adverts ingame? why not sooner

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i have been thinking that this is a really good idea for a very long time now, and after playing raindbow six vegas im finally seeing it, but not a fraction of what it could be at all.

im wondering why don't games have paid for adverts in them to cover part of the costs and to maybye even make a slight profit. for instance, when the game first loads the developers videos such as EA, i tihnk that there should be a quick one there that would be paid for for say like a week, then someone elses goes there. games like rainbow six, GTA, all have billboards, spaces on side of buildings, you could easily put a space here for adverts to go which IMO would make them game even better if its for something i know.

what im wondering is why hasn't this taken off yet as surely it would make a lot of money, imagine WOW having a just one simple advert for a fast food snack, it would be seen by a lot of people so surely would cost the advertiser a lot of money?

what do you think of this idea? woud you hate seeing small adverts in game if it means cheaper costs for use, and could even mean a much better game as the budget would be higher. would be nice imo to see something real like macondals/BK whilst playing GTA

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XPE said:
so why do they need to put adverts in game to cover the costs ?????

I dont want to see adverts in a game i have to pay for.

well i was thinking more along the lines of cheaper budget games could do this. but also woudn't it mean that they have a much higher budget for the game meaning ti would be better, and would cost us less so more would buy, more adverts sold etc.

the adverts im thinking of woudn't need ot be in your face, very subtle. im pretty sure on BF2124 on the wall of a building there was a sign that said happy new year on new years day, could be sometihng like that that is updated each new game or somthing and isn't in the way. my only concern would be that the game would be full of the same ads if this happened. i wouould like it to be like real life in that there is many many ads every, not just one for lynx or something
 
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