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DonFerrari on 17 August 2019
Lonely_Dolphin said:
mZuzek said:

Yeah, um, that's exactly how it works.

If I don't remember the ad even existed how could I buy something because of it?

Mnementh said:

I think you underestimate the power of ads on your subconcious. In many cases it is also not so much about prefering one brand over another but instead being aware of a product in the first place.

Anyways, as mentioned before game announcements are ads. I am pretty sure you had lesser games and more money if game companies would not announce their releases on conferences with flashy videos. You wouldn't probably have heard about half the games you own.

What effects do ads have on subconscious? Sure they spread awareness but being aware of a product don't necessarily mean you'll buy it.

I specifically seek those out so I don't count those. Intrusive ads like when watching videos or browsing a site like this have never gotten me to buy product I wouldn't have otherwise. When I need something I do my own research, look over and compare various options n stuff.

JRPGfan said:

Its hot.... your thirsty,.... and suddenly you remember...

(in the old days)
The bottle opener clinking against the glass bottle, the bottle opening, the cap falling and landing and rattleing abit before settleing.
You hear a glass placed before you, and the ice cubes pored in.... and the fizz and crackleing from the ice, as the coke hits it.
You hear the ice cubes running around the glass,...

Then theres that "aaaaahhh" as the guy takes a drink.

Visually theres those sweat pearls along the glass, and it just looks like a million bucks (on a hot summers day atleast), that glass of coke.

Its like one of those AMSR videos or something.
Cola was ahead of the times man.... you watch one of those days 2-3 times a day all year long.... come summer and your thirsty... your thinking
"I could drink one of those cold glasses of cola, right about now"

Hell Santa used to be blue..... but Coke's logo was red, so they changed his outfit to match the logo's colours.
Cola used to be more expensive (compaired to today), so it was something more often used to celebrate with... Cola wanted in on the christmas market. They ran ads, every holiday with Santa in red.


Today everyone "knows" santa wears red.

For real, Coke changed Santa from being blue? All the more reason why I don't drink it then!

The story I remember was he being green. But yes Santa Claus became associated with Red worldwide due to Coca-Cola marketing. Same with diamonds are forever.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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EricHiggin on 17 August 2019

Never made me impulse buy, yet I surely have bought products I had seen advertised, but I either was planning to buy that type of product and was saving up or needed that type of product asap and didn't know that company was in that space before. When I got my first vehicle I had saved up for an aftermarket sound system and I ended up going all Sony because they were good quality for the price and I had seen ads showing they finally were making subwoofers.



d21lewis on 17 August 2019

I'm sure a ton of people have said it already but:
Let's say you go to the store and you want a soft drink. You see Coke. You see RC Cola. The Coke costs $1.59 and the RC costs $1.25. You buy the Coke.

Why?

If I put both in separate glasses, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Your thirst would be just as quenched. What convinced you that Coke was the better value? Ads.

Over the years, you were convinced that it was better. It became familiar to you. You're comfortable with the brand. You know it's quality. And that's why it worked.



DonFerrari on 17 August 2019
d21lewis said:
I'm sure a ton of people have said it already but:
Let's say you go to the store and you want a soft drink. You see Coke. You see RC Cola. The Coke costs $1.59 and the RC costs $1.25. You buy the Coke.

Why?

If I put both in separate glasses, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Your thirst would be just as quenched. What convinced you that Coke was the better value? Ads.

Over the years, you were convinced that it was better. It became familiar to you. You're comfortable with the brand. You know it's quality. And that's why it worked.

For me they taste different =p



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Lonely_Dolphin on 17 August 2019
d21lewis said:
I'm sure a ton of people have said it already but:
Let's say you go to the store and you want a soft drink. You see Coke. You see RC Cola. The Coke costs $1.59 and the RC costs $1.25. You buy the Coke.

Why?

If I put both in separate glasses, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Your thirst would be just as quenched. What convinced you that Coke was the better value? Ads.

Over the years, you were convinced that it was better. It became familiar to you. You're comfortable with the brand. You know it's quality. And that's why it worked.

Ah this makes sense! I have no problem buying lesser known/cheaper off brands, but I can definitely see others being swayed like this.



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Jigsawx1 on 18 August 2019

are teaser and trailers ads? if yes i bought some games because of it and i watched some films



VAMatt on 18 August 2019

Literally every person buys things "(be)cause of ads". If you don't realize that, it means the ads were good ones.



COKTOE on 18 August 2019
DonFerrari said:
d21lewis said:
I'm sure a ton of people have said it already but:
Let's say you go to the store and you want a soft drink. You see Coke. You see RC Cola. The Coke costs $1.59 and the RC costs $1.25. You buy the Coke.

Why?

If I put both in separate glasses, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Your thirst would be just as quenched. What convinced you that Coke was the better value? Ads.

Over the years, you were convinced that it was better. It became familiar to you. You're comfortable with the brand. You know it's quality. And that's why it worked.

For me they taste different =p

Yeah, me too. I can easily distinguish between Coke, Pepsi, and RC.



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Landale_Star on 18 August 2019

Without a doubt, it probably happens quite a lot. I can't think of examples but I bet I've walked into a shop and seen a poster advertising an offer and bought it, same with leaflets through the door. I bet I've seen an ad that made me aware of exactly what I was looking for and bought that too, either a product or service, I'd have looked into it a bit but the ad would be the primary thing that made me buy it. Sorry I can't think of examples.....oh wait, Smash. In the UK there is a cheap instant mashed potato product that used to advertise with weird robot puppets, one day I was looking for something to eat and just saw the packet and thought "mashed potato can't be too bad" so I bought it. Wasn't awful but I've rarely bothered since. Pot Noodles might have been the same thing. There must be many other food or general hygiene products that I saw advertised and then decided to buy at some point. Back in the mid 2000s I saw an ad about ordering pizza online and decided to give it a go, so an ad got me to buy something through a different means to usual.

There were tv ads for toys that made me ask my parents for stufff, mostly I won't have bought anything myself, but I do think that ads probably got me to buy stuff like Monster in My Pocket and Mini Boglin toys since that type of thing was cheap enough to afford as a kid.

Demo discs are basically ads and I bought a few Sega Saturn games back in the 90s due to seeing them on the "Bootleg Sampler" disc. Panzer Dragoon, The Mansion of Hidden Souls, Wing Arms are three that come to mind from just seeing a short video on that disc. I'm sure a trailer has sold me on the occasional game or movie, not often since I typically hate trailers but there must have been exceptions over the years.



Landale_Star on 18 August 2019
CaptainExplosion said:

Depends on if it's for something that I might like. If it's for, say, video games, I prefer seeing gameplay first.

This relates to why I don't normally download mobile games, because the commercials and trailers tend to show extravagant acting and set pieces, but only a couple seconds of gameplay at the end, and said gameplay tends to look lackluster or worse.

My brother and I felt we just had to have Banjo-Kazooie back in 1998 when we saw the commercial:

I remember that ad, it was used in the UK too. It didn't get me to buy the game but I think a different ad did, one that was packaged inside many early N64 games (possibly even late SNES games). It was a mini poster type thing and often had a specific game on one side and then a bunch more on the back. I was already a fan of Rareware due to DKC so seeing a new game being advertised was all I needed to know I wanted it, I could tell it was a Mario 64 style platformer just from screenshots and was sold.