In game advertising?

[Ctrl E]

Ok - we all want to see the new Il2 series do well financially, right?

Have a think about this - is there room for some well placed paid advertsing in the game?

could Oleg reach out to some brands who have been around for years and who were around during the battle and get them to stump up cash in return for some subtle endorsements?

I think i remember a picture of a guiness ad in a bar window in one of the screenshots we had. Maybe Lipton tea or someone could pay to have some teabags laying around?

The sales pitch to these companies would be something like "look, advertise somewhere here and it will remind people what a long established brand you are - you were there during the Battle of Britain".

Could even Rolls Royce be encouraged to help out?

Have a think, what other brands have been around for ages and how could they be made to fit in a tastefull way and help boost the Il2 series? Just a few grand here and there could help pay for the design of a new cockpit for the Wellington or whatever.

Just a thought!

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by Ctrl E

Ok - we all want to see the new Il2 series do well financially, right?

Have a think about this - is there room for some well placed paid advertsing in the game?

could Oleg reach out to some brands who have been around for years and who were around during the battle and get them to stump up cash in return for some subtle endorsements?

I think i remember a picture of a guiness ad in a bar window in one of the screenshots we had. Maybe Lipton tea or someone could pay to have some teabags laying around?

The sales pitch to these companies would be something like "look, advertise somewhere here and it will remind people what a long established brand you are - you were there during the Battle of Britain".

Could even Rolls Royce be encouraged to help out?

Have a think, what other brands have been around for ages and how could they be made to fit in a tastefull way and help boost the Il2 series? Just a few grand here and there could help pay for the design of a new cockpit for the Wellington or whatever.

Just a thought!

Great idea! but given the fact that the flight sim community is mostly comprised of emotionally exhausted and moral bankrupt degenerates i think it should be porn! as a matter of fact perhaps we can talk oleg into some intermittent scenario changes for the cockpit...9 times out of 10 when you look down you see the gauges..the other would be the top of some tarts Head with a porn site address flashing and an accompanying "oh daddy " audio

[Ctrl E]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

Great idea! but given the fact that the flight sim community is mostly comprised of emotionally exhausted and moral bankrupt degenerates i think it should be porn! as a matter of fact perhaps we can talk oleg into some intermittent scenario changes for the cockpit...9 times out of 10 when you look down you see the gauges..the other would be the top of some tarts Head with a porn site address flashing and an accompanying "oh daddy " audio

silk stockings?

nah - seriously, what brands would fit and where could oleg stick them?

[Feathered_IV]

I'm currently finalizing a deal for a blitzingly fast new computer and a tir5 setup, in exchange for flying online with the sig "Coke-Zero" half the week and "Pizza Hut" for the rest. I'll keep you posted on how it goes!

[Ctrl E]

i only bring this up because i think i saw battlefield 3 are saying they will use in game advertising.

it's obviously easier in a game set in a modern era and in a game where you will be walking around a street setting and walking past billboards.

i would think it would be a nice little earner for a game boasting millions of players.

[No601_Swallow]

Apparently Supermarine are getting a lot of product placement. They must have paid Oleg "top dollar". Further down the line, perhaps some American aerospace corporations might want to get in on the act...

[Erkki]

Originally Posted by No601_Swallow

Apparently Supermarine are getting a lot of product placement. They must have paid Oleg "top dollar". Further down the line, perhaps some American aerospace corporations might want to get in on the act...

I dont think the Il-2 either is bad advertise for, say, Rolls Royce, Mitsubishi, Boeing, BMW, or even N-G!

[Artist]

Have a think, what other brands have been around for ages

Mhm, expanding that idea to the other side, there are surely some german companies willing to pay money to be not advertised ingame - for exactly the same reason

Dreadful Idea!

Are we not bombarded with enough advertising in our lives as it is?
You do realise that advertising works on having you subconciously make a decision to buy a brand, this is done by constantly bombarding your brain with xxxx that appeals to the diffrent sides of human nature to make you buy.
Personally I'd like the free will to buy because its want I want rather than having seen a product so much my brain leaps to that conclusion.

Adverts in IL2 no thanks

[meshuggahs]

Since the flame effects seem pretty nice in IL-2:CoD I think they should advertise freetrack & trackir on the same spot. Maybe even throw a "valve" logo somewhere.