EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games

"Advertising has an opportunity to be a meaningful driver of growth for us."

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

Give 'em an inch and they will take a mile.

Players need to torch their games if they attempt this, even worse than PC players did for the account login for Helldivers 2. A lot worse.

More like how the sales of Battlefront 2 and Shadow Of War were severely hurt over their loot boxes. Make people not want to touch these games through bad word of mouth.

[peppeaccardo]

EA is the AMAZON of videogames .... over and out !!

[Cacabunga]

so far the worst gen of gaming by far.. keeps getting worse and worse everyday.
I wonder if they touched the bottom just yet.

[H9]

"Advertising has an opportunity to be a meaningful driver of growth for us."

They want money and they would do anything to get it, the only way to stop it is to close the door of money in their faces

[Relientk77]

Past: EA Sports, it's in the game

Present: EA Sports, it's in the loot boxes

Future: EA Sports, it's in the ads

[Skuletor]

EA Sports, it's in the bargain bin

[TGG_overlord]

This is just one out of many reasons why more and more gamers are now turning to retro games (even the 2000 kids are now picking-up retro games, and I can't blame them for doing so).

[neutralgamer1992]

Their sports titles are played by mostly casuals and so ads won’t make a difference to the gamers. What I don’t get is for a industry to generate so much money there are still astonishing levels of greed

[Shane Kim]

Yeah, it will start there, but what is stopping them to put it in other games later on?

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Ads man yeah good luck on your next projects because those are Ls mate

[DOMination-]

Jesus, this generation keeps on getting more and more depressing.

Andrew Wilson giving Phil Spencer serious competition for the biggest prat in gaming award 2024

[PapaBop]

Pushing ingame ads, talking up ai usage in development.. EA are doing a great job ensuring they won't get my money any time soon.

[Rebel_Scum]

AI is a great development tool. I dont think you fully understand why or maybe you’re just thinking about its use to generate conversation text (which is shitty).

[Brazz]

I can see they putting very organic Ads in FIFA FC, but others games will be hard.

[Dandizzle]

They already went through this with battlefield 3

[Skuletor]

In game ads suck, it's even worse when I start a game and a big banner or popup is advertising DLC I've already bought, like Mortal Kombat 11 still does.

[Barlos]

So every time I play the game EA profit from it, even after I've spent £70 to buy it in the first place? Nah thanks.

Maybe put ads in a game that has launched on Gamepass to generate some extra income, but if I've had to shell out money to buy the game outright, then no way should it contain ads. Oh, and you can piss off with your AI crap too.

Won't buy. Simple.

[Yi-Long]

"Maybe put ads in a game that has launched on Gamepass to generate some extra income ... "

Don't give them an inch ...

Ads shouldn't be in your games, your movies, your music, etc.

[S2Killinit]

But we pay for Gamepass too. Its not free. Also, you give them a pass and it will only embolden them and everyone will slowly get used to it.

[Rynxie]

I was thinking of buying any new medal of Honor or battlefield game, but if they do this crap, I won't be.

[Skuletor]

A new Medal of Honor game? I thought that series died 12 years ago but just looked it up and saw it had one VR game in 2020 since then.

[S2Killinit]

Does this mean no more games in eras that dont lend themselves to modern products????? 🫤

[The-VG-shamman]

Awesome!! Can’t wait for commercials in between my battlefield matches. Quick subway commercial after i die to a tank camping on a hilltop 800m away.

[Skuletor]

"If you're hungry, you're not playing at your full potential, order a sub with Uber Eats, after linking your EA account and unlock the Subway skin for your weapons today"

[Inverno]

They can't be looking to put in what they've been putting in for years.

[Skuletor]

That's what
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[MaxiPower90]

Ads in console games is an absolute no.

[TGG_overlord]

Let's be honest, it was just a matter of time really...The greed is real!

[Skuletor]

They'll probably try tell us this will help them not raise prices of games, then raise them 6-12 months later anyway but keep the ads in.

[Ultra-MAGA]

Vote with your wallet, any games they do this in, don't buy it to send them a message. If all they care about is money deprive them of it, by not buying their crap.

[ravens52]

Looks like I won't be purchasing any EA games anymore 🤷🏽. 🙋🏽👋
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[romulus23]

Are they looking into putting any effort into making better games too?

[Skuletor]

Effort? They were recently advocating for AI to do some of the work for them.

[RNTody]

Warner Bros, EA, Microsoft. It should surprise no one that the losers of our industry keep finding ways to make it worse, and normalise this crap for the rest.

If it was up to them pretty soon your gameplay will be interrupted by ads like YouTube or mobile shovelware unless you have a premium EA account.

[Crows90]

Players are looking for other gaming experiences away from AAA.

[Profchaos]

The industry disgusts me lately for the first time in my life I have almost no interest in new releases bar GTA 6.
It feels like the one thing we all love has been hijacked by corporate speak and profit margins I'm over it

[gold_drake]

of course they ar.e, why im not surprised

[Psychonaut85]

Of course they are.

[Walalon]

Android Wilson: "Mmm Ubisoft have bad reputation, Sony and Microsoft too... And where are we?!
Ads on videogames noooow!!!

[Knightofelemia]

I use to like EA as a kid now I just hate them period. They have some games I like such as Dead Space, ME, Dante's Inferno, Alice. But after that I find them quite useless and their greedy shady actions speak louder then words

[jeromeface]

ill never buy a game with integrated ads... NOPE. I'd even skip gta 6. If I wanted ads I'd turn my ad blocker off.

[anast]

I'm sure the MUT and FUT players won't care.

[franwex]

I think they filed a patent on this a couple of gens back, but have not gone through with it-surprisingly.

They mentioned billboards on Burnout or need for speed could update with adds, along with sports games like in real life.

I’m sure if it starts that way, most people would be fine. EA, being EA-will probably then eventually stop gameplay for an ad break and probably force you to sub to their service to skip ads eventually.

[ApocalypseShadow]

More reasons why I've boycotted them for years. EA hurt sports games development with no competition by strong arming their competitors. They've shut down many developers I liked and stopped making game IPs I enjoyed. I hate the company.

Product placement in a game might be okay as to make some games seem more closer to reality. But EA, just like Microsoft and Facebook, etc want to feed you ads like Google does on YouTube taking away any enjoyment of play.

[PRIMORDUS]

Slowly but surely the game industry is turning to shit. EA was a piece of shit to begin with so now they can be cancer. Sony, and MS, can join in as well, only one left is Nintendo, still waiting for them to pull something. I don't have much hope for the future of gaming.

[anast]

Nintendo copy pasted the same games for 50 years. They are hardly innocent.

[PRIMORDUS]

They will again for another 50yrs. I was actually waiting for Nintendo to announce some layoffs or any studio closures. It's all bullshit anyway.

[Demetrius]

Ads are annoying af nowadays it takes away the vibe when I'm tryna enjoy a simple gameplay vid on youtube or a movie on disney+ or Hulu I end up exiting out and just play the game at times cause it's annoying&cringe I try to manage and be like ok ima sit through the ads cause I enjoy this movie or show but nope it gets unbearable cause it's every damn couple of minutes into a movie/series

[Deathpreacher]

oh good reason not to buy new EA games

[jjb1981]

Even Netflix and Prime Video, which are paid subscriptions, have ad versions now. This is crappy business especially for being in-game ads. This hints at probably being always online.

[OneLove]

Havent bought an EA game in years.

[X-23]

Keep in mind that when they do this other companies are going to follow suit because that's how they operate, "How can we do that, but do it our way?"
No one wants this and it doesn't benefit the consumer one bit, if we let them get away with that with no backlash they pretty much know they can get away with anything.

[SoloGamer1]

welp.. wont be buying EA games anymore.