For as long as there have been products for sale, advertising has been a key component of the sales process. Every business needs customers, and these customers have to find out about a product somehow. With so many different companies vying for consumer attention, it's hard to stand out and be memorable. This rings especially true in the gaming industry, where console publishers need to convince prospective buyers to shell out hundreds of dollars for their system, and hopefully not a competitor's. Over the last few decades, there have been plenty of memorable gaming marketing campaigns, although not all for the same reason. After careful consideration, we have put together a list of the best and worst console ads of all time.
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
Kevin Butler is the man. Those new PS3 ads are great, such a far cry from the horrible launch ads.
The Kevin Butler commercials will probably go down in history as some of the best video game commercials ever.
what a legend
I wonder why these random bloggers always have to throw in fanboy comments instead of being impartial:
"Sony’s attitude of “you’ll buy it anyway” alienated many gamers, who instead turned to the more affordable Xbox 360 and Wii"
First off, Sony never had that attitude. If anything, they were trying too hard for attention when really they should have just sat back. Nintendo on the other hand had that very exact attitude the whole time. They haven't pushed the industry forward in anyway, but instead just cashed in on old tech and absolutely nothing original.
As for people turning to the Wii and 360 when the PS3 released, that's a blatant lie. People turned to the Wii from the start because it was hyped up immensely. The 360 lost customers just as much as the PS3. Now to say that users turned from the PS3 to the 360 is a tall and uninformed order, seeing as the PS3 has been outselling the 360 since it's release regularly.
Not sure why everyone thinks Kevin Butler is amazing.
He is just a guy hired to act as if he likes PS3.
Me and my friends find him unfunny.