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AoC marketing team getting desperate?

OnsabooOnsaboo Member Posts: 48
in Age of Conan: Unchained

 From their latest banner ads:

cleavage

 

Ughhh

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  • NeanderthalNeanderthal Member RarePosts: 1,861

    Heh, yeah I laughed when I saw that.  It does smack of desperation.

  • WickedjellyWickedjelly Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 4,990

    I don't see it that way.  Simply a joke and lets be realistic for some that has always been a factor to them whether they want to admit it or not.

    Much as I cannot stand Funcom as a company and think their actions at times are almost criminal in nature; I must say I just saw it as a marketing scheme and a slightly amusing one at that.

    1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.

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    3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.

  • BeanpuieBeanpuie Member UncommonPosts: 812

    1.  No

    2. the topic has been pee'd on for a month straight

    3. Funcoms Marketing Ad has been going on this route since launch

     

  • AxehiltAxehilt Member RarePosts: 10,504

    TBH it's weird they use the word cleavage, but without any actual cleavage.

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  • KhrymsonKhrymson Member UncommonPosts: 3,090

    Getting!?  They have always been desperate!

  • NizurNizur Member CommonPosts: 1,417

    Tits and ass has always been one of Funcom's marketing gimmicks with AoC. Of course, tits are a selling point for just about every MMO out there apparently.

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  • XerithXerith Member Posts: 970

    Its just a joke, if you look at most of their adds they tend to be rather comical rather than trying to take the EPIC AWESOME rout some of the other companies take.

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,949
    Originally posted by Beanpuie


    1.  No
    2. the topic has been pee'd on for a month straight
    3. Funcoms Marketing Ad has been going on this route since launch
     



     

    Also, that's part of the whole gestalt of Conan.

    It's very primal content... barbarians, lamentations of the women, Swords, dark sorcery.

    Many of the conan covers feature some sort of scantily clad woman.

    I definitely see it as a joke.

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  • Zorvan01Zorvan01 Member CommonPosts: 390

    I agree, they're absolutely desperate. I mean, look at the wholesomeness of other games' ads:

     

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  • IlvaldyrIlvaldyr Member CommonPosts: 2,142

    Hmm. I assumed that the AoC "cleavage" ad was self-deprecating humour.

    Hard to tell with the international community, I suppose.

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  • BeanpuieBeanpuie Member UncommonPosts: 812
    Originally posted by Zorvan01


    I agree, they're absolutely desperate. I mean, look at the wholesomeness of other games' ads:



     

     

    Picture 1:   She finally comes to terms that she has crabs due to astonishing evidence

    Picture 2:  Insert MMO here

    Picture 3: "dont worry, ive been 'around' since launch"

     

    Man oh Man, Just you guys wait,  When Blade and Soul comes around, they are going to have a field day on "Marketing Desperation" all over again.  

  • ReklawReklaw Member UncommonPosts: 6,495
    Originally posted by Onsaboo


     From their latest banner ads:
    cleavage
     
    Ughhh



     

    Geuss some people have no idea what kind of World Conan is set in.......

    I suggest picking up a few Conan movies or books and then see if you feel the need to make such a meaningless topic about it again

     

  • uquipuuquipu Member Posts: 1,516

     

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  • CoonhoundCoonhound Member Posts: 29

         I think Conan should use my Avater on their ads. Just the thought of that makes me burst into song....I have a dream.....

    I sing the songs that make the young girls cry.

  • decoy26517decoy26517 Member Posts: 313

    For some reason I want to go back and start playing Neverwinter Nights again..

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  • AmazingAveryAmazingAvery Age of Conan AdvocateMember UncommonPosts: 7,188

    Seems like the OP misunderstands.



  • AnnwynAnnwyn Member UncommonPosts: 2,854
    Originally posted by AmazingAvery


    Seems like the OP misunderstands.

     

    I'm not sure he actually misunderstood and rather, was attempting to find a way to bash Funcom. I mean, as many users have shown, many games uses scantily clad woman to advertise their games in ways so much worse than what AoC does which, as mentionned, is more of a joke than a serious attempt at making ads.



    Hell, MMORPG.com had advertising for several games that had very "shocking" imagery or used females as a mean to advertise their game. (Evony, Luna, Cloud9, etc). The only difference was that female was the selling point in their advertising while in the case of Funcom's it's a joke.



    Slightly out of subject but look at the DDO ad which goes like



    "In other MMORPGs, you get to fight.....Brocoli!" 



    I see Funcom's "Cleavage image" the same way as I see this ad....a joke.

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