In-game adds are not added into game because of money problems. Valve
has not made any mentions about funding problems and there should not be
any. Game has paid itself back many times already so nothing justifies
the adverts in-game. Game itself doesnt cost that much to run as you think.
They only said that in-game adds are experiment and a way to make new
revenue since 1.6 is the most popular FPS-game in the world and
advertisers would be interested to have new way to reach new customers.
Of course, all of this is marketing propaganda. If 1.6 would cost too
much to maintain, adds would have come sooner. Beta-stage was there to
collect players opinions about adds. Some say they dont bother, some say
they do. I'd say that every distraction in the game is annoying. There
isnt much ways to give feedback. 1 player says "adds are ok" to right
persons ear and it makes public opinion -> adds are ok. Fine, most
people submit to this as they dont care or they have to submit to be
able to play games they like. If this goes through fine, id say other
companies will add advertisements to their NEW games - including Valve
to their future games. I already heard a rumour that there will be
changeable adds in HL2 Episode 2.
Nothing justifies adding advertisement into OLD games which people PAID
already ages ago and got them WITHOUT ADVERTISEMENT. If this would be
new game, lets say HL2 Episode 2, it would be totally different thing.
People would not have to buy the game if they knew that it will have
adds, however, most people dont care like i said and would buy the game
anyway. Players of 1.6 feel somewhat betrayed because of the adds. I
would be pissed if i would own 1.6 and have adds added into it later -
when before i would have had it without adds. If these ever spread to
CS:Source, ill be sure to quit playing it instantly.
-ics
Andrew Forsberg kirjoitti:
On 08/03/2007, at 10:25 AM, Saint K. wrote:
Dont you think supporting a game once its released has been pre-
calculated
in the bugets?
When the budget has expired do you want to see support for the game
cease completely? or could you put up with a few small ads here and
there?
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