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pay more, to watch your tampon ads

another Exclusive for the xbox nation microsoft is looking out for uss gamers putting video ads on the xbox360 so we dont have to watch the same boring loading screen over and over

Have fun watching the same loading screen over and over in your haze game and getting ylod ps3 owners While microsoft keeps updating xbox live and bringing the best online features like video ads in loading screens

people better have one fine connection

You pay $50 a year only to have even more ads shoved in your face. I guess that money has been going towards making those static ads into video ads.

PSN is like NETZERO from back in the day, free but with plenty of ads.

XBOX LIVE is like AOL, you pay for it and get plenty of ads.

exclusively on the 360

As if they weren't pushing ads enough. It annoys me enough when I have to sit through an ad before a YouTube video...

But then again that small pebble can cause a massive avalanche.

It's scary how people would consider looking the other way. Sooner or later these small ads will get bigger and grander and while that's happening, so will the standards:

- It's okay, it's only a small ad that I can skip over.

next time

- It's okay, it's only ads in a loading screen.

the near future

- It's okay, it's only video ads while I'm going to the options screen.

The future

- It's okay, the ads are not distracting enough while I'm playing a game, it doesn't bother me because I'm too busy looking at the crosshair when I'm pulling some headshots, YEAH! Besides, they only take up 5% of my screen. What's the big deal I'VE GOT A BIG-A*S TV!

The final verdict.

- It's okay, there would be video ads for only 10 - 15 seconds every mission I completed. Tsk, I can take a piss or make some coffee at that time, you fanboys should stop complaining.

The only time I want to see ads in my gaming machine is if they help immerse me into the world. For example, I always loved seeing those billboards in Fallout 3. They immersed me into that world. But, we're talking about real ads for real world companies. In that case, McDonald's shouldn't mind having their ads placed in Modern Warfare 2, especially if we get to shoot it down and stuff.

Whats the problem with ads as long as they dont end up in my games ill be alright. Ive never been forced to sit through an add while on live.

They are trying to do this with PS3 too. I think gamers need to rise up and sue them for this stuff. I think it is a bait & switch to buy a game, and then someone tweaks it later to have advertisements added in it. These companies are treating their customers like crap. They don't see us as people buying their products, only as dollar signs.

I should see this type of stuff on a free online structure, not paid..

lol I feel sorry for those people who pay monthly/yearly and see ads..

IN-GAME adv are good, realistic, and beautiful... but damn... and ENTIRE VIDEO ADV during loading times SUCKS A LOT!

But.. it's from M$, and i can't expect something good from this company

If in game ads generate enough revenue to make Live free. I don't think this is a make or break deal though, in the beginning it will be noticeable but after a few months I'm sure it will become very normal.

I really hope this keeps MS from raising the price to 100 (if those rumors had any merit to em at all)

"Nothing to see here folks...keep moving, carry on..HEY you stop taking pictures...lol"

the reason why i bought an xbox 360 because i feel it was the best console of this gen, but it looks like my opinion has changed. that goes to the ps3 instead. my next console looks set to be a ps4. i can understand if they put the ads on the silver accounts so that they can get multiplayer in exchange of having to see ads everytime before they play a game or something like that, but when you're paying for it, it's just bullshit.

well, wipeout hd on ps3 now have adverts during loading time. not every times you know. i don't really mind. adverts in ps home is not that bad. it is balanced imo.

ps3 has in game adverts but guess what, we dont pay to play online.

if they add realism to the game, seeing a billboard for dunkin'doughnuts in game or a
bus stop shelter with an advert for axe deodorant is no problem, it will just add a realistic dynamic to the game environment.

BUT, advertising during load screens and such, stuff that pulls you out of the game is uncalled for.

OR powering on my console and having to see an ad for ALPO dog food or tampax with wings would really piss me off the the point of getting rid of my console and sticking with the PC.

Whipeout HD already does that

in whipeout it's cool, I donno about ms. they tend to f*ck us in the ass too often

So basically what will happen is that the games will take longer to load so that you can fully absorb the product being shoved down your throat.

Microsoft: Finding ways to make you pay for everything you never had to before. Sometimes more than once!

yet again the Microsoft sinks to an all time low.

If this continues the PS3 will be sitting on my shelf, not the Xbox 360