Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 14th Jul 2012 03:10 UTC
"People who don't play video games would be forgiven if they turned on an Xbox 360 and didn't realize it was a device used to primarily play games. The first screen you see on the Xbox 360 Dashboard is often a mixture of ads for all sorts of goods and services, and many times games are in the minority of ad slots. The latest redesign increased the ad space that can be sold to advertisers, and that in turn increased this problem. Let's be clear, it is a problem." No kidding. I pay for Xbox Live, yet I'm being bombarded by useless crap ads. It's ridiculous. And yet I don't stop playing. It seems as if there's a solution to this problem in there somewhere, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
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Member since:2006-01-23
Do you spend your time sitting on the home screen? I know I don't. I just turn it on, wave over to what I want to do, and play that game, watch that movie or listen to my music. I certainly couldn't care less what ads are on the home screen. I don't think most other people do either.
Sounds like one of those "First World Problems" to me
Sounds like one of those "First World Problems" to me
When will you start to care? ok so right now you only have adverts on the screen where your games and tv shows could be put for easy access, sure thats just a extra menu to flick through.. but were do you (or anyone else draw the line).
Gold members are paying for the service up keep already. There should be no reason to show adverts (more so adverts that have no relation to the topic/screen or your past gaming experiance at hand).
So, were does microsoft intend to take it. Adverts before every game you want to play? Don't think it'll happen? What did Google do with youtube?
Already I see xbox live games on WP7 with adverts at the bottom of the screen. These are games by Microsoft branded as XBOX LIVE titles. They have adverts. Its the next logical step for them.
RE[2]: This is a problem?
by BluenoseJake on Sun 15th Jul 2012 00:19
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Member since:2005-08-11
I won't start to care. There are ads everywhere, you can't avoid them. They are a fact of life. There are ads before and after every tv show, and during, and we pay for cable. There are ads on every page of a magazine, but we pay for the magazine. There are ads on both the inside and the outside of buses, but we pay for the bus.
Ads are a fact of life, get over it. It's a non problem.
RE[2]: This is a problem?
by Wafflez on Mon 16th Jul 2012 17:13
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Member since:2011-06-26
Gold members are paying for the service up keep already. There should be no reason to show adverts (more so adverts that have no relation to the topic/screen or your past gaming experiance at hand).
So, were does microsoft intend to take it. Adverts before every game you want to play? Don't think it'll happen? What did Google do with youtube?
As a both PS3 and xBox360 owner, I know for what I pay.
Never experiencing downtime? Check. Not having to change my credit card? Check. Communicating with others while playing different games? Check. Heck, even communicating with others on the same friggin game (helloooo Battlefield 3)? Check.
As for advertisments before games - I have seen plenty advertising SpeedTree and Unreal Engine and PC games have another "the way it's meant to be played" ad.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/13/13 14:35 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/10/13 23:13 UTC
Apple held its big keynote event thing at WWDC earlier this evening, but since I was away with friends I've had to read up on it later in the evening. The company announced iOS 7, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and they gave a preview of the new Mac Pro. Especially the Mac Pro impressed me, and while iOS 7's new Holo/Metro-inspired theme looks messy and garish to me, I do commend Apple for finally breaking the mold. This news item will focus on iOS 7 - I'll dive into the Mac Pro and OS X 10.9 tomorrow (it's late here now).
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Do you spend your time sitting on the home screen? I know I don't. I just turn it on, wave over to what I want to do, and play that game, watch that movie or listen to my music. I certainly couldn't care less what ads are on the home screen. I don't think most other people do either.
Sounds like one of those "First World Problems" to me
Edited 2012-07-14 13:43 UTC