The new Eircom ads on Xbox 360...

Crunkussion

Anyone else been noticing these? They're horrible orange things that stick out like a sore thumb. I noticed it yesterday while playing Pro Evo and then I saw them in Skate 2 (plastered nearly everywhere) today.

Anyone know if there's an option to turn them off?

rizzla

Nope. They paid for the advertising to be there online. It's another way for games to make money. I posted a photo in the Skate 2 thread...

seanybiker

ha ha brillent. I think thats kinda funny seen that.

Epic Tissue

Are these only when you play online?

rizzla

Epic Tissue wrote: »

Are these only when you play online?

Yes.

dazftw

no thanks :cool:

anyone ever notice most people who have problems with there net connection have eircom

craze7

In tiger woods 08 there were shampoo ads all over it!

seanybiker

dazftw wrote: »

no thanks :cool:

anyone ever notice most people who have problems with there net connection have eircom

I never really had that much of a problem with eircom.


PS. Holy crap batman you have some gaming points boy. Your also in Waterford, hmmm, Wanna loan of my xbox so ya can play all your games again then Ill have a cool score like that

ironictoaster

There was Barack O' Bama and Irish vodafone ads in Burnout.

moggser

i'd like to see them plaster eircom posters on a wall in world at war lol
havin seen anything on mine yet sure i only played cod 4 for 20 mins today
whats the world coming to

me-skywalker

Crunkussion wrote: »

Anyone else been noticing these? They're horrible orange things that stick out like a sore thumb. I noticed it yesterday while playing Pro Evo and then I saw them in Skate 2 (plastered nearly everywhere) today.

Anyone know if there's an option to turn them off?

haha funny guy... nope cant turn em off.. its the new 'super cool' media machine taking over the gameworlds... its now goign to be widley used in games that there will be advertisements ingame, its a source of income for publishers and developers... but they have also stated that they will only use relevant advertisement to relevant games... not like womens lingerie in cod or ads for fairy liquid in fifa!! would be funny tho!!

dazftw wrote: »

no thanks :cool:

anyone ever notice most people who have problems with there net connection have eircom

been with eircom years! never had any problems.. the odd logout here and there but very consistent much more than them brit servers!!

J-blk

There'll all over Burnout Paradise too - some crap slogan like "Pimp your engine! Get Eircom blah, blah, blah..." - no thanks, I'll stick with my 20Mb UPC!

Crunkussion

There's some pretty bad examples of this in Far Cry 2 as well

Stephen

Ffs. Way to ruin any sense of immersion.

moggser

the burger add got me lol

ShaneU

rizzla wrote: »

Yes.

I get them on single player too

yoyo

Lol at the "Relyable" bit :pac:

Nick

rizzla

ShaneU wrote: »

I get them on single player too

What I meant was, if your connected online.

Saw more eircom ads in NFS: Undercover. They said "Slow down and read this".

me-skywalker

Crunkussion wrote: »

There's some pretty bad examples of this in Far Cry 2 as well

haha.. this should be a sticky.. funny ads in games

00sully

Stephen wrote: »

Ffs. Way to ruin any sense of immersion.

well it is actually more true to life no? :pac:

DeVore

Why did I pay 55 euro for a transport package for ads?

Shouldnt they be handing these games out for free or at least discounted since you are getting ads by the backdoor (and with no conscious agreement from me).

DeV.

moggser

i agree with ya
i dont remember being asked anything about games been disrupted with adds or have my xbox live discounted

what happins if some off them ads offend me?

rizzla

Wy don't you guys complain to the people who matter, Microsoft?

Same can be said for irish tv stations who recieve money from the licence fee yet still subdue us to ads.

Hyzepher

Looks like it's the way of the future - no different from magazines, papers etc if you ask me. Always been ads inbetween news, articles etc.

moggser

rizzla wrote: »

Wy don't you guys complain to the people who matter, Microsoft?

Same can be said for irish tv stations who recieve money from the licence fee yet still subdue us to ads.

hang on ill check me phone for bill's number
ya know quite well what happins when you talk to them at the xbox customer care told nothing they can do its not their department have a nice day

me-skywalker

as said before only the appropriate material will be used in the ads for the genre of game it will be applied too... while i dont fully endorse ads in games it does bring the sense of realism more into the experience like walking through the ruins of berlin/stalingrad and walking by shops with ads on the windows or ground... or in football games which have being doing it for years around the sides of ptiches...

dont know how u can be offended by ads as if u were offended it just means you've taken notice and it has worked... i personallay take ads for what they are i dont buy a product because it has a cool ad or likewise i wouldnt not buy something i wanted or needed because its ads were offensive.

wandatowell

I saw a Royal Navy billboard in one of the Need For Speed games, there's also Golden Delicious apples in Cod4

moggser

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was that on muti player or just sigle player?

mayordenis

I think most of the comments in here are founded completely not in reality,
firstly I think any dig at Xbox love here is completely unfounded it would be with the devs,
some saying it breaks immersion? not really, normal real cities have ad's it would make sense for fake cities like new san vanelona to have them also,
I don't know why you would be requested to agree to have adds in your game, It's like saying that in a movie that is set in new york can't show the ad's all over time square or something equally ridiculous.

calex71

mayordenis wrote: »

I think most of the comments in here are founded completely not in reality,
firstly I think any dig at Xbox love here is completely unfounded it would be with the devs,
some saying it breaks immersion? not really, normal real cities have ad's it would make sense for fake cities like new san vanelona to have them also,
I don't know why you would be requested to agree to have adds in your game, It's like saying that in a movie that is set in new york can't show the ad's all over time square or something equally ridiculous.

At least on tv you can change channels / shut your eyes and stick your fingers in your ears and activally choose not to view the ad's.

Try doing that in skate 2 = instant bail

Might be a bit dangerous doint in times square in real life id imagine

Epic Tissue

DeVore wrote: »

Why did I pay 55 euro for a transport package for ads?

Shouldnt they be handing these games out for free or at least discounted since you are getting ads by the backdoor (and with no conscious agreement from me).

DeV.

I was about to ask if games featuring these ads were going to be reduced.

Imagine Fallout3 having a big ad on a billboard in the deserted land:mad: