I completely forgot that ads in games already existed in 2005

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  1. CapitalToe9957

    But in a “transparent” way.

    Imagine nowadays. You need to click on the outdoor “x” button on the top right to keep playing.

  2. Sea_Art3391

    In death stranding your only energy drink was Monster Energy.

    That changed in the director’s cut though.

  3. not_memedealer

    Pikmin 2 had duracel batteries and other things that were replaced with generic items in last year’s remaster.

  4. RequiemStorm

    Ads in video games have existed for nearly as long as video games

  5. marichuu

    As sad as it is, that type of ads make the games more real.

  6. TheOneCalledGump

    Splinter Cell has SOBE machines everywhere

  7. dictator_simulator

    I can’t even remember his one.

  8. THE-KOALA-BEAR710

    Wasn’t there a whole pepsiman game or someshit for the ps1?

  9. Shit_Pistol

    Is Axe for weird boy-men who never grew up like Lynx(UK name) is?

  10. Sparktank1

    Product Placement isn’t as intrusive. You can still game and not even notice or care about it.

    Not like Amazon where you pay to watch Prime content and still get ads from their own show about another one of their shows before you continue watching their show.

    It’s fun to see remasters and different editions of games when they have to change the brands to fake in-universe brands because licensing expired.

    I think it was Alan Wake Remastered where the license for Duracell expired. They had a lot of fun in-universe products.

    It’s even funner to watch friends and others complain about them not using the real name brands, “just call it what it is. We all it’s X.”

    I prefer the fake brands, those delight me. I have zero feelings towards actual products.

  11. DJGloegg

    I remember far cry (the og) was rereleased for free but with ads on the main menu and esc/pause menu ingame

  12. DovydukasBL

    There is a burger king in this game.
    And there are blimps with the burger king ad on them

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