MW3: It’s bad for you, but think of the XP!
How would you like to eat junk food and high calorie soda? YOU WOULD? Well, what if I told you that you could do that, AND gain double experience points in one of this years HOTTEST games? Yes...you can still be the janitor...
So I was browsing Reddit today when I came accross this link.
I’m having a hard time with this on multiple levels. First and foremost, I’m trying to think if I’d have a problem with it if the application were different. Say Star Wars: The Old Republic was working with someone on a similar deal. Let’s say Hostess baked goods. If I buy some Twinkies and get codes, I could turn around and use the codes to earn double in-game experience for a certain length of time. I’d be motivated to keep buying the product so that the influx of extra experience would never wane. At the same time, I’d be furthuring my body’s path to self destruction every time I ding, Twinkie in hand. My overweight and tired existence would be used only to serve the Twinkie overlords and through my prayers to Twinkie The Kid, I would continue to be granted that sweet sweet dose of XP overload and cream filling.
Honestly, I’m not sure of the restrictions for the Modern Warfare XP deal. I imagine there will be a limit, but regardless of the item(s) I would be buying, I think it’s a bad move. It’s doing the one thing I’ve sworn I’d quit playing an MMO over and that’s giving advantage to someone who simply pays for it. I already didn’t have any plans on playing MW3, but this just shines a light on an industry marketing tactic I fear spreading.
Thoughts?
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Yeah, that’s… that’s seriously not-good. “buy food that makes you fat, get XP for game” doesn’t sound like a great end-equation. Not to mention that they’re essentially going the MMO F2P route with “you can play normally, or spend X dollars to double your XP!”.
Not good.
Don’t you already ding with your Twinkie in hand?
@BlueKae
ZING!
Ah yes….This just one of the more cases of how marketing not only uses stereotypes to market goods, but also furthers those stereotypes by rewarding adherence to them.
I like Doritos. I also like bonus XP in games. ANNNND, I also know that I shouldn’t eat Doritos all the time. You guys don’t think there are other people like me out there that can moderate?
Also, paying for an MMO edge also includes: pre-order headstarts, special perk items, etc
I think there are people who can moderate. But I also think there’s a ton more who can’t.
And as far as headstarts…I’ve never paid extra to get in early. That’s merely a perk of buying the game ahead of time.
I’m curious to know who paid who for the advertisement? I’m thinking Doritos paid whoever makes MW.
Regardless, even though I don’t play MW, I don’t think it would bother me much if something like that was in a game I do play.
The list of MMO’s without purchasable boosts is minuscule these days, I think.
I know the two that I do play both have a cash shop for xp boosts (LOTRO & DDO). I’m fairly sure EQ2 does also. When I sub’ed, they used to give their XP potions as loyalty rewards for either account age or purchase of expansions, but I bet you can buy ‘em now with Station Cash.
And going beyond MMO’s, being able to spend dollars to make yourself better in game has looong been a factor (fight sticks, faster video cards, better mice/controllers, macro keyboards, etc).
What I would like to see, is gaming companies start using all these $$$ they are making from their cash shops and what not to stop the ridiculous marketing campaigns, and put the money into making BETTER GAMES. Subjective? Of course, but there is a lot of SHIT out there.
I know it won’t happen, but I can dream.
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Yeah, that’s… that’s seriously not-good. “buy food that makes you fat, get XP for game” doesn’t sound like a great end-equation. Not to mention that they’re essentially going the MMO F2P route with “you can play normally, or spend X dollars to double your XP!”.
Not good.
Don’t you already ding with your Twinkie in hand?
@BlueKae
ZING!
Ah yes….This just one of the more cases of how marketing not only uses stereotypes to market goods, but also furthers those stereotypes by rewarding adherence to them.
I like Doritos. I also like bonus XP in games. ANNNND, I also know that I shouldn’t eat Doritos all the time. You guys don’t think there are other people like me out there that can moderate?
Also, paying for an MMO edge also includes: pre-order headstarts, special perk items, etc
I think there are people who can moderate. But I also think there’s a ton more who can’t.
And as far as headstarts…I’ve never paid extra to get in early. That’s merely a perk of buying the game ahead of time.
I’m curious to know who paid who for the advertisement? I’m thinking Doritos paid whoever makes MW.
Regardless, even though I don’t play MW, I don’t think it would bother me much if something like that was in a game I do play.
The list of MMO’s without purchasable boosts is minuscule these days, I think.
I know the two that I do play both have a cash shop for xp boosts (LOTRO & DDO). I’m fairly sure EQ2 does also. When I sub’ed, they used to give their XP potions as loyalty rewards for either account age or purchase of expansions, but I bet you can buy ‘em now with Station Cash.
And going beyond MMO’s, being able to spend dollars to make yourself better in game has looong been a factor (fight sticks, faster video cards, better mice/controllers, macro keyboards, etc).
What I would like to see, is gaming companies start using all these $$$ they are making from their cash shops and what not to stop the ridiculous marketing campaigns, and put the money into making BETTER GAMES. Subjective? Of course, but there is a lot of SHIT out there.
I know it won’t happen, but I can dream.
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