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Sony Scrap WipeOut HD Loading Ad

By Luke Plunkett on August 4, 2009 at 8:30 PM

The people have spoken. Spoken angrily. And Sony have listened, removing the worst of the in-game advertising from WipeOut HD only 24 hours after it was first officially announced.

“The ad has been removed from WipEout HD”, a Sony rep told Eurogamer, “and we are investigating the situation to ensure that any in-game advertising does not affect gameplay”.

Note this doesn’t mean all advertising in the game has been removed; only the ad that was causing the annoying, increased load times.

Sony removes naughty WipEout advert [Eurogamer]

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  • brad
    August 5, 2009 at 10:08 AM

    well, at least they were smart about it and listened. i’m sure they were getting flooded with hate mail and forums were full of hatred surrounding this subject.

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  • Womble
    August 5, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    It is indeed nice to see a huge company actually responding to customers. Good one Sony.

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