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kirby007 on 16 September 2013
iamdeath said:
kirby007 said:
Madword said:
kirby007 said:
everything aside how horrible is it if everyone goes all raging over it?
ins't that the main purpose of advertisement

Not seen anyone raging about it, just seen a couple of people getting a bit bent out of place that it's being mentioned.

It's not a big deal, just a bad ad. 

In terms of marketing... making people say it's a bad ad/discussion is not the idea of an advertisement... An ad is to inform, excite, promote and to get people to buy. The Name/Console image/Style does the first lot, but the tagline does nothing to help sell the product. Taglines are very important to making it catchy/interesting.

does this ad create awareness for the xbox one?

I could put a turd on a poster and it might create some awareness, doesn't make it a good ad, it is a terrible heading.

not if it actually reached it purpose. not every ad has to do everything.



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Madword on 16 September 2013
kirby007 said:
iamdeath said:

I could put a turd on a poster and it might create some awareness, doesn't make it a good ad, it is a terrible heading.

not if it actually reached it purpose. not every ad has to do everything.

A good ad is one that gets the reader onboard, and that they can understand the message. I know the word Beta is more commonly used in the USA in general than say in Europe, but on the whole in software testing it's not a great term to use.. because it means something that is not finished. The problem here is in the structure of their sentence, "Beta tested in the future"... this could mean be read to mean that it's "Going to be tested in the future". As i said it's a poor sentence.

Ad's need to inform and educate but also need to be understandable. This is a poor ad soley because of the text they have used. Everything else is fine and within the message of XboxOne (i.e it's green, it shows the console, it shows the camera). If you cannot understand the message I don't see how you can reach the purpose of the ad.



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iamdeath on 16 September 2013
kirby007 said:
iamdeath said:
kirby007 said:
Madword said:
kirby007 said:
everything aside how horrible is it if everyone goes all raging over it?
ins't that the main purpose of advertisement

Not seen anyone raging about it, just seen a couple of people getting a bit bent out of place that it's being mentioned.

It's not a big deal, just a bad ad. 

In terms of marketing... making people say it's a bad ad/discussion is not the idea of an advertisement... An ad is to inform, excite, promote and to get people to buy. The Name/Console image/Style does the first lot, but the tagline does nothing to help sell the product. Taglines are very important to making it catchy/interesting.

does this ad create awareness for the xbox one?

I could put a turd on a poster and it might create some awareness, doesn't make it a good ad, it is a terrible heading.

not if it actually reached it purpose. not every ad has to do everything.

This ad won;t do much of anything for the x1.....it is beta tested in the future? Yes that will get people talking LOL.



kirby007 on 16 September 2013
iamdeath said:
kirby007 said:
iamdeath said:
kirby007 said:
Madword said:
kirby007 said:
everything aside how horrible is it if everyone goes all raging over it?
ins't that the main purpose of advertisement

Not seen anyone raging about it, just seen a couple of people getting a bit bent out of place that it's being mentioned.

It's not a big deal, just a bad ad. 

In terms of marketing... making people say it's a bad ad/discussion is not the idea of an advertisement... An ad is to inform, excite, promote and to get people to buy. The Name/Console image/Style does the first lot, but the tagline does nothing to help sell the product. Taglines are very important to making it catchy/interesting.

does this ad create awareness for the xbox one?

I could put a turd on a poster and it might create some awareness, doesn't make it a good ad, it is a terrible heading.

not if it actually reached it purpose. not every ad has to do everything.

This ad won;t do much of anything for the x1.....it is beta tested in the future? Yes that will get people talking LOL.

it is actually doing something right now



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iamdeath on 16 September 2013
kirby007 said:
iamdeath said:
kirby007 said:
iamdeath said:
kirby007 said:
Madword said:
kirby007 said:
everything aside how horrible is it if everyone goes all raging over it?
ins't that the main purpose of advertisement

Not seen anyone raging about it, just seen a couple of people getting a bit bent out of place that it's being mentioned.

It's not a big deal, just a bad ad. 

In terms of marketing... making people say it's a bad ad/discussion is not the idea of an advertisement... An ad is to inform, excite, promote and to get people to buy. The Name/Console image/Style does the first lot, but the tagline does nothing to help sell the product. Taglines are very important to making it catchy/interesting.

does this ad create awareness for the xbox one?

I could put a turd on a poster and it might create some awareness, doesn't make it a good ad, it is a terrible heading.

not if it actually reached it purpose. not every ad has to do everything.

This ad won;t do much of anything for the x1.....it is beta tested in the future? Yes that will get people talking LOL.

it is actually doing something right now


How? because a few hardcore gamers ona  forum mentioned it?



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kirby007 on 16 September 2013
iamdeath said:
kirby007 said:
iamdeath said:
kirby007 said:
iamdeath said:
kirby007 said:
Madword said:
kirby007 said:
everything aside how horrible is it if everyone goes all raging over it?
ins't that the main purpose of advertisement

Not seen anyone raging about it, just seen a couple of people getting a bit bent out of place that it's being mentioned.

It's not a big deal, just a bad ad. 

In terms of marketing... making people say it's a bad ad/discussion is not the idea of an advertisement... An ad is to inform, excite, promote and to get people to buy. The Name/Console image/Style does the first lot, but the tagline does nothing to help sell the product. Taglines are very important to making it catchy/interesting.

does this ad create awareness for the xbox one?

I could put a turd on a poster and it might create some awareness, doesn't make it a good ad, it is a terrible heading.

not if it actually reached it purpose. not every ad has to do everything.

This ad won;t do much of anything for the x1.....it is beta tested in the future? Yes that will get people talking LOL.

it is actually doing something right now


How? because a few hardcore gamers ona  forum mentioned it?

 

if you think thats the reach of that ad fine



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SxyxS on 16 September 2013

well.that's nothing new.

microsoft already did it with the 360.
They future-Betatested the gamers with the RROD for years,
than they betatested the gamers with kinect for years(which is supposed to work in 2013(kinect2) finally as good as promised in 2009 .

nothing has changed



Euphoria14 on 16 September 2013
kirby007 said:
everything aside how horrible is it if everyone goes all raging over it?
ins't that the main purpose of advertisement

The only people raging are the ones getting incredibly defensive.



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pr3st00 on 16 September 2013

The ad would be OK if the RROD never happened.



iamdeath on 16 September 2013
pr3st00 said:
The ad would be OK if the RROD never happened.


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