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The King 1, Marcus Fenix 0

PostPosted:Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:11 pm
by Zeus
The BK games (3 combined, not each) have sold two million copies faster than Gears of War

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6163522.html

This would explain why we could find Pocket Bike Racer as a gift for a friend of mine.

The apocolypse has truly begun :-)

PostPosted:Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:56 pm
by Eric
Oh come on, the game is only 4 bucks and let's face facts that BK dude is crazy cool =o

PostPosted:Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:45 pm
by Zeus
Eric wrote:Oh come on, the game is only 4 bucks and let's face facts that BK dude is crazy cool =o
And it is the three combined, but still. We're talking about the killer ap for the Xbox vs three basically mini-games starring the Burger King mascot...and the mascot's winning.

God, I hope we don't see $5 Wii game starring Ronald McDonald now....

PostPosted:Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:43 pm
by SineSwiper
McDonald's couldn't have pulled this off. People realize that the King is funny and creepy, and their marketing dept has had a good thing going for a few years.

It's like I've been saying for years: funny commericials are the only ones that people pay attention to.

PostPosted:Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:48 pm
by Kupek
But sometimes that's all they pay attention to. Remember the recent tennis-pong commercial, where that famous tennis player plays against the pong paddle? It was one of the more clever and creative commercials I've seen in a while.

Now, can you remember what they were advertising? I can't. If the humor has no relation to the product, I don't think people are going to maintain the connection.

PostPosted:Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:35 pm
by Zeus
Kupek wrote:But sometimes that's all they pay attention to. Remember the recent tennis-pong commercial, where that famous tennis player plays against the pong paddle? It was one of the more clever and creative commercials I've seen in a while.

Now, can you remember what they were advertising? I can't. If the humor has no relation to the product, I don't think people are going to maintain the connection.
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