wraggster
April 6th, 2011, 23:14
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While delivering a keynote speech at the Ad Age Conference (http://adage.com/article/special-report-digital-conference/ea-ceo-riccitiello-gaming-mass-media/226832/) in New York, EA CEO John Riccitiello pitched the marketing moguls in attendance on video gaming's increasing prominence in the advertising industry. Not just with regards to in-game ads -- though he did talk up their strength, citing President Obama's use (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/30/obama-billed-44-5k-for-in-game-advertising/) of virtual billboards during his campaign -- but also on the growing market of video game advertisements themselves.
Riccitiello anticipates that Electronic Arts and Activision will drop "a couple hundred million dollars [worth of] marketing" on the next iterations of their respective shooter franchises,Battlefield (http://www.joystiq.com/game/battlefield-3) and Call of Duty. We've got a better idea -- why not distribute that money directly to the fans, which they can then use to buy more copies of your game? Like, that just seems like Marketing 101.
While delivering a keynote speech at the Ad Age Conference (http://adage.com/article/special-report-digital-conference/ea-ceo-riccitiello-gaming-mass-media/226832/) in New York, EA CEO John Riccitiello pitched the marketing moguls in attendance on video gaming's increasing prominence in the advertising industry. Not just with regards to in-game ads -- though he did talk up their strength, citing President Obama's use (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/30/obama-billed-44-5k-for-in-game-advertising/) of virtual billboards during his campaign -- but also on the growing market of video game advertisements themselves.
Riccitiello anticipates that Electronic Arts and Activision will drop "a couple hundred million dollars [worth of] marketing" on the next iterations of their respective shooter franchises,Battlefield (http://www.joystiq.com/game/battlefield-3) and Call of Duty. We've got a better idea -- why not distribute that money directly to the fans, which they can then use to buy more copies of your game? Like, that just seems like Marketing 101.