lol i just like EA to do this

lol.. tiberium will probably have mcdonalds billbords (way to ruin the atmosphere).. (yes i know they said burnout but its EA their bound to do it.. in their franchises)

I don't mind advertisements, but only for certain games. It needs to fit into the game... There better not be any in GTA IV though. Anyways, shouldn't the Burnout be cheaper, like $40 instead of $60 with all the ads?

I can understand ads up to a certain point but Paradise is really pushing it. There's almost ads on every building and they're starting to stand out a bit. I men the game is still enjoyable to play but it's really close to going overboard.

 

Seriously does anyone even show at compusa anymore? they were supposed to be going out of buisness a year ago already why do they continue to pretend they're still a store worth caring about?

Rockstar won't put adverts into GTA4...the whole point of the billboards/companies and everything else is that it's a parody on real life...very terry pratchett like in some respects...like the "GetALife" building in the first trailer...

 

with regards to this, i think it's a good idea to a cartain extent...we've seen it before...Nokia in Tony Hawk games, i think verizon may have been in a NFS game but that might just be my mind...i know that burger king was in NFSU2 so it's not really anything new...

dont waste your money on this game rent it first then decide my 2 cent.

Great game much better then forza in my book.

well yeah, in-game advertising does have its good and bad qualities, it can add a sense of realizem to the game, howerver i always just ignore the advertisments, there not wat i look at wen i play games, its diffrent if youre looking round the scenery though, and that might be where the sense of realizem comes in,

This is living lol man it finally happene.

@ GR3G0444 - My thoughts exactly.

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If in-game advertising is going to take off, then game prices better start falling.  I refuse to pay $60 for a game filled with advertising.  I understand development costs quite a bit, but if you have 6 or 7 companies paying money for advertising, I don't see why games can't drop $10-20.

I think (in burnout and other games set in our current timeframe) it would work out really well. Advertising is all around us and false advertising is already put into these games, but it only serves to add to the unreality. If we had real ads I think it would add credence and believability to games. If it also leads to cheaper games for us consumers it can only be a good thing (unless they make you sit through unnecessary loading screens with adverts).

I only notice the Diesel vans, when I crash into them. All other advertisements is in my eyes hardly noticed, but I think that advertisements in this kind of games is okay, becasue it can give the game a bigger budget, and make it better. 
I would be surprised if uncharted 2 would have Coca-Cola typed in the cave-walls. But if the adds are in a right enviroment, I dosen´t bother me..
But it a EA thing to do something like this.. lol

psn id: gingo.... i quite like the suttle advertising in burnout because it doesn't ruin the game but it makes you take a look as ur driving past a van that says Gilette or something

I completely agree with GR3G0444 - advertising can be okay in the right games, as it can help to make the whole thing more realistic. But if it is used, the price of the game should drop.

 

Similarly, I've never understood why the official PlayStation mags charge extra for the demo disc.  As I see it, the demos are an advert for the products, and as such, the companies making the games should pay to have their demo on the disc, covering the production costs. Particularly as the demos are free on PSN anyway!

I think will see alot of this in GTA4.

i see this as very good more income, yeah i know EA:-)

just hope that video-games don't get overwhelmed with too much add's, there's already too many add's on t.v but with just the right amount it actualy makes the games more realistic