Matt Randisi writes, "Subliminal advertising is commonly understood as a hidden message present within a product pitch, yet overshadowed enough by the attention paid to the actual product in question to making the “hidden” message appear insignificant. The typical result of a successful plant is for the target audience to unconsciously develop some a favorable concept association with the item being sold to them. One example could be the Miller Lite commercials on the air nowadays that associate drinking Miller Lite with being the prototypical idea of manly. Such commercials include where one man is chided for a lower back tattoo, and is presumed to not be worthy to drink Miller Lite because of it; or another one where a man is made fun of for wearing skinny jeans. The aim of these commercials is to convince men that drinking Miller Lite will help them appear more “manly”."
EA has shut down rumors that EA Motive considered a Dead Space 2 remake before shelving it due to low sales of the previous game, saying there's "no validity" to the reports.
Why not remake DS2 whether shot down or not it's still my favorite game next to DS1. As much as I hate EA I would buy or would have bought DS2 day one.
No validity XD "Guys guys, we cant possible make a good game or cater to the gamers wants, stop"
I don't know if sales met their expectations or not. I just know that the high review scores received my attention so I was interested in buying it, but its price stayed high (50+ bucks) for so long that I simply never bothered picking it up.
Nameer from eXputer: "Dead Space 2 is a sequel that delivers such a feast that by the time you're done, you're not only full but also satisfied."
Hope they remake this one too. Just like they did with number 1. The remake of Dead Space 1 was perfection
thanks to the digital pass for it it was not perfect..in fact its difficult to find a working copy since many years.
Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.
EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.
EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'
I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.
And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.
No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.
EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.
SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5
Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"
They've been know for their controversial ad campaigns. We all still remember the Christian petitioners.
It can be said that they're suggesting to kids not to listen to their mothers. But it could also be said they are telling parents not to get it for their kids. After all, if they still lived with their parents they're prolly below the legal age to buy it themselves anyway.
I still think the ad campaign is stupid though.
Its a marketing technique to say "eff you" to all the "parents" that hate violent video games. Teens are not the only target, but any gamer that has stood up for rights in video games. Its a big concern and EA is saying to teens that are not mature enough yet that "hey your mom hates this game" but to the ones that do understand it they are saying "yeah we dont give a damn about violence being in video games."
Its supposed to be comical too. It has many underlaying themes and isnt targeted to teenagers. Only the upfront theme that the average joe thinks about is .
Kids will always get their hands on whatever game they want nowadays, half of them will even have their mother or father get it for them. Def agree that this kind of marketing tactic was not necessary though.
I'm 21 so officially not a teen anymore and my mom has never showed even one second of interest in video games since I've been gaming but still think this ad campaign is hot.
Money has no age, EA's mentality i'm afraid.