Kind of a hilarious, yet probably effective marketing strategy.

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    Smart. I’m rarely ever pro-advertisements but these seem non-intrusive, relevant to the game and only add to the immersion for players.

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    While i am normally against advertising in games… i mean, its a simulator. There is going to be road side billboards in real life. Probably a very saver move on the trucker companies part.

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    Honestly i am all ok if real companies are involved with various advertisements in games. That is matching their industries & organizational objectives.

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      I remember playing Splinter Cell on the 360 (I thin it was blacklist or double agent) and then suddenly, on top of a skyscraper, you see this absolutely basic and uninteresting city skyline with a fucking Nivea (or some other deodorant brand) logo on top of a cardboard skyscraper in the background.

      Tha was… weird

      EDIT: found a screenshot, it wasn’t as bad as I remembered. Still weird for 10 y.o. me

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      Agreed, sometimes good, tasteful ad placement can add to the experience instead of taking away. Sometimes it’s awful too though, I remember my immersion was absolutely vaporized by Coleman being featured prominently in FF15

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        Coleman is a real brand!? I legitimately had no idea 😂

        I loved FFXV, the only advertisement I outright noticed was Cup Noodles, but that was a SUPER egregious one!

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          It is! They make camping and outdoor supplies and they’re everywhere around where I live. It was such a surreal experience booting up my fantasy game and seeing that brand haha

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    The ATS/ETS2 to actual trucker pipeline is real lol. If I didn’t have to spend weeks away from my family I absolutely would do it myself.