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11/20/12 10:01:24 AM#41
Boobs have been in marketing since boobs were invented. Its not a recent thing. MMO ads have featured cleavage as long as I can remember.
If in 1982 we played with the current mentality, we would have burned down all the pac man games since the red ghost was clearly OP. Instead we just got better at the game. |
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11/20/12 10:03:44 AM#42
I never actually notice the game logo due to the other art on the page. Not sure this advertising strategy is working. |
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11/20/12 10:05:16 AM#43
My favorite are women warriors with plate over their boobs only. Ruins immersion for me. =/
nethervoid - Est. '97 |
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11/20/12 10:06:41 AM#44
Originally posted by Roxtarr Yup. The term "sex sells" has been around forever. Pay attention to TV comercials once in a while, folks. |
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11/20/12 10:19:17 AM#45
Men staring boobs makes them live longer. I'm not kidding. There is real research behind this. They are doing us a service so stop complaining.
Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. -Author unknown, attributed to Mark Twain |
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11/20/12 10:21:06 AM#46
I re-watched Paul a couple of days ago and I'm wondering... Do 3 boobies sell 50% more than 2?
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11/20/12 10:30:12 AM#47
I dunno, the boob ads just don't work for me. I always watch the videos. I wonder if they've done marketing polls on how much they'd make if they had advertising geared toward females?
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11/20/12 1:20:47 PM#48
Originally posted by CreepProphet Women AND Gay men! We have so much disposable income!
Taru-Gallante-Blood elf-Elysean-Kelari-Crime Fighting-Imperial Agent |
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11/20/12 1:28:44 PM#49
Apparently sex sells. It's a revelation in marketing.
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11/20/12 1:30:20 PM#50
It gets people to look, yes. But does it get people to buy your product? I think it's rather less effective there than at getting people to look in the first place, unless perhaps what you're selling is page views to advertisers. One study found that sexy ads made people more likely to look at an ad in the first place, but less likely to remember what it was an advertisement for.
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11/20/12 9:29:01 PM#51
Originally posted by Maelwydd Naw, I don't take it as an insult, it's just human nature, sex sells. There are half dressed women in beer comercials and there are shirtless guys on the cover of romance novels. This goes well beyond selling to nerdy gamers. Using half dressed models to sell products goes beyond any one industry. I mean have you seen some of the perfume commercials? *And durring sweeps weeks those trusted news programs do hard hitting stories on nudist colonies, apparently they want to get to the 'bottom' of the story* |
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11/21/12 1:48:46 AM#52
Originally posted by Edeus You know, that is actually true. Another one for the marketing teams. I look at it this way, if my favorite game gets enough money to keep the servers live it works either way. While a shapely damsel may get people to look into the game, if it's nothing they want to play people won't buy it. Besides wasn't there a turnbased game a while back that had ladies as ad art but did not have avatars in game? I can't remember the specifics.
( And chokes a snicker on 'bottom of the story')
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Originally posted by CreepProphet I think you are remembering Evony. It went from tiny to bustling after a ton of fleshy ads. |
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11/21/12 2:10:55 AM#54
I was actualy wondering about the same ...
This seems to work perfectly if you place the product logo as far from the boobs as possible on the ad space :-) Most men don't notice what the ad is about.
Anyway these don't work for me. It just shows that the producer has no confidence in their product (unless is it something related like bras etc). |
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11/21/12 2:12:35 AM#55
Boobs!
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11/21/12 3:42:33 AM#56
Yes mabye she should have the games name on her t-shirt, then our eyes would not have to stray so far to see it.
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11/21/12 6:08:10 AM#57
Originally posted by tiefighter25 Bingo! That was the one, thanks. The post on "something related - like bras" makes me wonder if I would buy bras with the logo from my favorite game on it. Now there is an untapped market. And once again, not having to look too far to see the logo. Though chances are I just shot feminism in the foot and should be very ashamed of myself.
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