is soulless, literally copy and pasting a jpeg into a corporate approved portrayal. what's hard to grasp about that?
This is more esports advertising but this cool blue Intel bloodrun reskin was kino.
>>730651206
I like real world brands in video games when the game is supposed to look realistic
>>730650570>>730650971Kek I should read through threads before posting more often
>>730651338>Dude can we do another map we've done bloodrun like six times>Sure what you want>Anything, just not bloodrun again>Say no more
>>730650565>>730650843>good games featuring duracell: 1>bad games featuring energizer: 1Duracell is clearly the choice of winners
>>730651206I'm vaguely impressed that you managed to write so much yet say so little.
>>730652189>three sentences is "writing so much"Way to tell on yourself.
How susceptible to propaganda do you have to be for ads to actually become a nuisance or problem?Simply do not be influenced. It's literally that easy.
>>730652297>hey bro its just product placement whats the problemThis man is highly susceptible to propaganda
>>730652481I have purchased zero (0) duracell batteries.I'm not sure why you're admitting to compulsively buying them after playing a video game.
>>730652529You are arguing on behalf of the Duracell corporation, for free, saying that they deserve to advertise in vidya and that everyone complaining should shut up. The propaganda works. You are such a dumbass.
>>730652569You're right, after my generous donation of zero (0) dollars to the Duracell corporation, I am now an honorary Durashill. You could tell because my very first post was telling you that you can choose not to buy the thing in the ad, which is exactly what Duracell would want.
>>730651091There's an ad for it on the shower too, what the fuck
>>730652189He's still right. Stay mad kikeFucking subhuman consumer
>>730650186meds
As an avid EGM reader, I was unbothered.
>>730652626ok shill
>>730650601Kek, the GOAT product placement. Such a funny and biazarre mission.
>>730651206>Those weapons on the vending machinekek
>>730650053There are like 3 or 4 of these billboards on this track alone.
Sports games have to shill multiple big corpos to recreate the authentic ad-infested experience.
>>730650053>best healing item in the game is a shitty real world product
>>730652297>>730652529Nobody is immune to Propaganda retard. Even your ass.
>>730654297>noooo you totally fell for the duracell propaganda which is why you bought zero (0) duracell batteries! You can't be immune!!???
>>730654578>duracell>duracell>duracellobsessed
>>730654280the maple flavored ones are legitimately delicious
>>730650186this but unironically
>>730650789grim reality. put all kikes to death
>>730650186yep
>>730650513Bravo LA CREATIVITY DAD
>>730650053The video game Cool Spot
>>730650601Prease undasta, the game not be made with no advertise of TASTY GOOD CUP NOODLE and you must buy now!
>>730650053Super Monkey Ball 1 + 2 and DoleSeriously had no idea what they were thinking with that one and it doesn't even make sense, the bananas should just be growing naturally.Runner up probably goes to Capcom Bowling which got an alternative release in the US called Coors Light Bowling.
>>730650053If a game is supposed to take place in the real world, I genuinely don't mind this kind of product placement. It's actually much more immersive to see real brands than made up dupes of real brands.
>>730650789shit father allowing son to touch digital media, either you play the super nintendo or go outside or dont complain about zog conditioning
>>730652885If anything this is anti-advertisement.Those things ran out within seconds.
og Crazy Taxi is the perfect example of product placement.
>2nd game comes out>In game banners that were all set dressing with cries for help or decleration of terratorie become thisWay to make sure I never try the sequel.
Best ones are when I don't even know its a product and assumed it was some made up shit
>>730657709The Soap shoes company went bankrupt just a few years after the game released, so the shoes only legacy are being Sonic's shoes in that game
>>730650450SoulWhat game is this?
>>730657709I think the shoes suit Sonic a lot unironically
>>730659717Far as modern Sonic goes I think they should be his default shoes.
>>730654915no
>>730654280That company even made a game for the product.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3156040
imagine being a durashill
