Battlefield 2142 is to have in-game advertising. Do you think there should be two versions of the game - a free game with adverts, and a paid for game without adverts?
Adverts will be delivered electronically according to your IP address - in other words, your geographical location.
Isn't paying for the game enough for EA Games?
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2006-10-18 22:15:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Video & Online Games
No, because too many people pirate the games. Developing these games is not free, it takes a lot of resources, so either accept the advertising or get ready to pay even more for the games. As for the ads, all they are billboard ads within the game, like if you are fighting in a city instead of just having generic billboards around they will have actually ads on them, not that big of a deal.
2006-10-22 12:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you mean like a blipvert, just as you get involved in the action an ad pops up, or do they run on startup and shutdown. either way you are paying for content you dont want plus ea are getting paid by the advertisers and the game buyer, how greedy is that.whats to stop ea selling your address to over companies.the adverts would annoy me so i,d pay for an advert free game , interesting though.
2006-10-19 05:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i have seen alot of advertising in games recently from ghost recons nokia ads to Airwaves in splintercell. if these ads are going to cover development costs to improve games and dont interfere with game play i dont really have a problem .As for ads delivered to ip addresses would that not be a logistical nightmare and end up costing more for developers?
2006-10-19 05:51:34 · answer #3 · answered by edward852423 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋