Massive Incorporated Expands

[Konve]

MindArk are already under their partners list:
http://www.massiveincorporated.com/s...k/partners.htm

Originally Posted by Photon

Maybe I missed something, but where does anyone from MA say this?

I think that was in the Entropian.
Edit: I could have been wrong, though

[Homestar]

Originally Posted by kygon

you can turn it off but you'll get less loot

Small correction, they indeed said you would have an option to turn the adds off. But turning them off gives you the same average loot you receive now, not less. Turning the adds on will give you bigger loots.

[Francine]

It's not all good...
You are kinda forced to watch the advertisement or you suffer of financial punishment.
And i dont like spam...they brainwash you to become a zombie obsessive customer....Everywhere you go IRL you can see spam....Internet too . I think PE was the last place (before Entropian came) without advertisement ...
Do you consider the big boards of "The Entropian" on the deluxe centers as advertising or not? If so, can you choose to not display them?
Obviously not ....I am afraid that Massive wont invest in PE unless they know they can show their customer's ads to everyone ...


Besides that:
More loot if you watch the ads?
Less loot if you refuse them?

->
MA can definitely control your personal % return of loots...You are not paranoid, they probably cut your % loot down

[nutter]

ok, let me get my head around this....

Project Entropia will soon have hundreds of new bugs introduced, along with perhaps in-game items being sold by real companies...

Why not just fix the bugs that are already in the game, and redo the crafting system so that crafters can make everything that is needed in the game THEN introduce advertising? But in that avatars can advertidse THEIR shops ingame?
This would result in more people depositing because crafting would be easier and more productive, and because people can buy a good gun / armour / fap (delete as appropriate) from a crafter / shop!

Seems to me that MA just want to increase their income without the effort of fixing what is already in the game. Sorry, but I dont think this will enhance the game at all, and it certainly won't increase the 'loot' pool.

But then I could be wrong........... I hope I am.

[acaffrey]

Originally Posted by Francine

It's not all good...
You are kinda forced to watch the advertisement or you suffer of financial punishment.
And i dont like spam...they brainwash you to become a zombie obsessive customer....Everywhere you go IRL you can see spam....Internet too . I think PE was the last place (before Entropian came) without advertisement ...
Do you consider the big boards of "The Entropian" on the deluxe centers as advertising or not? If so, can you choose to not display them?
Obviously not ....I am afraid that Massive wont invest in PE unless they know they can show their customer's ads to everyone ...


Besides that:
More loot if you watch the ads?
Less loot if you refuse them?

->
MA can definitely control your personal % return of loots...You are not paranoid, they probably cut your % loot down

There must be a reason for us to accept the adverts in the game, I will happily accept them if I can break even hunting.

[Cougar]

I hope that the advertising bends nicely with PE and not something that disrupts our PE experience.

I have already have experienced publicity from Massive Incorporated while playing AO and i think the way it was integrated turned out really nice, i hope MindArk does such a good job.

And YAY more loot.

[Jimmy B]

Yay! The race for the first 100K hof is on!

[AlphaGeek]

MA just tore a "Massive" hole in the fiction that created Calypso. I understand the need for revenue, but this maneuver makes me feel that MA is truly more concerned with the bottom line by any means than by attempting to generate revenue through satisfied customers.

What's next MA? banner ads on combibos? 30 second streaming media commercials for some product that you can't use in game every time I revive? Maybe I'll be able to watch Happy Days reruns ingame... I'd be especially interested in the one where Fonzie jumped the shark, as MA has now done.

AG

[Shorty dude SNF]

I don't mind some adverts in PE as long is it gives at least A BIT better loot and stuff, AND as long that there ain't gonna pop some adverts right in my face when hunting or mining

[Solaris]

Advertising - Im ready for it!!
Please lets have some cool stuff to splinter our sor eyes on the long nights.
Id like to buy a billboard above my shops window

Dear MA: How bout making a movie theater somewhere around the desert? It could be nice with a drivein for tired miners. I volunteer to sell tickets for a pec and a rock. I bet movies could be soo cool with a bunch of internationally uncensored adds.


Btw, I love french films...