WipEout HD Patch 2.10 Incoming

[Golgofier]

I guess I could live with ads in WO as long as the products are WO-compatible and it's done in a tasteful manner. Done correctly, it could even be pretty... cool

[Sausehuhn]

As long as advertising fits the WO-Sponsor Logos and don't occur too often – no problem with it.

[Amorbis]

Good news if it improves the functionality of the game, but...

I can't say I'm happy about the adverts, especially when the game cost £18 with the Fury addition. I'll only let Studio Liverpool off if it means more WipEout in the future and it doesn't inflict my time with irrelevant insurance adverts, PS3 adverts would be OK. Although I'm not too keen on Sony's aggressive marketing on customers who have already paid for things, the XMB has the 'What's new' and the ticker which are quite annoying. I wouldn't mind 2097 style advertising where the advert (Red Bull in 2097's case) feels part of the game world.

That's enough ramblings for now.

[Sausehuhn]

Just had an advert in one of my loading screens.
It's sh1t.

The sound of breaking tires is just not fitting to a WipEout game.
Sound itself is annoying.
And I don't want any videos.
And if videos: Put in some 2D vector animation.
Put in 2D vectors anyway – the WOHD menu is so minimalistic (which equals fantastic) so why would I want to see some over-colored-shadow-glare-3D-logos all over the place?

Bäh.

[SaturnReturn]

What's this ticker people talk about? Pretty sure I don't have it.

[Sausehuhn]

Wäääh the ads annoy me. Every 5-10 loading times they show up.
Gran Turismo and Arctic Edge Videos … with loud sound of course.

[Darkdrium777]

Now I know what to NOT download.

Cheers.

[lunar]

I`d really like to hear a decent justification for making people watch additional adverts in a product they already paid for. There may be one, but I can`t see it in the blog post. Why are we being informed about improved advert functionality? We should care why? As customers the game functionality is what we care about, not Sony profits by additional advertising.

"Wipeout and in-game advertising and sponsorship have gone hand-in-hand since 1996" is just an appeal to history in the hope of getting some sympathy for advertising now. The cases are different. There is no argument there as to why additional adverts are desirable or justified now.

"it will be possible to create new associations in a unique way." I`m sure it will, but what`s in it for the consumer who has already paid for a product that did not include loading screen adverts?

If there`s something in it for the customer, which was argued with Pure`s Puma packs, then fine, but if it`s just a test of a way to make more money for Sony, and it`s the thin end of the wedge for this sort of thing happening a lot more then it`s not fine and we should resist an attempt to make us pay for games twice - once with our cash and once by watching the adverts.