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It seems to me this is just a kind of cultural mis-match. I mean, nobody would bat an eye if the New York Times ran a full-page ad for the Nissan Leaf, or if Ma
by thristian 14y ago
It seems to me this is just a kind of cultural mis-match. I mean, nobody would bat an eye if the New York Times ran a full-page ad for the Nissan Leaf, or if Mattel produced a Hot Wheels car designed to represent the Leaf. It seems like EA is thinking along similar lines.
- unoti 14y agoThis kinda goes well beyond that, from what I gather. Here's a thread where someone counted all the cars in his city, and found 90% of them were Nissan Leafs. Someone on the thread is asking how to uninstall the mod, because even when not placing the item, all the cars coming from other cities are Nissan Leafs. This is far more prominent than if Mattel made a particular kind of Hot Wheels car. Also keep in mind that downloadable content has been the promised road forward for straightening up a lot of the mess that SimCity has been-- and so for this to be the first downloadable content is a bit of a slap in the face to already crestfallen customers. http://www.reddit.com/r/SimCity/comments/1bm74h/90_of_my_car_are_now_nissan_leaf/ http://www.reddit.com/r/SimCity/comments/1bm74h/90_of_my_car...
- InclinedPlane 14y agoI don't think those comparisons are apt. There is advertising and there is product placement and then there is overly intrusive advertising, and this seems to be overly intrusive.
- prawn 14y agoThat you have to go out of your way to install, apparently. Not that bad.