Coming soon-Ads in cs

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Well it started in EA and now the infection is spreading..like AIDS...

If the headline wasn't enough, and the blurb was simply looked over without a second look, then let me say it again. In-game advertising is coming soon to a Counter-Strike 1.6 game near you. Some CS-Nation readers may remember back to a couple of news pieces that dealt with ads appearing in Counter-Strike. This particular quote from a joint press release comes to mind.
Valve and IGA have announced that they are pleased to have reached a swift and professional resolution of any issues that may have existed between them, IGA's advertisers and IGA's advertising agencies. Valve and IGA look forward to discussing mutually beneficial opportunities in the future.
Sit back, place your tray tables in the upright and locked position, and prepare to have your game of Counter-Strike turned on its head. Advertisements are here, or rather, they will be soon. CS-Nation is bringing you this exclusive interview with Valve's Doug Lombardi about in-game advertising in CS1.6. We tried not to hold back any "punches" in this interview. As this is the case, not every question was answered, but we will still include these questions throughout. Without further delay, on with the interview.
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For the rest,here is the link..this is just the beginning..cz,css and HL2 soon to follow

CS-Nation - interviews - advertisements coming to cs - the future of Counter-Strike - csnation.net

And the worst part is tht the ad-company is IGA..(those @#$#@$) who are responsible for bf2142 in-game ads.
 
where do u think the ads will be placed??? :o it doesnt matter to me unless it pops up in the game while playing...if it is when the game screen loads /..its' ok ..
 
Well, for sports and racing games, they'd take the same approach as they have in the real world... for FPS and other games, it's a bit more tricky. We're not talking about advertising inserted in a games' start-up screens, it's advertising *in the game*, while you're playing - talk about finding 100+ coke cans lying around while you snoop around in an FPS :P All that will eventually have to be paid for by the corporates who want to be featured in games. It doesn't bother me if it helps drop the price of titles, which should be all publishers' main objective :)

What will suck, however, is publishers *not reducing the prices of titles* but instead lying that advertising revenue (which is slated to grow to $1.8bn by 2010) is an additional revenue stream to offset the growing cost of development :P
 
lol, one attack in the boss fight and you're dead, and hit from the rocket launcher and the boss is dead...*POP UP* *Free DVD game rentals from GAMEFLY!!*

Game over. XD
 
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lol, one attack in the boss fight and you're dead, and hit from the rocket launcher and the boss is dead...*POP UP* *Free DVD game rentals from GAMEFLY!!*

Game over. XD
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Tht'll be the day when I destroy IGA and every other company tht wants to promote in-game ads..

I hope this doesn't get to Quake wars :no:
 
I don't think even if every screen or frame in the game contains an ad, the prices of the games are ever gonna fall.....These gaming companies are greedy ....
 
ads will do no good , price surely wont go down :P , see , ads in Movies doesnt make the ticket or DVD price go low :P same will go for gaming but overall budget of games will increase :)
 
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