GammaRaptor Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 In the next GTA if there will be one. I would like to see real branding like a Mc Donalds or a Best Buy store in Game. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 This wouldn't be plausible, and I doubt we'll be seeing product placement in a GTA game due to the fact a lot of big name brands are reluctant to be associated with such a controversial game, not to mention the fees and permission Rockstar would have to acquire. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058894134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainland Marauder Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 This has been covered before, particularly with car brand names.... Anyway, in short - no. This is what modders are for, and I don't want games to become commercials. I'd rather the ads be parodies. As soon as they became real it would be obvious that Rockstar has given up being funny and going straight for the money. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058894150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanilla Shake Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 What they said. No. For one, it wouldn't feel like GTA if you had Burger King and Best Buy and Walmart in the game, because there are parodies for many national chains already in the series. Burger Shot = Burger King. Sprunk = Sprite. Besides, I doubt any of these stores or brands would want their names associated with Grand Theft Auto, the most controversial video game series of all time. Let Rockstar stick to creating funny parodies, because that's one of the main purposes of these games: to spoof America. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058894163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stoneman Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 No. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058894309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omnia sunt Communia Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Grand Theft Auto has been about parodying real life, not emulating it. It's been that way since GTA 1. I can't see Rockstar changing their tune all of a sudden. I know I for one wouldn't like to see it. I like to feel detached from reality when playing GTA, not like I'm living it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058894317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugoMarques Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 GTA is a parody. Besides, if GTA had real company names, the game wouldn't have funny radio ads and if GTA had real car names, R* would have to pay expensive licences. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058894624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaRaptor Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 I don't mean have real radio stations, cars etc just buildings. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058894626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omnia sunt Communia Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 That wouldn't make any sense though. Driving past McDonalds in an Cheetah would make about much sense as driving past Burger Shot in a Lamborghini. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058894637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR2007 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Brands are a big part of the GTA series' humour, by adding real brands you would be taking away part of it's essence - besides many people have grown accustomed to Burger Shot, and the like. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058894654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugoMarques Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I don't mean have real radio stations, cars etc just buildings. I don't see sense in this. I mean, drive past a Burger King and listen to a Burger Shot radio ad? That would make the game look more like a mod. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058894663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjawzy Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 They would make a lot of money by adding real companies into the game. It's very very good advertising, and the big multinational firms would pay millions to be featured Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058895628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omnia sunt Communia Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 They would make a lot of money by adding real companies into the game. It's very very good advertising, and the big multinational firms would pay millions to be featured No. They wouldn't. I doubt there's any company who would pay Rockstar to feature their brand in Grand Theft Auto. GTA is the most controversial gaming series around. Any company silly enough to allow their brand to feature in GTA would be bombarded with waves of sh*t. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058895641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainland Marauder Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I'm sure some companies would pay, but that's not so much the point. I don't want GTA or any game trying to sell me a product. Parodies, sure, that's great, but I don't really want to sit and listen to a McDonald's commercial on the in-game radio while on some chase. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058895686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingdongs Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I'm sure some companies would pay, but that's not so much the point. I don't want GTA or any game trying to sell me a product. Parodies, sure, that's great, but I don't really want to sit and listen to a McDonald's commercial on the in-game radio while on some chase. Companies would not pay sh*t. Like you said about best buy, My father ( 66 now hopefully retiring ) is a corporate executive for best buy and I know from all his friends from work that I have met, would not pay R* to feature them in an extremely controversial video game. I can see them MAYBE allowing R* to just put their name in if they paid a sh*tload, but for what point? I hardly pay attention, all the years I have played GTA I just see the food icon on my mini map I go in and get food to boost health then I walk out. I hardly pay attention to car names either. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058896358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chngdman Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 only if they pay rockstar. The way things are today, game makers pay to use real brands. In ANY other medium that I can think of right now, movies etc, are paid for product placement. Not games. Until this changes, I don't see it happening, because on the scale of a GTA Game it would be quite expensive. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058896401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamanevilbastard Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 The spoof brands that are in GTA can also be construed as references to the other games in the series. And a fair few people have said that the real life companies would not want to be associated with a game that is so controversial. My reasoning for this is that the poor, underpaid, mistreated, laughed at sap who dresses up as Ronald McDonald at kid's parties would snap, bash the kids, bash the parents, steal a car, ram down more kids at the parties and then grab their revolver and kill countless people, before saying, 'Well, I played Grand Theft Auto." Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058897113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainland Marauder Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 And a fair few people have said that the real life companies would not want to be associated with a game that is so controversial. My reasoning for this is that the poor, underpaid, mistreated, laughed at sap who dresses up as Ronald McDonald at kid's parties would snap, bash the kids, bash the parents, steal a car, ram down more kids at the parties and then grab their revolver and kill countless people, before saying, 'Well, I played Grand Theft Auto." Well, I think more of the controversy comes from the Jack Thompson types and the media whores who they catch on a slow news day to talk about the impending destruction of society perpetrated by GTA and other games upon today's youths. I've been hearing that sh*t for longer than today's "kids" playing GTA have been around. It's the same "blame Hollywood, blame TV, blame whatever piece of technology that we use to babysit our kids" copout, with stooges like Hillary Clinton and Tipper Gore in positions of influence (current or past) to try and impose change through the law. McDonald's can still buy a stadium billboard in the next Madden if they want. EA never turns down money. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058897155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTASIX Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 it would kick ass if there were real brands in gta. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058897177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playstation_Loyalist Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Well, as much as I liked McDonalds, I wouldn't like it's kiddy jingle to be heard in a car chase with the police. And the nature of a violent GTA game? Meh. Failure. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058897180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJimmy Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Aw hell no. That would take away like 80% of R*'s satirical material. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/393307-real-life-branding/#findComment-1058897186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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