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Heh, I grew up with PC games (mostly pirated, though I still have my legit DVD copy of NFS Most Wanted) — and I just realized that I was mildly exposed to in-g

Heh, I grew up with PC games (mostly pirated, though I still have my legit DVD copy of NFS Most Wanted) — and I just realized that I was mildly exposed to in-game ads back then — in the form of product placement! (or rather brand placement?) e.g. Cingular and Burger King (NFS Underground 2), Motorola (Tony Hawk's Underground 2)… but Cingular was a US thing, and Burger King didn't exist in my country back then either, so these ads were hilariously irrelevant to me.

pszndr 8y ago
> and I just realized that I was mildly exposed to in-game ads back then — in the form of product placement! (or rather brand placement?) Well of course, ever since OutRun there is blatant product placement in most racing games: car brands There is a reason your DVD copy of Most Wanted has a BMW M3 on the cover