Microsoft has the best marketing for their games period! [WE ARE ODST]

If only good marketing meant good games, Sony is destroing MS in the quality of games this generation.

Marketing can bring sales, but not quality.

ropumar

I loved it, sent chills down my spine. Definately took the spot of MLB 09s top commercial standing for me this year.

Thought it was a great Ad IMO but the "believe" Ad was much better...nevertheless it would rock to see actual Gameplay instead Ads like these.

HOLY CRAP was not expecting that! very impressive

NO!!!

Best comercial EVER!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7brl9mzmgPY

Best comercial EVER 2!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLdn8QfxxCo

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Thunderdrone

[QUOTE="ropumar"]

If only good marketing meant good games, Sony is destroing MS in the quality of games this generation.

Marketing can bring sales, but not quality.

Ultimas_Blade

Am I the one who really didn't like the commercial? Not because it wasn't bad, but its how they are marketing the game. I feel like a game should be marketed by gameplay not just a trailer that would get kids hyped to buy it. For that reason I am disappointed. As a gamer I feel slightly insulted, but I mean the trailer is a great... just not for a game.

(They aren't trying to show off the game but a trailer that will hype people to buy the game)

Microsoft might fail at making hardware, but man do they excel at marketing. Sony should really take some notes.

It has the best budget... But it's a terrible and false representation of the actual game.

Nope.Nothing beats Gears of War Mad World

MJPK

Microsoft might fail at making hardware, but man do they excel at marketing. Sony should really take some notes.

dercoo

its good because its production values are high. That is to be expected. Does it trump what Sony can produce of even EA (EA makes some really good trailers), imo, nope. Tjeremiah1988

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

Microsoft might fail at making hardware, but man do they excel at marketing. Sony should really take some notes.

Tjeremiah1988

its a little easier to market when you dont have a bunch of games like sony has coming out.sexxxyboy

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

Microsoft might fail at making hardware, but man do they excel at marketing. Sony should really take some notes.

Tjeremiah1988

Even though I dont care about the game this is one cool commercial,but it still doesint show any gameplay at all. I mean alot of other commercials get flack for this why not odst.

[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"]its good because its production values are high. That is to be expected. Does it trump what Sony can produce of even EA (EA makes some really good trailers), imo, nope. DeadMagazines

[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"][QUOTE="dercoo"]

Microsoft might fail at making hardware, but man do they excel at marketing. Sony should really take some notes.

wiifreak93

Even though I dont care about the game this is one cool commercial,but it still doesint show any gameplay at all. I mean alot of other commercials get flack for this why not odst.

finalfantasy94

[QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

Even though I dont care about the game this is one cool commercial,but it still doesint show any gameplay at all. I mean alot of other commercials get flack for this why not odst.

lawlessx

Oh aight. I didint know. Then whats the big deal. I mean yea its cool,but usally trailers are always well done.

[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"][QUOTE="dercoo"]

Microsoft might fail at making hardware, but man do they excel at marketing. Sony should really take some notes.

wiifreak93

I agree, it is as bad as those new Palm pre commercials. It is a good phone, but the commercials annoy me.

OMG the new Halo 3: ODST comnercial is the ****! Even more epic than the other Halo/Gears/etc.

Whoever they have doing their commercials is a ****ing beast (maybe they need to work on the PC ads too..j/k). Sony nor Nintendo haven't even grazed the epicness that Microsoft brings to the table.

EDIT: SUPREME LINKAGE

Thanks to Navyguy21 for the Link.

Ultimas_Blade

If you can't play sales, then you sure as hell can't play a commercial.

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

Even though I dont care about the game this is one cool commercial,but it still doesint show any gameplay at all. I mean alot of other commercials get flack for this why not odst.

finalfantasy94

Oh aight. I didint know. Then whats the big deal. I mean yea its cool,but usally trailers are always well done.

[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"][QUOTE="dercoo"]

Microsoft might fail at making hardware, but man do they excel at marketing. Sony should really take some notes.

lawlessx

I was totally unimpressed by the Killzone 2 ad. It was nice looking and all, but it needed more action to peak peoples interest.

was that the halomovie peter jaskon stated to work on ?

MS definitely markets better. The traveling bullet of Killzone 2 was solid but didn't really capture my attention quite as much as this commercial -- I wasn't that excited about ODST before, but I actually really want the game right now. Man, I can't believe how well that ad worked.

its good because its production values are high. That is to be expected. Does it trump what Sony can produce of even EA (EA makes some really good trailers), imo, nope. Tjeremiah1988

I think the reason M$'s advertisements are so much better is their seperation from what is normal, that linked sony one where the ps3 like shapeshifts is coold and all, but its like been there, done that, 99% of advertisements aimed at our generation have that same vibe. M$ kinda gets things that instill a bit of feeling, which is what gets you pumped about their games, specificly gears of war, has probably been the best game ads from mad world, rendezvous, and last day. Even last day was epic.

sony's commercial, screaming baby and some rock n roll with a bunch of weird shaped ps3's, was kinda meh? and a bunch of other ones that i can't even remember they were so meh

I think marketing is sony's problem, they think by making people fall in love with their system people will want to buy it, M$ makes us love the games so when i went out to buy a console, i thought ps3, or gears and halo. And i think thats why halo does so well, and why 360 is doing so well, its in the in with youth, they want to play the epic games, where some other people look at ps3 and go look how much it does.

[QUOTE="Ultimas_Blade"][QUOTE="Ibacai"]I was all for the commercial until he killed the Brute by shooting the ship and making it crash into him. Seriously?ujjval16

I'm pretty sure the person who made the "We are ODST" did the Believe commercials. That guy is a genius.

ujjval16

I think the reason M$'s advertisements are so much better is their seperation from what is normal, that linked sony one where the ps3 like shapeshifts is coold and all, but its like been there, done that, 99% of advertisements aimed at our generation have that same vibe. M$ kinda gets things that instill a bit of feeling, which is what gets you pumped about their games, specificly gears of war, has probably been the best game ads from mad world, rendezvous, and last day. Even last day was epic.

sony's commercial, screaming baby and some rock n roll with a bunch of weird shaped ps3's, was kinda meh? and a bunch of other ones that i can't even remember they were so meh

I think marketing is sony's problem, they think by making people fall in love with their system people will want to buy it, M$ makes us love the games so when i went out to buy a console, i thought ps3, or gears and halo. And i think thats why halo does so well, and why 360 is doing so well, its in the in with youth, they want to play the epic games, where some other people look at ps3 and go look how much it does.

savagetwinkie

[QUOTE="ujjval16"]

[QUOTE="Ultimas_Blade"] I don't think he did that. It was hit by a rocket or something and he just happened to get hit [the brute]Ibacai

[QUOTE="Ibacai"][QUOTE="ujjval16"]Yea that's what happened.Ultimas_Blade

I already have odst preordered, but I do see this and other cinematic game commercials as false advertisement. This video was absolutely amazing though, I can definitely watch a halo movie like this!

Indeed. That trailer was kickass.

That was awesome.Making a commercial is supposed to make you want to play the game and be drawn into the universe. Everyone knows what Halo looks like, so what the hell is the point of puking up some gameplay footage? This is why MS kills with the Halo franchise: They treat it like an event and they push the hell out of the product. Bravo. This is how you do it.

heretrix

Yup. Everyone pretty much knows what to expect.

I already have odst preordered, but I do see this and other cinematic game commercials as false advertisement. This video was absolutely amazing though, I can definitely watch a halo movie like this!

Meat_Wad_Fan

its a little easier to market when you dont have a bunch of games like sony has coming out.sexxxyboy

Am I the one who really didn't like the commercial? Not because it wasn't bad, but its how they are marketing the game. I feel like a game should be marketed by gameplay not just a trailer that would get kids hyped to buy it. For that reason I am disappointed. As a gamer I feel slightly insulted, but I mean the trailer is a great... just not for a game.

(They aren't trying to show off the game but a trailer that will hype people to buy the game)

Diviniuz

It's pretty bad I agree. I just found it appealed to the people who were already going to buy it.

its a little easier to market when you dont have a bunch of games like sony has coming out.sexxxyboy