EA outdoes itselve on this one,

**x-dANGEr** · 10-27-2006, 21:14

Can anyone give a rough estimation of how big their pockets will get because of these "ads" ?

**BDC** · 10-27-2006, 21:34

Of course it might not pay at all and we might never see this again...

I just can't see it being too useful without the opportunity to follow links etc.

**Spino** · 10-27-2006, 22:00

The idea that EA is using IGA's in-game spyware as a means by which they can better manage production costs while 'passing savings on to the consumer' is positively laughable. In fact that statement is probably so fantastical one could consider it to be obscene. The implementation of in-game ads is done purely in the name of boosting existing revenue. With console games selling for $50-60 you'd have to be incredible optimistic or silly in the head to think EA would actually lower the prices of PC games to scale with the success of in-game ad spyware like that found in BF2142. Why lower your profit margins if consumers are more than willing to pony up the cash?

Long ago EA used to be a great gaming company that actually cared about producing decent games. Somewhere along the way EA wound up being a typical US corporation that doesn't give a damn whether its selling games, tires or dildos. There's a good reason why so many people who work or have worked at EA positively hate the company; it's because it is painfully obvious that EA does not care about its customer base or the in-house and contracted developers who bust their collective asses to create quality games. Every time I see some promising developer or property ink a deal with or get bought by EA I get a bit depressed and feel like it's one more nail in the coffin of mainstream PC games. I think EA deserves every drop of venom and vitriol the gaming community throws its way.

**Reverend Joe** · 10-27-2006, 22:12

EA says the spyware and in-game ads will add lots of revenue, eh?

Fine then. I have no problem with that.

Give us the game for free.

I wish there was a middle finger smilie.

Edit:

Just remembered that one. (Look at it from afar; it really looks like it.)

**BDC** · 10-29-2006, 18:37

It's a company. Legally it has to make money.

Where's the issue? If it pays...

**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 10-30-2006, 00:02

Issue is, I don't want spyware on my comptuer from a Game. I already got over 1600 spyware (all blocked/deleted) so I don't need anymore to block and/or delete..

**Ares** · 10-30-2006, 00:41

Originally Posted by Fragony

http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13049860

Basicly you are paying for spyware and ingame adds, no BF2142 for me. For you as well I hope, this goes too far.

Heh, go figure. What better way to make money than to put targeted advertisements in a popular multiplayer game.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of the battlefield series anyways, due to the fact that none of them have any real single player component and are purely multiplayer.

Let's just hope that this will not be a growing trend for all other publishers. Not to mention, that the ads in this pic look so out of place and poorly integrated. It hurts my eyes. lol

**Mongoose** · 10-30-2006, 01:02

Good lord... is it really as bad as it is in that pic?

**Husar** · 10-30-2006, 02:06

**Ares** · 10-30-2006, 03:18

I'm pretty sure that's photoshoped.

Anyways, here's a clip about this from G4TV:

http://www.g4tv.com/pile_player.aspx?video_key=13498

**Kraxis** · 11-03-2006, 04:57

I play it, and have managed to reach Seargeant Major Gold (should be more if it hadn't been for the lousy statlogging).

Let me tell you something, I have noticed nothing in the way of ads on the billboards. I simply haven't noticed it. Either it isn't there, or the colours are pretty well downplayed so that I'm not drawn to them. So nobody should fear the immersion at least.

And as many people have already said, it doesn't log what you do otherwise outside the game. I call it overreaction.
However if any company deserves the response it is EA. It is easily believeable that EA could do the screenshot Fragony presented...

However I didn't really know these things when I got it, and only noticed it when peolpe began talking about it alot. But as mentioned I have noticed nothing... NOTHING!