Sickening finding - EA sells out to Burger King

[Money99]

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Do you guys watch sports on TV....EVERYTHING IS SPONSORED! Thats pretty realistic.

I just ignore the whole thing about the King. You dont have to pick him so it doesnt matter...On another note, I would think that all of this endorsement money they are recieving from these companies could have been used for something like....adding more boxers to the game. I mean they didnt have half of these advertisers last year and they had more boxers.

I don't think it's the advertising that people are so ticked about but rather that Kudo would spend time and resources to add a fast food sidekick in as a trainer. He could have used that precious time to take training completely out of the game.

But I will say that I'm looking forward to Round 4 when, between rounds, your fighter can get a boost of energy after eating a delicious Bacon & Cheese Whopper. And don't forget the fries! Who needs a deep and comprehensive career mode when you've got the Fry Guys patching up your cuts! Not me!

[thegreatone0381]

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I don't think it's the advertising that people are so ticked about but rather that Kudo would spend time and resources to add a fast food sidekick in as a trainer. He could have used that precious time to take training completely out of the game.

But I will say that I'm looking forward to Round 4 when, between rounds, your fighter can get a boost of energy after eating a delicious Bacon & Cheese Whopper. And don't forget the fries! Who needs a deep and comprehensive career mode when you've got the Fry Guys patching up your cuts! Not me!

Actually I am kind of ticked by the advertising, it's too much and it's too blatant. I thought NBA 2K6 was kind of bad with the Toyota and Gatorade stuff, but that's skippable. I imagine Madden is going to be crazy with adverts next year, they'll probably have Super Bowl Commercials.

[lionsfan49]

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I imagine Madden is going to be crazy with adverts next year, they'll probably have Super Bowl Commercials.

If they have monkeys in suits then I am all for it!!!

[Brian_OS]

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If you're using words like "sickening" and "disgusting" to describe EA including The King as an optional choice of trainer in a boxing video game, I think it's time to seriously reassess your life.

It's not like they called the game BK Boxing and make you fight every bout in a huge hollowed-out replica of a Whopper box or something....

I don't need to reassess my life, I can handle all the banners and ring post adverts( and good god there are plenty of them in this game) but when the King is escorting fighters to the ring, that's just plain stupid. I guess I'm not a 14 year old booger picker so I just don't get it. From all the screens and interviews I read, I was geared up for a realistic boxing experience.

Operation Sports: Will there be multiple promoters that our fighter can sign with?

Kudo Tsunoda: "You are able to sign with multiple trainers and corner people in the game ALL of whom have an affect on your career. "

So can the King get me a good deal on a whopper after a big fight?

To me this is the WTF moment in sports gaming this year.. If some of you think it is funny to have the King escort Ali out to the ring, good for you. I think it is embarrassing to the sport.

[sdrotar]

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I don't like the advertising, either - at all.
However, it's definitely here to stay.

2K Sports' College Hoops has had Burger King marketing built into it for the last couple years. Remember "Have it your way" roster management? Ugh.

[lionsfan49]

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To me this is the WTF moment in sports gaming this year.. If some of you think it is funny to have the King escort Ali out to the ring, good for you. I think it is embarrassing to the sport.

I dont see the big deal. Dont use it if it offends you so...

[Money99]

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I dont see the big deal. Dont use it if it offends you so...

It offends me because the time needed to make The King could have been spent on making the career mode a little better. It could have been upgraded from laugh-out-loud-pathetic to horribly-pathetic.

Or, like someone here pointed out, they could have taken the money made from BK and bought a few more real life boxers.

But I'm mostly offended because Kudo thinks it's funny to have The King in there. It shows me that he finds the sport rediculous and that he's probably bitter because noone will pay him to make a ping-pong game.

[ExtremeGamer]

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It offends me because the time needed to make The King could have been spent on making the career mode a little better. It could have been upgraded from laugh-out-loud-pathetic to horribly-pathetic.

Or, like someone here pointed out, they could have taken the money made from BK and bought a few more real life boxers.

But I'm mostly offended because Kudo thinks it's funny to have The King in there. It shows me that he finds the sport rediculous and that he's probably bitter because noone will pay him to make a ping-pong game.

You really take this way too serious.

[Ryan97]

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What offends me is when people make these statements about the development process of the game and at the same time manage to clarify how little they actually know about the business.

Not making the burger king guy would not have helped with career mode. There would have been another task in its place for that perticular team. The team that was responsible for the implementation of the king probably had jack squat to do with the layout and design plan for the career mode.

Your gripes about certain aspects of the career are valid IMO, but iam so tired of seeing stuff like "man if they didnt make a mascot team you know how much more time they could have had developing the AI" when in reality the 2 jobs aren't even connected. 2 different teams many different taks and different deadlines.

You as and art guy wouldn't walk over to the programming department and say "I have restructured my work schedule to allow me time to work on AI with you, overall I think its better for the game" It would be nice, but it just dosent work that way.

[Ryan97]

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Just to clarify, if you want people to take you seriously when you critique the development of a game, a car, a jet, or whatever atleast have some facts. You will come up with more usefull ideas, and your opinions will be respected and valued.

[Steelerfan2k1]

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What offends me is when people make these statements about the development process of the game and at the same time manage to clarify how little they actually know about the business.

Not making the burger king guy would not have helped with career mode. There would have been another task in its place for that perticular team. The team that was responsible for the implementation of the king probably had jack squat to do with the layout and design plan for the career mode.

Your gripes about certain aspects of the career are valid IMO, but iam so tired of seeing stuff like "man if they didnt make a mascot team you know how much more time they could have had developing the AI" when in reality the 2 jobs aren't even connected. 2 different teams many different taks and different deadlines.

You as and art guy wouldn't walk over to the programming department and say "I have restructured my work schedule to allow me time to work on AI with you, overall I think its better for the game" It would be nice, but it just dosent work that way.

IAWTP

Not only this, but, what do people think helped EA to spend so much money and effort developing the technology used to make the absolutely incredible graphics in this game? Basically - they cut a deal with Burger King to allow them to sell in-game advertising. EA thus had more money to spend on the game because they got money from Burger King in exchange for advertising.

People are acting like someone from Burger King came to EA and said "Hey - take a few guys from your development team off of career mode and put the King in the game. We'll give you 5 grand." In-game advertising has absolutely nothing to do with this.

I sincerely hope that EA does this all the time. Think about it - the more advertising revenue they genrate from simple tie-ins like this. Basically - if EA makes it so that real companies appear on signs and in minor things, like "Pontiac Game of the Week" and "Under Armour Championship Bout" - there is less pressure to sell the game and more money available to develop the game.

Besides - I hate playing games that have fictional advertising in them - or that simply have "EA Sports" plastered everywhere. If anything, having real advertising adds to the authenticity of a game.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Besides - I hate playing games that have fictional advertising in them - or that simply have "EA Sports" plastered everywhere. If anything, having real advertising adds to the authenticity of a game.

Agreed, I would much rather see a Burger King sign and logo rather than Billy Bob's Shrimp Shack sign.

[Ryan97]

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Agreed, I would much rather see a Burger King sign and logo rather than Billy Bob's Shrimp Shack sign.

LOL, yes or the old baseball games "This game is brought to you by "Chork !" not quite chicken, and not quite pork..."Chork !!"

[Lintyfresh85]

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LOL, yes or the old baseball games "This game is brought to you by "Chork !" not quite chicken, and not quite pork..."Chork !!"

LOL... That was the only thing that made the old Triple Play series playable IMO. The commentary for the advertisements were just flat out funny.

[fistofrage]

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You really take this way too serious.

Well, when there is only 1 boxing game on the market to chose from and there are a few little things they could do to make the game better and they just won't listen......It gets frustrating.