Wednesday, October 18th 2006
EA takes in-game advertising too far with Battlefield 2142
A while ago, EA told everyone how they could keep prices down by putting in-game advertising in their games. When the advertisements are subtle, with things such as billboards, then there is really no issue. However, BattleField 2142 takes in-game advertising to the next level. EA notifies anyone who bought the full retail version of their latest game on the package that "When you use the software while connected to the Internet, the advertising technology may record your IP address and other anonymous information." This means that the advertising delivers in game advertising according to your tastes, not unlike spyware.
Source:
TheINQ
49 Comments on EA takes in-game advertising too far with Battlefield 2142
For starters, everyone who hasn't got a new computer will not be able to play the game, since there are massiv performance issues i.e. I can run BF2 1280*1024 @ 60-80 FPS where as i get 20-30 in BF2142 even though they use the same core for the application.
The second mistake from EA Games side is that the hitboxes actually are much worse than in BF2(And everybody who plays BF2 know that they suck in BF2!), it's incredible that a major company like EA can't produce a decent source code for a game that has such huge potential as BF2 and BF2142.
also...i will say this again, no spyware! its all ingame monitoring.
Stop trying to believe EA can do no wrong like every other BF2 fanboi and admit it. :banghead:
2142 sees the maximum you monitor supports, I can run the demo at 1600x1024.
Add that to the target box in the properties of your shortcut. Just change the resolution to whatever you want.
I can run the game on my monitor which is 1680x1050, but it just stretches to match my screen. the game does not output higher than 1152x864 (even in the demo).
What gamers don't realise is that WE are the people that make the game companies rich. Of course, we won't stand together, because most of you don't care if they are lurking around on your harddrive. I do care if someone is collecting information about me.
funny^^^