I just want to point out that in Japan/Asia where this poster originated, gaming is taken as a very serious form of entertainment going by the sales numbers, the increasing number of game to anime/live action adaptations and the amoubnt of money getting dumped into e-sports over there.
Maybe boob posters is the way to go?
And you miss the boat again. Im not bringing Nazism, religion or racism in, I am using them to give my argument context. If its okay for one its okay for the other. You can't have it both ways.Originally Posted by Ze Snake
It is their right to feel offended. I'll use another example:
Ask most people here and they will tell you I often call people stupid or outright idiots, they dont like that and some I would say are even offended by me calling them stupid. Now it is their right to feel offended but would you say its fine for me to go around calling people stupid just because its my opinion?
In my, not so humble, opinion this add is calling all gamers idiots (regardless of where it was published) because it implies the only thing that matters is the size of Ivy jubblies, not gameplay, not plot nothing except the frakking size of the tits in said game. Yet people complain about gameplay thats aimed at bringing new players in and proceeds to call these games "dumbed down" even if the plot, graphics etc where all top class. But its okay for the game to give the impressing its all about the boobies? :WTF:
How do you PEGI a poster? We have already established that few parents pay attention to age restrictions & most retailers ignore them completely so plastering that all over building is going make -16 male adolescents want to play it because
so the PEGI 16 means bugger all. If I was under 16 I would consider it a reason to play the game, that's part of human psychology - we all want to do what we are not allowed to do.
Also Game Specific retailers (atleast in SA) ask for ID when purchasing a game. I'm not talking about the big super markets, they're hopeless.
And you won't believe the number of times I've been stopped when I take my younger brother to the arcade or games center with them telling me he's too young to play certain games. Apparently age restrictions do count for something.
So do, i agree. Some Store manager are parents themselves or have cousins/nephews and are more aware of age restrictions. However there are ALOT who simply don't. I stood in a game chain where a Mother asks a member of staff for <Mature Rated Game Y> with her 10 year old son standing next to her where upon, without blinking, the member of staff fetched the game and handed it to the kid....
Also:
With regards to the posters, they tell absolutely nothing within regards to what type of game is indeed that is true, but ya gotta look at the target audience. Its way too easy to prove something is or is not acceptable, hey right images and links and it could be justified as a good marketing scheme. As for whats the game about game trailers will sell you that and honestly ever go to a store check out a poster and decide on the spot to buy that item. The only reason its working is because it creates hype in the non Japanese market. do yourself a favor and check megarom's site http://www.megarom.co.za/games/soul-calibur-v/ and see their marketing with relevance to SC that's most probably what our marketing gonna equate to.
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I just need to get the gist of the discussion. @Omega, Is your point about their marketing not allowing gamers to buy games based on the game's own merit but using something that has entirely nothing to do with the game (e.g. In this case boobs)?
Last edited by Saint_Dee; 01-02-2012 at 04:13 PM.
No that is not his point.
Im not SA based so Megarom has no meaning for me also I get most of my game data online and normally know pretty much everything about it before its release. I do not impulse buy often/at all.
My point is ads like these or ones that uses a cheap marketing ploy (See Bulletstorms Swearing trailer) create a misconception regarding games, holding the medium back. (See the Facing Controversy Vid I posted)
Those lobbyist who keeps trying to ban the sale of violent video games don't care where an ad was aired, to them its all just ammo for the next round in the courts/congress/parliament.
@omega Its cool man, the best the lobbyist can do is force the companies to adapt, and yes its cheap marketing ploys, but none the less they work.
as a side note this reminds me of South park's blame Canada plot in the movie
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