In-game ads coming to Street Fighter V

[Seijuro]

I just came across this article, and it seems it they revealed it two days ago, but i didn't see a thread about it.

In-game advertisements hit Street Fighter 5 next week, Capcom has announced.
This sponsored content, as Capcom calls it, arrives on 11th December. It'll be displayed in several locations in-game "to remind you about costumes, bundles and the Capcom Pro Tour," Capcom said in a blog post.

You can turn the in-game ads off, but to encourage players to keep them on, you get extra Fight Money in ranked and casual matches when you have sponsored content enabled.

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Also, here's the Capcom Unity Blog post about it.

Not sure what to make of this. Promoting the Capcom Pro Tour ist all well and good, but I can't shake the feeling that if people getting used to getting rewarded for watching ads, this will lead to full price games being invaded with ads like a f2p cell phone game.

Also, a Reddit picture quoted from said Eurogamer article - the shape of things to come?

Replace this post with an intrusive, loud advertisement with hard to find mute button if old.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/st...ps4-also-introducing-sponsored-content.85465/

 

[Seijuro]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/st...ps4-also-introducing-sponsored-content.85465/

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Thanks, it seems my search is borked atm. Mods please close this up!

 

[Ardiloso]

Buying a game to see ads.
The darkest timeline.

 

[CountAntonio]

I remember Rocket League was going to have this and the backlash made them reconsider. Now they use them just to advertise their own tournaments and DLC.

I honestly never had a problem with it. Billboards fit the arena vibe or rocket league. But having them on your character is a bit strange.

 

[Edge]

Too be honest, I'm not even mad about such adds.

When something like that came for the first time to several sports games like UFC Undisputed (3 I think?) And one of the old WWE titles, I thought it was kinda cool to have changing mats in the UFC ring and changing banners in the WWE arenas.

I don't see them as a bad thing, I always loved the dynamic aspect of this "feature".

 

[JrBaconCheeseburger]

This game really just keeps on coming up with even more non-sense.

In-game advertisements? WTF

 

[rulerk1]

wow tekken really won

 

[Red XIII]

This game really just keeps on coming up with even more non-sense.

In-game advertisements? WTF

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You can turn the in-game ads off.
relax lol

 

[Finale Fireworker]

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