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[Yrkoon]

marshalleck wrote...

XX55XX wrote...

DA2 should definitely get a Super Bowl ad. Would revive interest in the game. Of course, the people who go view the ad and then buy the game aren't folks like us.

Yeah, because Dragon Age is really going to appeal to the football crowd. They'll probably become enraged and confused upon hearing an English accent, and throw their bottle of Bud Light at the television. Actually, maybe it is a good idea after all. 

  What a terribly uneducated generalization.  The   Super bowl is a Prime American social event.  And has always drawn   WAY more than just "the Football Crowd".

Not that it matters though, since   the "Football Crowd" and "RPG fans" are not mutually exclusive clubs.    I (for example) am a member of both. 

Modifié par Yrkoon, 03 février 2011 - 10:04 .

[Ponendus]

I would guess they may think they don't need as much marketing because they already have a fan base now.



Whether that's a good assumption remains to be seen I suppose.

[s0meguy6665]

ankuu wrote...

This thread is going to be shut down in an instant as this has been asked before a number of times...i don't know what they are doing, but i sure do hope they know what they are doing.

Here is the other thread + devs responses.
http://social.biowar...1/index/5852878

there were no real dev responses, just useless sarcasm.

[Deathwurm]

I'm not trying to be a Troll, but I've seen a few Threads on this subject & I honestly am not sure what the issue is...

Obviously, we all know about it.

Are people honestly scared that the Game isn't going to be any good because they aren't advertising it? How many really lousy Games have you seen advertised?

You simply don't see too many PC Games advertised now (I know this is Cross-Platform)

I'm no marketing expert, but it seems to me that word-of-mouth and Reviews and Magazine Articles end up generating more sales in Gaming anyway.

[TwistedComplex]

Oh for the love of god

HERE



LOOK a DA2 ad on yahoo

Can we stop making these threads now?

[TwistedComplex]

Tiax Rules All wrote...

Look, nobody knows about DA2 except the forum folks and stuff..

the "general public" has no freaking idea this game exists or if they do they have nothing good to say about it.. give us some hyped up gameplay, awesome tv trailer. Sales will be grateful

Look at my above posts

I've seen DA2 ads on yahoo, youtube, vgchartz

I've seen them EVERYWHERE

Either this forums only goes on the Bioware social network or is blind

[Ramcroy]

Steffen wrote...

Khayness wrote...

They don't need marketing, they have a Plan.

A glimse of that plan would be nice though, i support BW and almost every decision they make, but this is.. beyond weird, i would think it is marketing 1-0-1 to get your product out to as many consumers as possible

I'm guessing their plan right now is the signature edition which, considering how much stuff is included in it, might provide for enough marketing for now.

[TwistedComplex]

I'm gonna start taking screen caps of every DA2 ad i see and keep posting them here until these threads die

[Triple Zero]

marshalleck wrote...



Heh. And when they don't kick off this supposed "big marketing push" what will you change your tune to next?



It's funny how some form of this argument is always postulated in response to any concern.



"Don't like the low res blurry textures? I am sure they will be fixed before release!"

"Don't like the flashy combat moves? I am sure they will be fixed before release!"



And it's not just this game, it's like every game ever where some players have had some concerns about what they've seen. There's no reason to believe EA/Bioware are holding back some huge flood of information (2.1.11 lol) just like there's no reason to believe the graphics we've seen aren't the mostly complete final product.

I'm not quite sure where you're coming from on this since I've never made any claims one way or the other about textures or combat moves. Perchance you've lumped me into some generalized category of forum participants that I'm unaware of? Regardless, I'm one who thinks EA's marketing machine will do their job and market DA 2. As someone who does not work for BioWare, EA, the video game industry, or in marketing I don't consider myself qualified to second guess EA's DA 2 marketing decisions. I just play RPG's. I can postulate a fair number of reasons for EA's promotion of DA 2. Maybe they don't want to interfere with promotion of Dead Space 2. Maybe they've already booked a million or more pre-orders for DA 2 and their little marketing formula says when a game has a million or more pre-orders it will easily sell three million or more units post-launch and they're celebrating with gleeful naked dancing in moonlit forests instead of cranking out DA 2 TV commercials, magazine ads, and web banners. Are any of those postulations valid? I've no clue. And that probably goes the same for most if not all that post in this or similar threads.

TwistedComplex wrote...



Look at my above posts



I've seen DA2 ads on yahoo, youtube, vgchartz



I've seen them EVERYWHERE



Either this forums only goes on the Bioware social network or is blind

That or possibly use ad-blocking plug-ins in their browser...

[alexmasterson123]

Deathwurm wrote...

I'm not trying to be a Troll, but I've seen a few Threads on this subject & I honestly am not sure what the issue is...
Obviously, we all know about it.
Are people honestly scared that the Game isn't going to be any good because they aren't advertising it? How many really lousy Games have you seen advertised?
You simply don't see too many PC Games advertised now (I know this is Cross-Platform)
I'm no marketing expert, but it seems to me that word-of-mouth and Reviews and Magazine Articles end up generating more sales in Gaming anyway.

The only reason people are making a fuss is because they want to see more videos / information for themselves, to get their infofix.

[Russalka]

It is easy to make claims without knowing the inside workings.

[pitchblaq]

Russalka wrote...

It is easy to make claims without knowing the inside workings.

Pretty much.

It was hard not to feel like BioWare shat the bed with their 2.1.11 thing, but I'm starting to feel empathetic for them on the chance that things were beyond their control. EA is the mothership, and it makes the final call on details like advertising (which demos fall under), so the staff we often see around here easily could have just had their hands tied.

EA has a strategy that might not appeal to us, but they undoubtedly have a strategy, and they have every interest in seeing this game be successful. Perhaps more interest than BioWare, since EA's writing and cashing the checks.