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"The advert situation"

Well I'll be boogered!

I know EA sponsored a show recently, the same one which saw Nintendo licking a certain retailer's backside, but I didn't expect what I saw on TV in the middle of me Sunday trekking of Enterprise:

"It's not what you do on the ball. It's what you do off the ball."

That's right. The Fifa 2004 advert.

Nothing unusual about that so far? It's a multiformat game.

HOWEVER, despite it being multiformat, Electronic Arts have taken a different approach to advertising it. For as te advert ended, it showed the GameCube logo - ONLY!

Normally, for a multiformat release, you'd see Xbox, Playstation 2 and if you're lucky, Game Boy Advance...but not GameCube!

So whatever deals have been signed, my congrats go to Nintendo for advertising with EA on this game. It may not be the best game in the world, but EA are the largest third party developers, so its good to see them working together in some shape or form.

Dringo wrote:

> Dude :D

I had to do it - I've had a crap week with idiots smashing my car window AS I'm driving, that I'm not taking any crap off anyone else.

Plus I decided to stick up for my right to watch what is being broadcast on national television :D

dooz2k2 wrote:

> yay for star trek!!!
>
> (altho i'm not too keen on 'enterprise', but at least they found a
> way of working the Borg into it)

Now why didn't you add *SPOILER* or something like that at the top of your message?

Edgy wrote:
> Jonathan Nash wrote:
> You didn't see that during 'Enterprise' did you?
> If so, shame on you for watching such a tediously poor programme.
>
> I am a fan of the Science Fiction known as Star Trek. If I choose to
> watch it, that is my preogative. And considering that is not what is
> of discussion, unless you want to include the link of advertising
> games when a Sci-Fi show is on, then I would appreciate it if you
> stick to the topic at hand, or atleast stop being single minded.


yay for star trek!!!

(altho i'm not too keen on 'enterprise', but at least they found a way of working the Borg into it)

but voyager...yeah!
(and TNG..hell, all of its good!)

Perogative.

Deal with GAME?

Muh?

Edgy wrote:
> I am a fan of the Science Fiction known as Star Trek. If I choose to
> watch it, that is my preogative. And considering that is not what is
> of discussion, unless you want to include the link of advertising
> games when a Sci-Fi show is on, then I would appreciate it if you
> stick to the topic at hand, or atleast stop being single minded.

Dude :D

:'(

Jonathan Nash wrote:
> You didn't see that during 'Enterprise' did you?
> If so, shame on you for watching such a tediously poor programme.

I am a fan of the Science Fiction known as Star Trek. If I choose to watch it, that is my preogative. And considering that is not what is of discussion, unless you want to include the link of advertising games when a Sci-Fi show is on, then I would appreciate it if you stick to the topic at hand, or atleast stop being single minded.

I believe the logo also rotates around once, if i remember rightly. Very nice.

Nintendo are beginning their attempt to capitalise on the West. Their Eastern ties with developers, shops and various other situations has allowed the Gamecube to do very well in home territory.

Despite slow the EA deal and GAME deal is the start of their difficult task to do better in the West.

No neccessarily win (despite what they say) but do well...

Not allowing Microsoft to break away like Sony for example.

Jonathan Nash wrote:
> You didn't see that during 'Enterprise' did you?
> If so, shame on you for watching such a tediously poor programme.

That's when I saw it, and if you knew the advert was on during 'Enterprise', then you must have been watching it too, J. For shame.