@GrlGmr: I would also like to add that making 600x800 res is not to put ads at the side but it is used so that users with that screen resolution can view the webpages nicely.jakeboudville
Im actually a graphic design myself, and although that was true in the late 90's, early 00's its not anymore. It's 2007 and the majority of users are of 1024 x 768 +, plus the people that are viewing it at 800x600 wouldn't be able to afford the thing your advertising anyway ;)
And Schillinger, i read your post and totally agree with it.
Regarding the advertisements, I never even look at them (it's hard not to, with them dominating much of the page, but still), and wouldn't bother clicking on them. Where is it going to take me? Probably the game's official site, which will offer me screenshots etc. that are already up on GS? What's the point. Advertisements actually turn me off games, rather than make me more excited for them. Schillinger
This is a point that rings true, are these large/flash ad counter productive? I know from years of being a regular internet user that anything that pops up on my screen without me wanting it to, is rubish and i won't even look at it. Kinda like those emails you get saying you've won a million dollars, im desensitized to these tactics.
They should try a new system, like one were in your profile you have a wishlist like now, but you can included other items other than games. Like i want a new gaming headset, so i would put that in there. Then advertisers like logitech could see who might want their products, and target users. Just an idea...
Gamespot.com? its meant to be commercialfrozenthino
No, its meant to be informative. Dot com jokes aside it's for the gamers 1st, game developers etc 2nd and down at the very bottom is the advertisers. After all the advertisers wouldnt be paying them if there were no gamers on here.
gamespot is a business website, these ads are what makes them money, just like other sites do.ElendilElessar
I don't see Gamespot as a Bussiness site, and i don't think the majority of people do. Im betting the people that started up gamespot weren't thinking, how can we make more money, i bet it was about them loving games and wanted to share that with people.
The Spider-Man 3 launch center is not the first we've done. We also did one for God of War II -- http://www.gamespot.com/pages/event/uberpop/index.php
They are new features we are trying out around big games. Face it, Spider-Man is huge. It also gives us an opportunity to point out other Spider-Man entertainment content that we have, like film reviews and soundtrack. The decision to put up these launch centers is editorially driven. Thanks for your comments though, and rest assured that we have no intention of "selling out" CraigB
Interesting that you've done this before(with another game from Sony ;)). God of War ive been told is a pretty awesome game(i don't have a PS2), so i would be more inclined to believe you did it for the pure reason that it deserved the attention. I was just put on the back foot when seeing this recent launch center for a "movie to game" game. btw the god of war link didn't work for me.
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Great to see so many opitions on this, i wonder if there will be more or less advertising as Gamespot continues to grow in popularity..
Yes i agree, something has changed in gamespot recently. I personally have attributed it to the overwelling ads (over here) and commercial sponsership but i think other things like this are contributing
Thanks for your comments guys. I wouldn't consider that a flaw however Bribb85 as I stated if I wanted no ads I'd go and pay, and I have done that previously, but point where I think they went too far was where they have done this major launch center thing for spiderman YET have never done anything like this for any other game, and if they don't do it for the games you mention (Forza 2, Halo 3, Half Life Episode 3 and GTA IV) in the future this will really prove my point. Launch centers and things like it should be given to big events (Console launches), not a movie to game offering, or great games like the one mentioned above, they shouldn't be given to whoever has the money to pay. It's like giving them a higher score if they pay more (i know they would never do that)
Over the recent years Gamespot has become more and more popular, and that's great. But with this new found popularity has their marketing department gone too wild with the advertisements and promotions? Just recently I've been logging in to find massive ads that span across the background and include a intrusive flash banner that when rollover makes annoying sounds.. I thought to myself, sure gamespot has to make some money for running this great site, and if i wanted no ads id subscribe. But it was today that i felt they had gone too far. Today i was confronted with a "Spiderman Launch Center". And i was shocked.. I've seen these for the launches for all the consoles, and i thought that was great! But for a game,... and this game out of all the games that they did it for that i found myself shocked. They have never done this for any other game that i know of(please tell me if there are others), so many other games deserve this before they do it for the Spiderman. What about games like Gears of war, C&C3, Zelda, etc etc? I feel like Gamespot has sold out entirely, and people like Activsion with Sony supporting them can just buy a space on this site, and whoever has the biggest budget will get the most coverage, like this "Spiderman Launch Center". What are your thoughts on this?
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