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Are you OK with ads on you console?`

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Goatseye on 23 July 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Well actually, we dont have cable anymore and we didnt have it for the past 7 years cause of the ads... And we both know that Transit isn't even remotely the samething as owning a device and neither is a Soccer ticket.

Why aren't they the same? You can CHOOSE to look at the ads or not.

Simple as that.



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Mr Puggsly on 23 July 2014
supafly said:


All those examples you give are for subscription based services (none of which I never subscribed to). And if I did, and they had ads, I wouldn't continue with them. I do subscribe to Netflix, and have no ads. We are talking about a personal device. I'm guessing you'd be fine with ads on the main screen of your smartphone or on the desktop of your computer? Just thinking logically here...

Netflix and its a garbage service now. They just raised the price and it still has a shit library of movies. Ads would be great for Netflix if it lead to a better selection of movies.

Most ads I see are on my computer and phone because those are the devices I browse the web on. If you don't want ads on Xbox, just stay offline I guess. That's a logical thing to do.

I avoid TV because I hate sitting through ads. I listen to podcasts instead of listening to the radio because I hate waiting for ads. I use VGChartz with Adblocker because the ads make my computer run like shit. The Xbox ads are there but they don't hurt my experience with that console, so I'm indifferent about them.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 23 July 2014
Goatseye said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
 

Well actually, we dont have cable anymore and we didnt have it for the past 7 years cause of the ads... And we both know that Transit isn't even remotely the samething as owning a device and neither is a Soccer ticket.

Why aren't they the same? You can CHOOSE to look at the ads or not.

Simple as that.

Umm no? Cause you don't own the Bus or the Soccer field? Heck, even if we go with it, you own the ticket and there aren't any ads on the ticket

And you kinda can't choose to whether to look at the ads or not on the xbox cause from what I can tell from the screenshots they are on the same screen as everything else and your eyes look at the whole screen, not just one tile



                  

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ice on 23 July 2014
VanceIX said:

Oh I agree. Ads in general are really annoying, especially when you are a paying customer, as you mentioned. It's just worse when it is blatantly in your face like here. At least sometimes on the Store I'll see ads for sales, and get interested. On the homescreen, I have no reason for a political debate ad or an ad for a random movie I will never watch.

I think I played on 360 so much that the ads just kind of blend in, I don't really notice them anymore (probably will again after reading this thread). I remember when the 360 first got ads, I was pretty mad especially at the sound ones. Some ads just seem so random, I'd prefer the PSN ad but then again I would like none at all. Does the Wii U have ads? lol



VanceIX on 23 July 2014
iceland said:
VanceIX said:

Oh I agree. Ads in general are really annoying, especially when you are a paying customer, as you mentioned. It's just worse when it is blatantly in your face like here. At least sometimes on the Store I'll see ads for sales, and get interested. On the homescreen, I have no reason for a political debate ad or an ad for a random movie I will never watch.

I think I played on 360 so much that the ads just kind of blend in, I don't really notice them anymore (probably will again after reading this thread). I remember when the 360 first got ads, I was pretty mad especially at the sound ones. Some ads just seem so random, I'd prefer the PSN ad but then again I would like none at all. Does the Wii U have ads? lol

The Wii U really doesn't, I know there was some Mario Kart 8 ad on the quick start tablet menu thing, but there are none on the home screen that are noticeable. 



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Mr Puggsly on 23 July 2014
VanceIX said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Well actually, we dont have cable anymore and we didnt have it for the past 7 years cause of the ads... And we both know that Transit isn't even remotely the samething as owning a device and neither is a Soccer ticket. And yes, Ads do down grade the cable experience? Who the hell wants to wait 3-5 minutes of ads while watching a show, specially during suspense... Granted I don't own and xbox (and this type of a reason is exactly why) but I sure as hell wouldnt like ads at all on my ps3 or wiiU...


Apples and oranges.

TV ads interrupt your program and it can be nuisance watching the same 30 second ads over and over with the same stupid jokes. On Xbox you aren't waiting for ads to finish before you can play a game.

I honestly never hear people complain about the ads outside of the internet. To the contrary, everybody hates TV ads.

You keep mentioning TV ads, but the scenario is very different in gaming. With TV, you pay Comcast/TW/whoever to provide the cable, but you don't directly pay the channels like ABC/NBC/CBS/etc. Those channels only make money through ads, you only pay to have a company push the service to you.

With Xbox, Microsoft is a huge multibillion dollar company, that is already making a nice profit from Xbox Live sales and software sales. They don't need to give ads to make money, but they do anyway, even for paying customers.

Did you read the post I responded to?  He's saying sitting through 3-5 minutes of ads hurts the TV watching experience, that isn't the same as seeing some ads on the Xbox dashboard.

Its not like I love ads on the Xbox dashboard. I just don't care about them because I don't have to wait for them and they don't get in the way of what I want to do.

MS is a huge company, but not because of Xbox. Hence, those ads help Xbox's bottomline.



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supafly on 23 July 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
supafly said:

Netflix and its a garbage service now. They just raised the price and it still has a shit library of movies. Ads would be great for Netflix if it lead to a better selection of movies.

Most ads I see are on my computer and phone because those are the devices I browse the web on. If you don't want ads on Xbox, just stay offline I guess. That's a logical thing to do.

I avoid TV because I hate sitting through ads. I listen to podcasts instead of listening to the radio because I hate waiting for ads. I use VGChartz with Adblocker because the ads make my computer run like shit. The Xbox ads are there but they don't hurt my experience with that console, so I'm indifferent about them.

I don't have a problem with Netflix. Mainly I have it so the kids can have something to watch on TV. And they've found plenty on it. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have it. But sometimes I do catch a show on there and get caught up on the seasons. Much more convenient then the other way of doing it.

I know the dashboard ads don't hamper the experience of getting to and playing a game, but I tend to be a very organized person (even my game collections are alphabetized). I see those ads as clutter, and it irritates me, and it degrades my experience and opinion of how I view the console (even though I still like it).

But my point about ads on your phone or computer wasn't about when you are browsing the web with them, I mean having ads on your desktop where your wallpaper and icon are (or you have ads in your start menu), or on your phone where the apps are. You must admit that it wouldn't be okay then, much like I don't think it's okay on the Xbox. Especially for paying customers. I shouldn't need to keep my Xbox offline to keep ads off of it, when the ads shouldn't be there in the first place.



Mr Puggsly on 23 July 2014
supafly said:

I don't have a problem with Netflix. Mainly I have it so the kids can have something to watch on TV. And they've found plenty on it. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have it. But sometimes I do catch a show on there and get caught up on the seasons. Much more convenient then the other way of doing it.

I know the dashboard ads don't hamper the experience of getting to and playing a game, but I tend to be a very organized person (even my game collections are alphabetized). I see those ads as clutter, and it irritates me, and it degrades my experience and opinion of how I view the console (even though I still like it).

But my point about ads on your phone or computer wasn't about when you are browsing the web with them, I mean having ads on your desktop where your wallpaper and icon are (or you have ads in your start menu), or on your phone where the apps are. You must admit that it wouldn't be okay then, much like I don't think it's okay on the Xbox. Especially for paying customers.

Well I'm glad we agree Netflix sucks.

Ultimately, the ads don't interrupt my gaming experience so I don't care. A lot of times I barely notice them because I go straight to a game. If it ever gets to the point they force us to watch ads, I'll be on your side.



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KLXVER on 23 July 2014

Dont see the big problem here tbh. They are advertising their content.

Its not like its ads for Nike shoes or Coke or anything...



IkePoR on 23 July 2014
FIT_Gamer said:
I always found it funny that they made you pay for XBL and then flooded the dash with ads that pay for XBL.

Not to mention being sponsered by Moutain Dew.

Because Microsoft is poor, guys.  It needs our help and support.



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