They gotta advertise their game in the best way possible. Live action possibly captures general audiences better.
Po pimpus just likes to gripe about shit just ignore his fuckin ass. I do.
Somebody should really pass that info along to Platinum one of these days.
Fixed.
This is hilarious lol
Don’t forget to add Nintendo to that list.
Hence we had this, lol.
The Wonderful 101 - Nintendo Direct: http://youtu.be/7cdww90e6mg
Yea, Platinum is just a developer. It’s on the publisher to do their job and promote shit better.
So far the Live action commercial is the only thing that caught my interest.
I am still not getting that pathetic game
Welcome to every remake and port ever.
The Wonderful 10, people still talk about this?
Sega makes non-Sonic games?
Buncha Capcom employees up in here… Celebrating spending the GDP of France on Advertising, but can’t release a complete game.
I don’t know why I bother sometimes…
Used to.
Then, around 2006, they remembered all the money they used to make with Sonic, and decided not to make shit else…
More like spending the GDP of Ethiopia Which is alot less than the GDP of the State of Mayrland
GDP of France is 2.735 trillion USD (2013) - Google
Seriously get your perspective together.
Anyways who the fuck cares, the Video game industry have a long and treasured history of blowing lots of Cash for Live Action Commercials and things that never goes into actual products.
The TV ad was most likely banked rolled by Microsoft, somehow yet to net a profit from their Xbox gaming division.
Halo 3 diorama ad was S-tier.
That was the only Halo game I’ve ever owned. It was cool, aside from all the weapons being awful. I can’t mess with super sci-fi weapons.
They only make Sonic games. They publish games for other people. I cant think of the last time Sega made something that wasnt Sanic.
Valkyria Chronicles and Border Break
Who said anything about investing half a game’s budget on a single live action trailer? Why do you expect everyone in the universe to be acutely aware of the existence of every game ever made with no marketing budget? Why do you have to be so short sighted and put words in my mouth? As mentioned above game developers have the job of making a quality game or more specifically one that meets whatever their vision is accurately while publishers have the job of marketing the game, or more specifically making sure the public is aware of it and want to buy it.
Many gamers especially all of us here on SRK are aware of how unfortunately common it is for the bigger publishers to focus on the marketing of a game making sure it sells while leaving it’s quality as an afterthought. However, that doesn’t mean publishers and developers should be happy making a quality game no one buys especially when these people have families to feed. Po why do you think everything is so black and white? You move the goal posts so often when anyone like me points out your bullshit, with your mindset you probably think that with enough hard work hustling mixtapes that every single aspiring rapper will definitely be making Nicki Minaj levels of money :looney:
All those games you cherish so dearly are more than likely made by people who both love making games and the fact that they will make at least enough money to afford food. A game having a live action trailer is not the equivalent to having a Destiny sized budget in marketing alone.
As someone who loved Halo 1-3, one of my main gripes with the franchise that kept me from ever being heavily invested is the fact that Bungie played it too safe with the weapons. They call it a sci fi futuristic game and supposedly have all these cool ass technology and alien technology, but every weapon is a reskin of a basic ass machine gun, sniper, or shotty.
When i think sci fi I think really whacky, mind blowing, crazy, badass weapons like what you’d find in a Ratchet and Clank game…not a shotgun or assault rifle I have COD for that.
Immerse yoself into dis Hong Kong F2P Gangster World.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQn4OvRrK0A
They made this one for the criminals!
Could be decent but…eh.
I know I’m going to regret this later, but here goes…
No one said that. Hell, I didn’t even say that. I DID allude to spending an exorbitant amount of money on movie like trailers, when you could just let your work hype itself up by showing it in action, but that would require the confidence that comes from knowing you made a competent product.
I don’t. But I would expect any smart consumer to at least research the things they spend money on. Again, a simple gameplay-focused commercial does the job of conveying what your product is far better than some pretentious ass live-action bullshit.
The same way you dodge a simple question like, “Why are you blowing so much money on actors/cgi/music licensing, when you could do a simpler gameplay demonstration with bits of regular commercial bullshit for half or less than your current budget, and do a far better job of telling people what your product is and what it does?”
Because despite all the posturing to prove otherwise, the basic scientific and advertising concepts of “the simplest solution is usually the best solution” and “keep it simple, stupid” still hold true.
Putting Drew Brees in a Madden commercial doesn’t help me understand how the new Madden plays or what it looks/sounds like… A half-hour+ Nintendo Direct that takes me through Bayonetta 2’s new modes and weapons tells exactly what to expect when I buy the game and put it in the system.
Geez, why is this shit so difficult to understand?
Am I really the only one that just wants people to stop bullshitting with smoke and mirrors and let me see what I’m buying?
A nintendo direct is about 27 minutes longer then a tv commercial. That is a really stupid comparison Po. 