Google Brings Ads To Games, Game Ads To YouTube 108
Reuters reports that YouTube will be partnering with Amazon and iTunes to provide the ability to purchase games and songs that are in or related to YouTube's hosted videos. For example, watching footage from Spore will bring up a link to purchase the actual game through Amazon. The sales revenue will be shared. In related news, Google has launched a public beta for their in-game advertising software based on Adsense. "Google is initially targeting the sweet spot for its technology: games based in Adobe's Flash platform and which run in a web browser with no download. ... [Christian Oestlien, senior product manager at Google] said that Google's advertisers can use the software to insert ads into games or videos for YouTube, making the ads more versatile. Developers of games can use Flash software development kits to designate the points in a game that make an 'ad request.'"
Re:Ads in Games (Score:5, Insightful)
Expect this to very quickly go from Flash games into any game that connects to the internet, its a great new revenue stream for companies.
Why does it have to connect to the internet?
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Isn't Burger King releasing games [slashdot.org] funded entirely by Burger King with Burger King themes in them? (Did I mention Burger King?)
When I was tiny and we had our first x86 machine, I recall receiving a free 7-up game from the local supermarket that was a 3.5 diskette. You played spot, the 7-up mascot in an Othello rip off against another person next to you or the computer. Is this any different?
Would I be shocked to see ad funded games hitting the shelves? Nope. I wouldn't be surprised to see free discs & downloads of games where a car company makes a racing game or a soda company makes a mario party-ish game
I'm not too hip on this idea though, the last thing I want is more advertisement in my life. They seem like a distraction & waste of time. But since they fund a lot of what I do for entertainment, they're here to stay!
DRM 1 Star Mob (Score:5, Insightful)
Ouch. Amazon might not be the best place to try and sell spore...
-Grey [wellingtongrey.net]
Re:Keep Your Fucking Ads Out of My Games (Score:1, Insightful)
Nowhere. Just die, or charge more.
I don't know, I personally would rather see an ad or two than pay more for something, but that's just me.
If a game was released for $20 with ads or say $40 without ads, which would you buy? And don't be stubborn just to prove your point, I will know if you are lying. :P
Re:Keep Your Fucking Ads Out of My Games (Score:1, Insightful)
It depends. If the game is a freebie released over the internet that the author has no other possible revenue stream for, then I have no problem with an ad-supported version like the current trend of MochiAds flash games. If it's a game that I have to pay money for, then yes, Keep Your Fucking Ads Out Of My Games.
Google's too big (Score:4, Insightful)
I'm finding another search engine. I know it sounds like an over reaction- but the way I figure it, the more funding google gets the more money it has to inject into tracking us and injecting ads into every possible place. I understand that whatever engine I use they're gonna spend money on trying to sell me something, or make something I will buy in the future- but I'd prefer to give my views to someone spending their money on something else. Naturally it's not gonna be microsoft- but its certainly not going to be google.
The question is: is it too late?
Anyone who uses mozilla uses google, google is now a VERB, they own youtube, and they serve ads on virtually every web page. On top of that, they're getting a base of users for their browser AND they have a suite of office applications.
People started saying when is too much a long time ago, well I think now.
Re:Ads and MMOs (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Don't ruin the immersion (Score:4, Insightful)