Xbox 360 Achievements got their hands on NCAA Football 08's Achievement list earlier this week. It looks like this year, EA's making an effort to require you to play the game, rather than just simming your way through it, though we can't say for certain that you can't get any of them via simming. The last three did grab our eye, though, they all have blatant product placement for Pontiac and Old Spice, even using the company's respective logo. Fight Night Round Three kind of did the same thing, though the events were "sponsored by the companies". Still, give the list a look, and if your like EA Sports previous offering, hopefully this will fit the bill this year.
Xbox 360 Achievements got their hands on NCAA Football 08's Achievement list earlier this week. It looks like this year, EA's making an effort to require you to play the game, rather than just simming your way through it, though we can't say for certain that you can't get any of them via simming. The last three did grab our eye, though, they all have blatant product placement for Pontiac and Old Spice, even using the company's respective logo. Fight Night Round Three kind of did the same thing, though the events were "sponsored by the companies". Still, give the list a look, and if your like EA Sports previous offering, hopefully this will fit the bill this year.
Reader Comments (13)
Posted: Jun 30th 2007 11:58PM (Unverified) said
No thanks.. Makes me want to own the game even less with the product placement. I hope you're making money off those placement ad's EA because you need to make up for the loss of sales crap like this will invite. Looks like EA keeps its crown for king of exploiting gamers.
Posted: Jul 1st 2007 12:59AM (Unverified) said
Well there's actually another game with a product placement achievement, The "Ring-A-Ding-Ding" secret achievement in the transformers game has you beating an enemy with a Helio cell phone.
Posted: Jul 1st 2007 1:44AM (Unverified) said
Fucking EA. This game should be free then if they are going to use this blatant product placement. Too bad I do want Army of Two and a couple other EA games that I can't pass up. Bastards.
Posted: Jul 1st 2007 3:58AM (Unverified) said
stop bitching...
FN Round 3 had product placement up the ass [who could forget the dodge trophy]
this is the way of the future as decided by the powers that be.
FN Round 3 had product placement up the ass [who could forget the dodge trophy]
this is the way of the future as decided by the powers that be.
Posted: Jul 1st 2007 6:19AM (Unverified) said
And yet will this game be released in Europe? I cant get the Madden 07 achievement for importing a draft class from NCAA 07 because the game wasnt released here, thus I'll be stuck on 990GS forever.
Posted: Jul 1st 2007 7:52AM (Unverified) said
This check made to 2K Sports brought to you by EA!
Love it.
Love it.
Posted: Jul 1st 2007 9:21AM (Unverified) said
Guys have any of you actually watched a college game. I dig this. It adds authenticity to the game. Regardless if its shoving shit down your throats, this is how the game is TODAY, and I think it adds an aspect of realism.
Plus what was it...the Old Spice Redzone? I think that's clever. Now that their incorporating it into a game, again regardless, I think it's neat.
Plus what was it...the Old Spice Redzone? I think that's clever. Now that their incorporating it into a game, again regardless, I think it's neat.
Posted: Jul 2nd 2007 10:07AM (Unverified) said
Old Spice is for my grandpa...this is bullshit...if they can make the extra money from advertising they can release the game at 49.99 like some other comanies...or even better yet at 19.99 like 2K did....do any of you really see that happening this is EA...fucking bastards...but its ok because I will not buy this shit from them....I'll wait until the game is 20.00 used and they get nothing from me.
Posted: Jul 1st 2007 11:20AM (Unverified) said
C'mon....product placement in achievments though?
Posted: Jul 1st 2007 6:21PM donthedev said
WTF.
That place is reserved for showing how many points you earned. Not this crap!
That place is reserved for showing how many points you earned. Not this crap!
Posted: Jul 1st 2007 1:24PM Kruegmeister said
Game $60
XBox Live $50 per Year.
and I still have to put up with Advertisements in my games... Priceless???
XBox Live $50 per Year.
and I still have to put up with Advertisements in my games... Priceless???
Posted: Jul 1st 2007 6:39PM (Unverified) said
Xbox 360 Football is absolutely AWESOME this year!
The Xbox 360 versions of ALL THREE Football games--Madden 2008, NCAA 2008, All-Pro 2K8--will be running at an incredibly smooth 60 frames per second!!!!!
The Playstation 3 versions of ALL THREE of those football games will only be running at 30 frames per second.
People can't blame "lazy developers," or "lazy development teams." These three football games are made from both EA and 2K Sports, so that is two completely different companies.
And we see those same sorts of PS3 problems where the Xbox 360 versions always end up better from just about every other developer. There is no way in the world you can say, "EA, Ubisoft, Activision, and 2K Sports all have lazy developers."
The hardware specs on the boxes of the machines tell us the Xbox 360 can display 500,000,000 polygons per second, while the PS3 can only display 275,000,000 polygons per second.
I have read that these football games really are a perfect example of how the Xbox 360 can display twice as many polygons as the PS3, because the PS3 versions will only be running at 30 frames per second, while the Xbox 360 versions will be running at 60 frames per second.
This is the BEST YEAR EVER to be a Football fan, because this is the year that Madden Football and NCAA Football return to greatness, and this is the year that the 2K Football series comes back!
And all of it will be in silky smooth 60 frames per second on the Xbox 360!!!!!!!!!!
The Xbox 360 versions of ALL THREE Football games--Madden 2008, NCAA 2008, All-Pro 2K8--will be running at an incredibly smooth 60 frames per second!!!!!
The Playstation 3 versions of ALL THREE of those football games will only be running at 30 frames per second.
People can't blame "lazy developers," or "lazy development teams." These three football games are made from both EA and 2K Sports, so that is two completely different companies.
And we see those same sorts of PS3 problems where the Xbox 360 versions always end up better from just about every other developer. There is no way in the world you can say, "EA, Ubisoft, Activision, and 2K Sports all have lazy developers."
The hardware specs on the boxes of the machines tell us the Xbox 360 can display 500,000,000 polygons per second, while the PS3 can only display 275,000,000 polygons per second.
I have read that these football games really are a perfect example of how the Xbox 360 can display twice as many polygons as the PS3, because the PS3 versions will only be running at 30 frames per second, while the Xbox 360 versions will be running at 60 frames per second.
This is the BEST YEAR EVER to be a Football fan, because this is the year that Madden Football and NCAA Football return to greatness, and this is the year that the 2K Football series comes back!
And all of it will be in silky smooth 60 frames per second on the Xbox 360!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Jul 3rd 2007 4:28PM (Unverified) said
The whoring out doesn't bother me so much, although it would be nice if the revenue they get from the ads partially offset our cost. Instead, it's kind of like increasingly intrusive ads in real-life games: there's this big deal about how it's good because it's money we're not paying, but really, I've never seen ticket prices go down because television sticks an image behind home plate or on the field.
What does bother me is when it's something you can't click through, like when they changed the crap drive summary (you used to be able to press A, I think, to skip through it). I already know how far we drove to score, and I especially don't care when the drive summary is wrong.
In-game advertising I can ignore is no big deal to me. I actually appreciate it - it makes the games more realistic than back in the days when it was just EA ads. In-game advertising that's stuck to the screen is a pain in the ass.
What does bother me is when it's something you can't click through, like when they changed the crap drive summary (you used to be able to press A, I think, to skip through it). I already know how far we drove to score, and I especially don't care when the drive summary is wrong.
In-game advertising I can ignore is no big deal to me. I actually appreciate it - it makes the games more realistic than back in the days when it was just EA ads. In-game advertising that's stuck to the screen is a pain in the ass.
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