Would you want to see product placement ala Yakuza...
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Jan 26, 2013 10:28 am GMT
I always wonder why Yakuza gets away with product placement while GTA can't do it.
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Jan 26, 2013 3:00 pm GMT
why would i wanna see burger king and aston martins when they got cluckin bell and infernus'?
Gta is the only open world game that gets away with made up products.
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Jan 26, 2013 3:08 pm GMT
thedeparted94 posted...why would i wanna see burger king and aston martins when they got cluckin bell and infernus'?
Gta is the only open world game that gets away with made up products.
Pretty much and they do it very well.
Jan 26, 2013 11:39 pm GMT
Rockstar like making up their own brands. Burger Shot? Hilarious. Biff's Curtains? Also hilarious. Although I bet that sort of thing goes right over the heads of some of the younger players.
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Jan 27, 2013 6:41 am GMT
Some of the billboards at the airport in GTA4 are advertising places in the GTAV game.
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Jan 27, 2013 12:04 pm GMT
adz-spec posted...Rockstar like making up their own brands. Burger Shot? Hilarious. Biff's Curtains? Also hilarious. Although I bet that sort of thing goes right over the heads of some of the younger players.
Yeah, and maybe a bit of friendly corporate ribbing will do both sides some good. But given our reaction to Doritogate.
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Jan 27, 2013 6:17 pm GMT
gyrobot posted...adz-spec posted...
Rockstar like making up their own brands. Burger Shot? Hilarious. Biff's Curtains? Also hilarious. Although I bet that sort of thing goes right over the heads of some of the younger players.
Yeah, and maybe a bit of friendly corporate ribbing will do both sides some good. But given our reaction to Doritogate.
Paying $110 Aus to have advertisements in my game?
No.
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Ain't never gonna be what it was. Jan 30, 2013 5:32 am GMT
I wondered that too, after all this is a big name game filled tons of opportunities for product placement that won't overtly invasive. Then I remembered this is a game where you can burn people alive and beat hookers to death.
I figure either:
A. Rockstar doesn't want to use real world brands for whatever reason. I'd imagine that either they feel being used as a platform for advertisements would cheapen the experience or that most it would be difficult to satirize major brands when the brands themselves have stock in your game.
B. Major companies don't want to appear in a game where the main character is an amoral criminal mass murderer. I know in the Midnight Club series the ability to run over pedestrians was removed when they started using real cars.
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Jan 30, 2013 5:43 am GMT
I want Pisswasser and all of the ones from GTA IV to make a return.
If they don't I could careless.
I still smile about the Ice Cream truck when ever I play 4.
The Midnight Club point is true.
Jan 30, 2013 5:46 am GMT
"I always wonder why Yakuza gets away with product placement while GTA can't do it?"
Yakuza does it so tastefully and cheesy.
I don't think I've ever slammed a buncha beefeaters in that game and smashed two dudes heads open in the bar like a coconut.
Jan 30, 2013 5:41 pm GMT
The Liberator posted...I wondered that too, after all this is a big name game filled tons of opportunities for product placement that won't overtly invasive. Then I remembered this is a game where you can burn people alive and beat hookers to death.
I figure either:
A. Rockstar doesn't want to use real world brands for whatever reason. I'd imagine that either they feel being used as a platform for advertisements would cheapen the experience or that most it would be difficult to satirize major brands when the brands themselves have stock in your game.
B. Major companies don't want to appear in a game where the main character is an amoral criminal mass murderer. I know in the Midnight Club series the ability to run over pedestrians was removed when they started using real cars.
I don't know, the current mainstream market can stomach that kind of violence. A good example of a GTA commercial will be the main character fighting his way through three rival fast food joints with an ever increasing wanted meter before stopping at the named fast food joint where he advertise the meal subtlely before leaving the doors satisfied and wanted meter back to zero.
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Jan 31, 2013 12:10 am GMT
The Liberator posted...I wondered that too, after all this is a big name game filled tons of opportunities for product placement that won't overtly invasive. Then I remembered this is a game where you can burn people alive and beat hookers to death.
I figure either:
A. Rockstar doesn't want to use real world brands for whatever reason. I'd imagine that either they feel being used as a platform for advertisements would cheapen the experience or that most it would be difficult to satirize major brands when the brands themselves have stock in your game.
B. Major companies don't want to appear in a game where the main character is an amoral criminal mass murderer. I know in the Midnight Club series the ability to run over pedestrians was removed when they started using real cars.
Even if these weren't an issue, I think Rockstar would still prefer to create their own brands. That's part of their GTA world. They're very clever with some of the names they come up with. I wouldn't want that to change.
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Jan 31, 2013 1:06 am GMT
also, the simple fact is that rockstar don't need to.
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seed of spaz12
Jan 31, 2013 3:23 pm GMT
Some of the worst, ill-thought out ideas coming through on the boards this week.
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Feb 8, 2013 1:01 am GMT
Phazon2000 posted...Some of the worst, ill-thought out ideas coming through on the boards this week.
Still hole in the walls from California will be a nice approach. Just some famous but not brand name famous places be part of the GTA world.
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Feb 8, 2013 12:13 pm GMT
adz-spec posted...Rockstar like making up their own brands. Burger Shot? Hilarious. Biff's Curtains? Also hilarious. Although I bet that sort of thing goes right over the heads of some of the younger players.
You forgot Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts... or is it Rusty's Brown Ring Donuts???
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Feb 8, 2013 11:27 pm GMT
I wasn't really trying to name all of them. I think it's Rusty Brown's. But either way it's funny.
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