"The latest patch now forces players to watch a commercial before each race"

This is a fucking joke right? Seriously? This just fucking boggles my mind.

It's not like we are getting advertises directly onto the XMB/Dashboard ,the day that happens we'll all know for sure that we're collectively getting buttfucked !

This is...something. I don't even have a word for it.
Every other word that I commonly use, like "baffling" or "ridiculous" or "f*cking retarded" don't even begin to scratch the surface of how horrible this idea is.

Glad I wasn't planning on buying it anyway. Also glad that there seems to be a negative correlation between the game's quality to begin with and the presence of ads, so since most of them suck anyway, I guess I can't call it boycotting. Only exception was Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. Sigh...

WHAT?! This is the most retarded thing I have ever read in my entire life.

I...don't really find it that horrible.

Then again, I don't really play Wipeout HD.

Hey I don't mind there being ads if I can have the game for free.

...wait what? It isn't free?


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Yeah, I'll take ads in the context of a game that logically supports ads. Cramming them in where they don't belong is just freakin' retarded. The ads are just extra padding to make someone up the corporate ladder happy, but at the expense of betraying fans of the series.

Game companies, lemme break it down for you.

Bridge+Gasoline+Match = In game ads that don't belong.

Though I guess the next ratchet and clank game will have sponsorship by Craftsman.

Or I can expect Kratos to be using Trojan condoms when he bones the ladies.

What's next? Having to wait for advertisements until a movie that you already paid for is shown in the theater or on DVD? Wait, wut? Well, in that case I'll go ahead continue never going to the movies or buying DVDs.

When people complain about ads on web pages I tend to defend the process... websites are free, in essence, and ads make for revenue, which means better web pages.

This? This is complete bullshit.

When you pay for a game, you do not deserve to see an ad... not even one ad in the actual game. At the start like a DVD? MAYBE. In the game? NO. Completely ridiculous. I hope consumer response is tough, fast and clear.

I like how everyone is dismissing the game as shitty because of a State Farm ad in a load screen, something that has nothing to do with the actual quality of said game.

I'm not calling you a liar, Black Nexus, but this video shows a clear difference in how long it takes for you to get to the action with and without ads. Perhaps they quickly changed it after people made a fuss?

Also, they already have an ad channel on the Wii. It's called the Nintendo channel.

Wow. That's quite the dick move there.

Beyond the fact that I don't actually have the game, I honestly support ads in games as long as the price shows it. So far, I'm not seeing any price drops being mentioned, nor do I see any mention of additional DLC (free or otherwise) helping to back up their patch case. Until I hear otherwise, this is indeed bull.

@Laird
well that kinda does'nt help, theres a bit of a difference in the time between the first time you load a road and the second and third times (ive damn near jumped right into a match) you do it, Ive noticed that ad only seems to pop up during that first load and Ive never been hit during subsequent loads ( I tested this while going for the liverly liberation trophy, as I was curious myself), but the moment I load another track that load and ad pops up again.

I just think people never paid attention to that load until now that the ad poped up.but I wished in that video he had showed how many times he picked that event.

I'll test it again myself when I get the free time but until then I gotta beleive what my watch told me.

I would just like to let whoever added the ads know, I'm an old Wipeout fan with a new PS3 who won't be purchasing your shitty ad-riddled game. Good day.

wwwwwwwait now... I actually had the demo to try and was pretty interested in picking it up in a slow gaming cycle because I like this kind of stuff... Correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't paying the 20 for the game and 10 for expansion sort of, you know, protection from being forced to watch ads before playing? It's like paying for a service like hulu and still having to sit through the repetitive ads.

:-( dick move.

@Waquan
"You should've praised it before they had to resort to ads to make up for the lack of sales."

Yeah, it's OUR fault the ads are there.. I shouldn't have coded that in there, and designed all the ads. MY BAD, HOMIE.
Is there literally something wrong with you? Like mentally or otherwise? Just trying to justify in my mind why you would type such an idiotic statement. Maybe its just really subtle sarcasm and it went over my head? <reads it again> Nope, you're retarded.

@Dreamsower: "especially if the biggest complaints are coming from people who haven't played the game."

If by "haven't played the game" you assume "have no experience with the series", then yeah, I agree. If you're trying to take a moral high-ground ala Waquan: STFU.

Many of us have Wipeout on the backburner simply BECAUSE we've played the older incarnations, know what to expect, and are fully willing to put down the money when the newer, more interesting shinies have become less shiny (see also: Fat Princess) and we have some extra cash and a free weekend. We've come to expect the Wipeout series not to have adverts before gameplay, and this is cheapening the experience for extra revenue on a game that has no distribution costs like a boxed game... so why rush the income? Wipeout HD and expansion pack will at least break even, even without ads.. why add ads and piss off the core that know it's already a good series?

What dreamsower said
don't get me wrong this sucks true , but your gonna write off one of the best games created and one of the better expansion packs made because of THAT, Don't be f*cking stupid.

last time I checked people pay out their ass for x box live and get hit with ads religiously, do you see me getting rid of my 360 because of that, no because THAT WOULD BE F*CKING RETARDED.

express your distaste for it but truth be told if you wanted this kind of thing to stop the time for action was long ago, don't bitch now because its far too late for it to matter, and don't dismiss a dev who sweated blood to actually give us a good expansion instead of a cheap cash in because of a decision his boss probably made.

the only thing that does is discourage hard working devs and make you just as much of an idiot as the guy who put in adds in the first place. this IS a stupid decision BUT it should have no affect on your decision to purchase this game or expansion.

Seriously I expected alot more from you guys.

@ rel123
The Wipeout franchise has been avoided by the masses for a while now, and you're wondering why they (the developers) are including ads to make up for their losses? I agree that the move is entirely pointless and will ultimately damage them, but that's not the point. The ship's already sinking, and this is their indication of that.

I'll blame whoever the hell I want on this matter. And yes, I blame everyone who's decided not to support this series because it's stuff everyone's seen before...you know, like Megaman, just like in your avatar, that hasn't changed a damn bit since its first incarnation on the NES and little dipshits like you line up to chew on that shit every time a new title is released but ABSOLUTELY refuse to open your minds to other franchises that didn't start out on a Nintendo system (that you may actually find more enjoyable). I can think of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of franchises from Gran Turismo to Forza that millions upon millions of people are willing to pay an arm and a leg for when the latest version hits the store---and, what does that draw usually come down to? I think that goes without saying, really.

It's disgusting. On the other hand, we have Wipeout HD, which offers as much content as a retail game but at a cheaper price (at least 30 hours of gameplay for the singleplayer alone) and all of you dipshits would rather pay $20-30 for the next Megaman Anniversary collection full of games you've already beaten from the NES up? Speaking of stupid...

By the way, Fat Princess doesn't offer anywhere near the amount of content you get with Wipeout HD, let alone Fury. That's not to say it's a bad game, but it doesn't offer a whole lot in terms of content, especially if you’re only in the position to download it and not try it out online.

Also, just because something has a different name doesn't mean it hasn't been done a hundred fucking times before under different titles.

@Dreamsower
Do you really need to state that people have different preferences? Are you this blog's Captain Obvious?

If the people in this forum weren't interested in Wipeout they wouldn't be in an uproar about it. The main complaint I've read on this very blog's been that Wipeout hasn't changed. I gave examples of series people choose to support financially that haven't changed much. Why support these and not others? Why single out Wipeout?

try to spin your way out of this, sony boys!

Well that's unfortunate.

I finally caved and bought the game during the summer sale and it's completely rock sauce.

Sucks that the ads are there, but I still encourage everyone to at least give the demo a try. Both the game and expansion have garnered great reviews from pretty much everyone (88% and 91% respectively on gamerankings) so anyone with any interest at all may be pleasantly surprised.

Stupid ads aside, I still recommend it.

If you're a PS3 owner, you should definitely buy this game. The game and the expansion packs are cheap and the experience is awesome. Full HD, 60FPS, gorgeous track and ship designs, fun modes (including multiplayer) (holy mother of god, ZONE BATTLE)...an overall exhilarating experience. I thought the ads were a small annoyance, but it's quite miniscule compared to the game experience.