Some games pay to appear on Conan's Clueless Gamer segments

A little late, but this is really just creative marketing. I like Conan. He's a comedian first and foremost. So naturally having him partake in something he doesn't usually know much about is not a bad idea. And it raises awareness, which is the intent.

Letting money change how you review games that should never happen and would never happen on Gamespot *cough* Jeff Gerstmann *cough*

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Wow, what a shocker!

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I already assumed they paid to be on there. But I thought they all did. And $35,000 seems a bit steep. O.K. not a bit but a lot. So uh, why do some pay and some not? I can think of much better ways to spend that much on marketing my product especially if it's not a serious segment.

No surprise here, it's how marketing works.

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Oh sure, there's a difference between paying to have a game featured in a comedy sketch, and paying to have a game shilled.

But here's the question that you probably did not ask: did Conan O'Brien disclose that he had been paid to feature some titles?

Now, I have to say here that I don't watch his shows, but if you had, can you answer that?

Perhaps you think that it's alright for Conan O'Brien because he is a hilarious person that pokes fun at any game that is featured, paid or otherwise?

If you only read the headline: "Some games pay to appear on Conan's Clueless Gamer segments." Do the publishers know that these games are spending their money? :P

Sometimes I feel like the movie Idiocracy is reality.If we lived in a world that wasn't full of morons,things like this wouldn't even be an issue.I for example am not so impressionable as to go out and buy something just because it was on some show and it looked like they were having fun or they talked positively about it.

I DO MY DAMN RESEARCH FIRST !

In fact I'm not fooled even by reviews.For example I know not to trust IGN.Not necessarily because they get paid or anything like that but their reviews are always fucked up for whatever reason.Either they give a shitty game a positive review or they give and incredible game an average review.

Look at the Beyond:Two souls review from IGN.Regardless if that's just the reviewer's opinion,you shouldn't assign a certain game to be reviewed by a moron who doesn't understand the genre.I for example hate sports games and in my view they all should get a 5/10 but I would never review a sports game.

Jimmy Falon does it too. Probably commands more money due to having actual viewers.

While this is probably true on some level, quoting 'a source' is at the National Enquirer level of journalistic merit.

Please tell me you idiots are not surprised by this. The exposure these games get on this show pays of the $35000 in the first week.

Of course he gets paid! He clearly states everytime that he doesn't like games and that games are for nerds, why would he do it otherwise? I'm more surprised that he played games he wasn't payed to review.

This is news?

Conan- is he still alive?

Didn't like the guy before, but now he outright makes me sick.

So? It's not like they are paying for positive reviews or something, unlike what happens with Gamespot, or YouTube videos.

Conan isn't doing real reviews, he's just comedy skits about them. He doesn't he give scores or real impressions, just makes jokes. Big difference between that and paying for respected reviews which many people depend on to make purchases.

Once again, some people just don't get it.

never heard of this show, seems like a waste of money to me

boo! Bad conan! boo product placement in jokes!

Well duh, I figured he was being paid to feature certain games in the segment the very first time Conan did it.

I LIKE HIM

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That should be pretty obvious to me. It's advertising.

Yeah, I'm totally cool with this too. Conan never claimed the reviews were serious. And they never denied the arrangement either, like it was a big secret or something. And honestly, many of us, especially me, kinda already knew anyway. Besides, if I was in comedy and some folks wanted to pay me to make fun of their products, which I was probably gonna do for free anyway, I'd be pretty stupid to turn them down.