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[VG247] TV-like ads may soon be coming to console games
- Thread starter dex3108
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Yeah, it's the mobile game 'watch an ad if you want to get some in-game currency thing'.
People already jump through crazy hoops to grind in-game currency in free-to-play games if they don't want to spend any money in them. I imagine they'll happily do this.
I think that if you disable them you don't even get the pop-up, nothing at all. Still not 100% sure.
i care, most of what i play is F2P (Destiny, Apex, Fortnite, Etc...)
this was from an kof fighter mobile game IIRC
SNK didn't make it and they hated it so much they pulled the ad
This is directly from Paladins site, from their patch notes for the next update:
Additional Coin Earning
Starting this patch, we've implemented a new feature where players will have the option of watching ads in-game to earn Gold, Bounty Coins, and other rewards. Now we know you probably have a few questions and we wanted to be upfront and clear about a few things:
-These ads are completely optional. Players that would like to earn rewards via this new feature will need to click the new "Earn Free Rewards!" button on the home menu and opt in for an ad to start playing. If you don't opt in, you'll never see an ad and your Paladins experience will be the same as always. We will never add forced or unskippable ads to Paladins, ever.
-Ads shown are of a quality and standard that you'd see on TV or other mainstream video service providers or streaming platforms. Nothing cheap or sketchy.
-If you watch an ad, you will always receive a reward. Every ad watched will award 100 Gold and you can also earn other rewards like Bounty Coins and Boosters for watching multiple ads.
I am not sure will it work in the same way in other games.
Source: https://www.paladins.com/news/genlock-update-notes
Additional Coin Earning
Starting this patch, we've implemented a new feature where players will have the option of watching ads in-game to earn Gold, Bounty Coins, and other rewards. Now we know you probably have a few questions and we wanted to be upfront and clear about a few things:
-These ads are completely optional. Players that would like to earn rewards via this new feature will need to click the new "Earn Free Rewards!" button on the home menu and opt in for an ad to start playing. If you don't opt in, you'll never see an ad and your Paladins experience will be the same as always. We will never add forced or unskippable ads to Paladins, ever.
-Ads shown are of a quality and standard that you'd see on TV or other mainstream video service providers or streaming platforms. Nothing cheap or sketchy.
-If you watch an ad, you will always receive a reward. Every ad watched will award 100 Gold and you can also earn other rewards like Bounty Coins and Boosters for watching multiple ads.
I am not sure will it work in the same way in other games.
Source: https://www.paladins.com/news/genlock-update-notes
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I was actually scouring for this thread to post it and couldn't find it lol. thanks!
See below. This is 'manually select an option to watch an ad in exchange for some currency in a free to play game'.
Not 'watch ads before you're allowed to start your $70 game'.
Granted, I just think it makes sense. I'm playing a number of F2P games and spending 0 money. If this is how they want to monetize me and keep giving me no genuine reason to spend money, I'm ok with it.
Hmm, do we know how these ads are delivered? I assume it's a stream delivered from a server rather than the ads downloaded to your system and then only play if you opt in.
Because if it's through streaming, it would be interesting to see if you could block the ads in some fashion (through simple IP/domain blocking or through a custom DNS like Pi-Hole) and still collect the rewards.
if its one of those "if you watch this you win more resources" or so, i'm ok with, just don't insert a ad between matches or loading times.
Ok I can live with that, but I'm just worried where this could lead.
Sorry y'all, welcome to 2009
double fusion did this years and years ago, Sony rolled it out at one point (and pulled it back pretty quickly)
https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/08/03/wipeout-hd-getting-hd-in-game-advertisements
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double fusion did this years and years ago, Sony rolled it out at one point (and pulled it back pretty quickly)
https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/08/03/wipeout-hd-getting-hd-in-game-advertisements
Wipeout HD In-Game Ad's !??!
ad for State Farm on the wipeout loading screen??? Can't believe they have in-game ad's on wipe out HDCheck out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX4...
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Wipeout HD load time with and without advertising
UPDATE: The ads have been REMOVED! In recent news, Sony has pulled the ads from the game, so this video is obsolete. While it's always possible that this c...
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God I hope not. It's already annoying on the Home Screen of PS4 when trying to get to YouTube or on Series S in general.
Also makes me glad I'm switching to PC cuz worst case scenario I mod that bullshit out.
Also makes me glad I'm switching to PC cuz worst case scenario I mod that bullshit out.
Or rather, there's nothing anyone can do. These companies have complete control over the type of content you love. This will most likely be normalized in a few years with maybe some backlash that will ultimately do nothing whatsoever.
Yeah, I could totally see watching ads for coins or mtx-currency being a thing in the various Ultimate Teams modes.
Honestly, its F2P I wouldn't care too much. Servers aren't free and they have to make money somehow. If I really enjoyed a game, I'd hate for it to shut down just because it didn't have the perfect ratio of Whales to Players. And a commercial between matches while I'm waiting in the lobby would be far and beyond one of the least intrusive ways to go about it, and would be then perfect spot because like with TV you can get up to go get a snack or use the bathroom while waiting for the next match. And if you really hated them that much, they could probably add in a Micro-transaction to get rid of them
That said, if its a paid game, fuck-the-hell-no to that.
That said, if its a paid game, fuck-the-hell-no to that.
Seems like a handily tool for f2p games. They may add them while the game is filling the lobby, in loading screens or when a player is waiting to be revived.
I remember patcher saying this would be a thing somewhere around 2010, it took long.
I remember patcher saying this would be a thing somewhere around 2010, it took long.
Shivering Isles was 2007 so not far off and still one of the best DLCs.
Guys, even on mobile, this is reserved for F2P games only. Nobody's going to put video ads in a paid game.
Going from $0 to $0 isn't an 'increase in game prices'.
FTP games…for now.
Glad I don't play any of those. Finally quit Hearthstone a couple weeks back, and I don't miss it.
Glad I don't play any of those. Finally quit Hearthstone a couple weeks back, and I don't miss it.
No way this doesn't get adopted for full priced games down the line just like any other monetization scheme, all we can hope for is that it fails before they try to pull it on COD Black Ops 7 or Madden 2026
