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Xbox players are greeted with a full-screen pop-up ad for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III when they boot up their Xbox console
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BoxFresh123
Member
Saw some people post elsewhere that's it illegal in certain places for the cursor/focus to be set on the "buy now" by default?
Many places around the world have that law?
Many places around the world have that law?
GHG
Gold Member
It's always funny watching people defend this shit in it's infancy.
I remember people defending oblivion horse armour like their lives depended on it and look where that got us. These people never learn, let them suck that trillion dollar corporation cock.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
CoreyFlawless
Member
Damn, you still hurt from that? Still hadn’t heal. That’s over 15 years ago man. Wonder what your last breath will be. What will you say.It's always funny watching people defend this shit in it's infancy.
I remember people defending oblivion horse armour like their lives depended on it and look where that got us. These people never learn, let them suck that trillion dollar corporation cock.
GHG
Gold Member
Damn, you still hurt from that? Still hadn’t heal. That’s over 15 years ago man. Wonder what your last breath will be. What will you say.
It's not about me, the whole industry has been hurt as a result of people's response to it.
MarkMe2525
Member
Yes, it is a totally reasonable assessment that today's advertising and monetization practices all stem from the horse armor situation. Can you even keep a straight face while typing this out?It's always funny watching people defend this shit in it's infancy.
I remember people defending oblivion horse armour like their lives depended on it and look where that got us. These people never learn, let them suck that trillion dollar corporation cock.
Bumblebeetuna
Gold Member
Damn, you still hurt from that? Still hadn’t heal. That’s over 15 years ago man. Wonder what your last breath will be. What will you say.
Will we be seeing memories of this half second ad 15 years from now? Hmmmm
prinz_valium
Member
TDIL
Does that have to be a buy now that is actually buying or just a buy now that redirects you onto the next buying landing page?
Unknown Soldier
Member
It's unlikely Microsoft sells Xbox in those places anyways
GHG
Gold Member
That's literally where monetisation in AAA videogames started, it snowballed from there.
Here's the thread from 2006:
Oblivion 360 - Items for sale (Bring Real Money)
Horse Armor - $3 Coming next moth: Staff of Vanquish - $5 Invincible Armor - $10 Mace of love - $20 ... http://www.majornelson.com/
And here's the voice of reason:
There will prove to be voices of reason from this thread, yours won't be one of them.
Enjoy your ads.
MarkMe2525
Member
I'm aware of the horse armor controversy, as I witnessed it in real time. Let me rephrase, are you implying that if MS never launched its microtransaction platform on the 360, that no one else would have taken their place as the first company to offer them?That's literally where monetisation in AAA videogames started, it snowballed from there.
Here's the thread from 2006:
Oblivion 360 - Items for sale (Bring Real Money)
Horse Armor - $3 Coming next moth: Staff of Vanquish - $5 Invincible Armor - $10 Mace of love - $20 ... http://www.majornelson.com/www.neogaf.com
And here's the voice of reason:
There will prove to be voices of reason from this thread, yours won't be one of them.
Enjoy your ads.
ShadyAcshuns
Member
PlayStation fans are doing the exact same thing in the physical drive drm thread right now. Lesson being, don't listen to fanboys.
SenkiDala
Member
It has a permanent ad incremented in the dashboard to force you to subscribe Nintendo Online. It is the damn 1st icon.
Topher
Gold Member
It doesn't force you to do any such thing.
DeVeAn
Member
Maybe because it’s not a picture of Doritos and Mountain Dew. Didn’t know it showed up if you weren’t subbed.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Thankfully, it’s only happened once.
And I never saw one for Starfield. We use ours multiple times a day it’s how we stream anything on our living room today.
And I never saw one for Starfield. We use ours multiple times a day it’s how we stream anything on our living room today.
SirTerry-T
Member
So I switched my series X on last night for the first time in a week....within two seconds the ad was gone and I was indeed, "getting on with my life".
No one died, I didn't rush out and get a COD game to appease my Microsoft overlords and Phil Spencer is (I assume) still loving that I am a slave to Game pass, Microsoft and all this industry has to offer.
No one died, I didn't rush out and get a COD game to appease my Microsoft overlords and Phil Spencer is (I assume) still loving that I am a slave to Game pass, Microsoft and all this industry has to offer.
xrnzaaas
Member
If people are going to start clicking on the 'buy' button to visit the store you can expect them with every major release.
What I hate about all of this is that all types of ads from the dashboard include also paying GPU users. Normally when you pay extra you get an option of an ad-free experience.
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Punished Miku
Member
Day 5. Monday, the start of the business week. I expect there will be emergency meetings first thing to discuss our undying rage.
Thirty7ven
Banned
When people hear about Netflix doing ads there’s instant opposition, and that’s an app on a TV. But full screen pop ads on your console, or ads on your windows? Yes please said the rat.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
12 fricken pages?? 12 FRICKEN PAGES? Unbelievable!
I hope like hell this topic isnt brought up in 15 years. People will read it and think, "Wow! We really were living in caves!"
Seriously, this is embarrassing...
Roxkis_ii
Member
It really is embarrassing that there are people trying to downplay full screen interactive ads.
Bumblebeetuna
Gold Member
You’ll be sorry about “downplaying” this in fifteen years when every time you boot up the console you have to sit through four minutes of ads! Never mind the fact that we’ve been predicting for twenty years that MS is exiting hardware! Don’t ask us to be consistent in our conspiracy theory and doomsday crystal ballism!
MoreJRPG
Suffers from extreme PDS
It truly is almost unthinkable that it takes less than one second to hit the B button and the ad disappears, and you never see it again.
It’s almost as inconvenient as the start screen you see every single time you load up a game that adds no value to the experience.
Pelta88
Member
What is this?
Roxkis_ii
Member
So let me ask you this, do you like ads?
Punished Miku
Member
It's just a little shit. Just eat it already? Just swallow the shit, it only even takes a second. You can't even taste it. Chase it with something and you wont even know its there. Takes like one second. Imagine caring about eating just a little shit. In 15 years people will be amazed that we actually didn't want to eat shit.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
Sheesh..
Punished Miku
Member
If it's so insignificant, then they can put in an opt out option.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
No one likes ads but they are a necessary evil. Games have to be marketed to get the word out to gamers. It literally takes one second to back out of it and move on with your gaming session. I just cant get the logic of people being upset over a one second ad that you'll never see again. "Does not fucking compute"....is an understatement.
Punished Miku
Member
They're not just going to market games. The dashboard already has ads for other products, including theatrical releases. They're doing that right now, on the home dashboard.
And I don't need any marketing for games. That's why I want to opt out.
I'm actually fine if they keep it as the default option for people. If 50% of people with GP didn't even try Starfield, they are pretty oblivious and that's fine. Shove an ad in their face. They wont even know there's an opt out in the options. But for me, that option needs to be there. I do not need that shit in my face ever, let alone on startup on the dashboard, where you have to exit it to even get to the base functionality of the console.
This would be an intrusive ad in the STORE. This is on the fucking dashboard. 1000% unacceptable.
Thirty7ven
Banned
Not even remotely the same but I guess defending this requires stupid comparisons.
Such an insane post with the usual #othersWillTooBelieve bad faith argument.
You don’t have to accept it, how far is MS’s dick shoved inside your throat that this is the conclusion you came to?
Just say you don’t like it and you don’t want it and maybe step father Phil will do something about it.
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Fashionably Late
Neo Member
I don't like the ad itself, but at the same time I find it to be a trivial inconvenience. I think the fact that it is MS advertising a major first party game on their platform makes this a bit easier to swallow. However, if 3rd party games start getting these ads that will feel a lot different.
I do have a bigger problem with the cursor being set to "Buy" by default though. I think that type of "nudging" behavior should be banned legally in all contexts, not just here.
I do have a bigger problem with the cursor being set to "Buy" by default though. I think that type of "nudging" behavior should be banned legally in all contexts, not just here.
digdug2
Member
To be fair, it's been a slippery slope. Horse armor, shark cards, paying real world money to gain XP and levels, etc. We as consumers have shown these greedy fucks that we will spend our hard-earned money on just about anything. So why wouldn't these corporations take advantage of it and shove every single advertisement down our collective throats? If there's no push back, it will just keep getting more and more brazen and we will deserve every last bit of it.
Roxkis_ii
Member
It's disrespectful that people even have to engage with ads to get to their dashboard that already has ads. Xbox could have sent a notification that the game released, and it would have provided the same awareness without the negative pr.
This isn't stopping with first party game announcements and it very obvious they are testing the waters for more. Just like they started with just a little ad on the dashboard, now it's a full screen interactive ad.
Punished Miku
Member
Of course they will. Can you imagine how much money it would be worth to force 50 million people in the key age demo to prove to advertisers with a button input that they saw an ad for The Marvels with the release date and had to interact with the ad? These are more lucrative than TV ads.
Little Chicken
Member
Well I just saw it, it was literally on the screen for half a second when I closed it.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Damn bro, I think we all got it when you said the same thing the first dozenth time.
Congratulations, you are now defending and downplaying it.
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ChorizoPicozo
Banned
This issue keeps popping up, huh?
this is why the the first thing I did installing Windows was to run a bunch of scripts to disable/delete telemetry, windows defender-store, Xbox and Ads.
what is worse is that people defend this shit. is like they don't have any dignity or backbone.
this is why the the first thing I did installing Windows was to run a bunch of scripts to disable/delete telemetry, windows defender-store, Xbox and Ads.
what is worse is that people defend this shit. is like they don't have any dignity or backbone.
Little Chicken
Member
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
You sound like one of those Illuminati conspiracy theory wackos. Go outside, get some fresh air, talk to real human beings and stop embarrassing yourself by implying the world will end because we allowed an ad to play once on my console and I quit so fast out of it I didnt even see what it was offering. As Candice Owen said, life is hard, go get yourself a helmet and stop crying.
No, but regardless of whoever might have done it if people had the decency to push back and not accept it so freely we wouldn't be where we are. The weird thing is had this been somebody like Google who had done ads we might have at least had some more pushback like we do with ads on completely free youtube, even MS made silly anti-google adverts making fun of Google advertising being bad. Now we have the MS corporate stans defending unsolicited adverts on bought hardware trying to make light of the situation once again and you have to wonder why, why would you defend this crap in its infancy? You literally gain nothing from it and it only becomes more and more an inconvenience.
Roxkis_ii
Member
You really like posting in this thread a lot about how this isn't a big deal. Maybe you should take your own advise instead of trying to convince people a full screen interactive ad on their console boot up is something people shouldn't care about.
King Dazzar
Member
Its not a conspiracy, when its actually happening. Xbox have made full screen forced interactive ads a reality. And once you get passed that. You then can enjoy 3 fulltime permanent, large rectangle home screen adverts.
The thing with Google and other forms of advertising, I at least can disable it via plug ins etc. Xbox console is locked and forced with no work arounds.
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