Are Optional Ads Worth The Trouble? 245
azuredrake writes "NCSoft's City of Heroes has just announced that in-game ads are being added to the game, provided by an advertising firm Double Fusion. However, unlike in many games, the ads being brought to CoH have been defined as 'always optional'. The publishers see the ads as a purely additional revenue stream, not as something that will ever allow advertisers to affect game content. Commentary is available at Gamasutra. Is making advertisement volunteer-based a viable way to get around cynicism? The tone of these ads seems to be 'check them out to help the game'. Are there any sites or services in which you'd voluntarily look at ads to lend a hand? "
What I want to see (Score:3, Funny)
Microsoft as a loyal supporter of Lord Recluse, perhaps?
This reminds me of monkey island... (Score:3, Funny)
It was funny
this would be incredibly annoying (Score:2, Funny)
Make the players do it (Score:4, Funny)
That would be the best of both worlds. Don't look up if you don't like in-game ads and if you don't care, do the daily.
I suppose for this to really work, it would have to be possible for both Alliance and Horde to shoot you down while you're advertising. That sounds like fun, actually.