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    Quote Originally Posted by Kazhar View Post
    I'm not sure where you're going. Do you think the marketing team is wrong for targeting a certain demographic?
    I'd say this is ultimately their call. If they miss the mark, their problem. But I'm pretty sure that they aren't interested in marketing the game as a deep political intrigue with compelling gameplay.
    I'd much rather they target the gamer bros who like fantasy etc. as opposed to normies who migrate over here from the likes of Nintendogs and Animal Crossing, yes. It's a shame that those are the types that have ended up being catered to in the end as opposed to back in the day when it was the total opposite. Negotiating with Varis, the reformation of Ishgard, etc.

    Safer to have a handful of Wols sit around the campfire and brag about how special they are and how they won so much. And then people are surprised when it turns out FFXIV players don't feel at home in other games that don't enable the sort of hero worship/ego praise that this game went full throttle with lately.
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    Do you ever do anything other than complain?

    Advertising can be about targeting different markets, within reason, and considering nearly all of WoW's ads are exactly like this, I don't see why it's not something that would work.

    Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
    I'd much rather they target the gamer bros who like fantasy etc. as opposed to normies who migrate over here from the likes of Nintendogs and Animal Crossing, yes. It's a shame that those are the types that have ended up being catered to in the end as opposed to back in the day when it was the total opposite. Negotiating with Varis, the reformation of Ishgard, etc.
    Hardcore raiding gamer bros don't need advertising, they travel by word of mouth and 4chan green texts, and follow their statics wherever they go.

    This game is foremost a Final Fantasy game, which means the story is front and center, so why would advertising the story aspect of the game be a mistake?

    And it's kinda hard to take your "hardcore raider" persona seriously when you have a demon-twink-roleplayer profile. And don't you spend all your time hanging out in Limsa anyway?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
    Do you ever do anything other than complain?

    Advertising can be about targeting different markets, within reason, and considering nearly all of WoW's ads are exactly like this, I don't see why it's not something that would work.


    Hardcore raiding gamer bros don't need advertising, they travel by word of mouth and 4chan green texts, and follow their statics wherever they go.

    This game is foremost a Final Fantasy game, which means the story is front and center, so why would advertising the story aspect of the game be a mistake?

    And it's kinda hard to take your "hardcore raider" persona seriously when you have a demon-twink-roleplayer profile. And don't you spend all your time hanging out in Limsa anyway?
    I dont think he's saying that as a hardcore raider and I never got the impression that he was one. I dont even remember seeing him in the big threads about the last savage tier. The thing he is hardcore about is writing fanfics.
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    Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
    I'd much rather they target the gamer bros who like fantasy etc. as opposed to normies who migrate over here from the likes of Nintendogs and Animal Crossing, yes. It's a shame that those are the types that have ended up being catered to in the end as opposed to back in the day when it was the total opposite. Negotiating with Varis, the reformation of Ishgard, etc.

    Safer to have a handful of Wols sit around the campfire and brag about how special they are and how they won so much. And then people are surprised when it turns out FFXIV players don't feel at home in other games that don't enable the sort of hero worship/ego praise that this game went full throttle with lately.
    Well thank Vanet that you do not decide who can or cannot play the game. None of us can actually, and thats a good thing! Gatekeeping is an ugly thing and should never be supported or propped up in gaming, or any fandom circle. So what if an Animal Crossing fan wants to play FFXIV? (News flash, they are already here aveyond. I AM ONE OF THEM.) People can have more then one genre interest, you know. Diversity is always a good thing.

    As for the ad itself, its harmless. Bit cringy sure, but gets the point of this being an ‘epic’ adventure across well enough (I love the costumes… man I wish I was a cosplayer haha) I actually like how it dose advertise the crafting side of the game too (In the ads bellow what the OP posted.) Few games are as proud of it to show it off in an ad, so thats cool.
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