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Bunnyfoot, a behavioral research consultancy has conducted an independent study that reveals a lack of engagement between videogame players and in-game advertising in sports titles. The consultancy announces that their Sponsor Fixation Index (SFI) metric, reveals that there's a dramatic fall in consumer engagement ratings in some of the leading sporting games.
Bunnyfoot claims that the key to their approach is their ability to passively observe and capture gamers' visual and emotional response during gameplay. 120 players participated in their study, all aged 18 and above. Each person was selected with specific regard with their gaming preferences and experience. Players are then assigned to a particular title spread across eight sports. The consultancy then used its measurement tool to monitor player behavior and correlated player engagement and receptiveness with game events and game play dynamics.
The results? SFI scores were comparatively low, especially when in contrast with the saturation of product/brand placement. There were some high scores, but the recall and recognition figures were low. Basically the results demonstrate that there is a poor level of engagement with the advertising in the game and that advertising in games apparently have a weakness capturing consumer attention.
The advertisers' take on all this? Alison Walton, Head of Visual Engagement had this to say:
These results reflect the industryÂ’s concern relating to brand value and return on investment. Understanding consumer interaction at a deeper level of analysis allows us to measure the value of advertising investment.
Perhaps the players are just to occupied with actually playing the game to take time to be amusing by the clever advertising. Yet another example of amazing things you run into when you troll press releases.
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We don't look at adverts on Google, why should we look at ads when we are fragging?
I'm all for in-game ads if they use the profit to provide free extra download able content or retail cost reduction.
I don't like surveys like this, because it makes me scared for the gaming industry. If companies don't feel their getting their money's worth, then the advertising may become more aggressive.
For example, if Pepsi pays EA a few hundred thousand (I have no idea how much they actually pay) for a few ads for Madden, and then all of a sudden feel they aren't seeing a return on that investment, then EA, under the pressure from Pepsi may decide to do something more "in your face" with the ads. It may even get to the point of something like pop-ups, although that is definitely the extreme.
I used EA in my example because EA are *****s, and if there is any company who likes the $ more than their customers, it's EA.
i now boyCOTT t-mobiel and progressive for advertising in need for speed carbon
any others?
I agree, though there is mostly unnoticible advertising like in Pikmin.
I really want a way to know there is in-game advertising in a game before I buy it though.
Elebits, not Pikmin. They look similar enough +/
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