On The Quality Of Videogame Commercials

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday September 16, 2003 @03:18AM from the and-the-quality-of-mercy dept.

Thanks to GameSpy for their opinion piece discussing why many videogame TV commercials sell the product short. They cite the Final Fantasy Tactics Advance spot, in which: "Three kids, pretending to be three characters from FFTA, were pretending to man phone lines, urging kids to call in to help them progress in their quest", and a recent Everquest PS2 commercial in which "a businessman, a slacker/skater, a punk girl, and some other stereotype get together to play EQ after the businessman makes a call on his cell phone, proclaiming, 'It's time to slay the dragon.'", suggesting that "If gaming is to truly grow up... then it really needs to get its act together with its commercials." Which game TV commercials work for you, and what do companies need to do to improve them?

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Re:Metroid Prime by BigBir3d · 2003-09-16 09:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Uhh... there is a thing called opinion.

If GT4 is available for the GC, that is what I would buy. The PS2 I have access to is not mine (roommates).

The GC itself does not suck, I just don't like the controllers that come with it, or most of the games. I bought it for nostalgias sake. I won't be doing that again, for anything. Life lived, lesson learned.