EA Stupidly Want To Put Ads In Triple-A Games

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[ThePromp]

Sports licensing should be taken away from EA

[toongrowner]

how it should go:
"Hey, how about we put ads into our games?"
"You're fired."

[Kleetus_Van_Damm]

This would be the literal worst idea in gaming history.

[trumpetbob]

Dear EA, I paid for your game. No ads! End of story! No discussion; no questions; nothing! I already paid you!

[susanalderson]

If I pay for a game & find ads in it I'm getting a refund .

[justinsinke]

"How much revenue is enough revenue". That's the million dollar question (no pun intended), because more often than not, the answer is "more".

[MikieCotignola]

I remember Alan Wake when it launched. The Duracell ads didn't bug me as much as the Verizon ones did, but that's because there was an achievement tied to watching all of the Verizon ads. One was just a "it makes sense" and even added a bit of realism (Duracell) while the other stopped gameplay and gated off an achievement.

As for games moving forward, I'm not opposed to ads outright, but like these guys said, if I paid full price for a game I shouldn't end up with 30-second unskippable ads that halt gameplay. I don't mind billboards or product placement if it makes sense (don't give me Duracell ads in Red Dead, for example), but even opening up to ads a little is going to be a slippery slope that leads to a bad place.

[umziwoxolodlodlo]

EA is now literally the IOI company from Ready Player One😂

[bkr]

This sounds like what YouTube already does, but just like YouTube, this makes me want to buy your product less not more

[GLJosh]

'Open a loot crate'-Watch Ad for a 2% chance for better loot?

[markysumm]

It's inevitable but when it becomes the norm for ads to interrupt games like they do with YouTube videos, that's when I'll quit my gaming hobby that I've enjoyed for 46 years. 🙄

[MrPerfect]

I haven’t been able to play online since February and now they want to do this. I really want to know why they hate us.

[seizetheghost]

Every day I'm shown I was right to leave AAA games alone

[tehabi]

Sonic had ads in Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 but they were non-intrusive and were limited to posters and billboards.

[therdtrombonist]

EA loves to double-dip whenever and wherever possible

[danielmay]

I think it would be for the best if EA went out of business cause frankly they are toxic.

[craigl]

The state of gaming right now compared to 20 years ago is frightening. I feel bad for kids today growing up where this bullshit is the normality

[dsmith]

Stop buying EA products now. Send the message.

[SmashBrosAssemble]

It’s obviously not gonna happen with the Star Wars games cause Lucasfilm just won’t allow it.

[thanatosyt]

EA does not have the customer loyalty they think they do.