The face on the info bar:a possible explanation?

[inkcil]

How about a sports ticker for other games in your season? Does it have that?

[freezeframe]

Wait until they start using using your bandwidth for it (ONLINE)

Streaming game ads that change like when a new movie comes out, New product etc. The ads are programed to change when played online.

[eDotd]

Quote: Originally Posted by freezeframe

Wait until they start using using your bandwidth for it (ONLINE) Streaming game ads that change like when a new movie comes out, New product etc. The ads are programed to change when played online.

I don't think they'll stream. They'll probably be downloaded onto your console before hand

[RubenDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deelron

Agreed. I'm perfectly fine with advertisements that are placed in the background in appropriate stadium locations or graphic overlays (I actually took a picture of hitting a double off of the "Click it or Ticket" ad on the outfield wall in MLB 2k7 just because I found it amusing) but that face (or really any extra stuff) on the game status bar has to go.

I sense though that the game may tend to show cutscenes of these "ads" more than the actual field content.

we are all losers here no matter how you look at it.

instead of having a code written that has a ingame replay ever 4 plays, one of those 4 plays now will contain a random shot at the scoreboard, where the ads are present

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by RubenDouglas

I sense though that the game may tend to show cutscenes of these "ads" more than the actual field content. we are all losers here no matter how you look at it.

Not really, the alternative is continued rising game prices. This could help keep games from going up to $69, $79, $89, etc. Game costs continue to rise and game prices are not. They have to make the money somewhere. So we're not losers if they help use this to keep from having to jack up the game prices.

[Aggies7]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Not really, the alternative is continued rising game prices. This could help keep games from going up to $69, $79, $89, etc. Game costs continue to rise and game prices are not. They have to make the money somewhere. So we're not losers if they help use this to keep from having to jack up the game prices.

Agreed just let them make their money off of advertisments, instead of raising the game prices for the consumers.

[jmood88]

Quote: Originally Posted by RubenDouglas

I sense though that the game may tend to show cutscenes of these "ads" more than the actual field content. we are all losers here no matter how you look at it. instead of having a code written that has a ingame replay ever 4 plays, one of those 4 plays now will contain a random shot at the scoreboard, where the ads are present

They already showed the scoreboard 50 times a game anyway, they might as well put something to look at.

[ZoneBlitz]

Quote: Originally Posted by coogrfan

If you've seen any the 360 vids on the various websites you may have noticed a strange icon on the info bar: Now look at a pic from later in the same vid: The face in the ad for "Massive Soldiers" on the left of the scoreboard in the second pic is the same as the one on the info bar. Earlier this evening I think I may have stumbled on to what's going on here: http://www.techshout.com/gaming/2007...ve-ad-network/ I think we are looking at a sample of the sort of thing we can expect this year.

Wow, great work. I was wondering what that face was about. That's some awesome detective work.