One Angry Gamer "Time recently published an article slamming Machine Zone Games’ titillating ads for their mobile strategy game Game of War. The cheap name that sounds similar to Game of Thrones and Gears of War was advertised heavily during Super Bowl season, featuring the busty supermodel Kate Upton. According to Time, the ads fail to represent the sensibilities of today’s young males… but according to real world revenue margins and daily active user statistics, sex still sells."
TG writes: There are thousands of free apps available to mobile gamers, but the question you have to ask is, "How can developers afford to give their apps away?"
MMOsite: "Arguably, Game of War is one of the largest mobile MMO games. This is in thanks to its rather popular Kate Upton advertising campaign, as well as its other…interesting use of sexually themed ads to drive traffic to the title. The popular title generates over one-million dollars a day in revenue – with paying players spending an average of $550 on the game in 2015.
However, one player went above and beyond that $550 statistic. Kevin Lee Co, a 45-year old man from California, United States pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling 4.8 million dollars from his employer over a period of seven years. "
That is a crazy amount to spend on a mobile game. But I hope he got his fill as I doubt that he'll get to play it much in prison.
So true... Lots of questionable actions with the stolen money... Season tickets to the San Francisco 49ers and the Sacramento Kings might be a bigger waste than his Game of War purchases. lol
Lol! Reminds me of a woman who did the same thing and spent the majority of it on scratch offs. Authorities were alerted to her odd spending habits.
"players spending an average of $550 on the game in 2015."
What blows my mind is that that is the AVERAGE. Ffs no game is worth that much money.
Man this is a sickness.... Wtf
One million a day ... That's some serious cash for any game
WTF!?
It should not even be physically possible to spend a million bucks on a game...
If he absolutely had to spend it on a game he should have spent it on a promising game on kickstarter or something.
Lee from Bit Cultures discusses his brief, nostalgia-laced obsession with the app Game of War, and how fun shouldn’t come with maintenance fees.
She is stunning imo, love the Ads.
I can't stand her she so fake.....
I can't believe a mobile game like this could afford such a big ad, especially during the Super Bowl, that's impressive. They must have made a ton prior to the commercial.
Has anyone ever played the game? Is it even any fun?
So what are you trying to tell me they just used her amazing sex appeal to advertise a cheap phone app game for a quick buck? Come on now no company would ever use that cheap marketing ploy. The game HAS to be awesome. Kate Uptons in the commercials. Obviously shes a hard core gamer since birth everyone knows that. ...You guys are really starting to talk crazy.
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She definitely made me want to play with something, it just wasn't my phone.