EA Tiger Woods advert banned

Booyeah! Take that, EA fools and Wiitards! Neh, we all love Wii really... Or do we? No. Not me.

I'm surprised MS didn't pick up on this first, and sue.

wow if ur gonna advertise systems on a game at least advertise them all if the game plays on each one. nice way to favor the wii darn EA

they do that on preactically all there games - im suprised only one person has noticed - check out any wii game advert

ha ha ha - BUSTED! It's about time they were stopped using footage that doesn't represent the game they're flogging. There was a lot of that with the early Call of Duty ads when the 360 came out.

Being in the marketing sector myself, you would "dress up" a product as much as you could get away with. It happens a lot with the run-up to Christmas (eg Apple getting wrapped on the knuckles for their Ipod Touch ad), and EA knew exactly what they were doing - so it's probably a fair result. Not everyone would've been wise to the fact that the graphics are actually worse on the Wii than what was shown. Not everyone would know that "available on all platforms" actually means "this is what it looks like on the best platform". Not everyone thinks of checking things thoroughly - and most products, especially when it comes to TV advertising, are "sold as seen".

Silly really, it's not like anyone will see the advert and go, "wow it looks amazing I'm going to buy it!" They'll go "Wow that looks fun, swinging about like real golf, I'm gonna buy it!"

i agree with this, since it would certainly fool enough parents or younger children. ive seen a few ads on telly for xbox360 games but which are multi platform

And this is something new in ad's with video games why ?

Lol don't these people Google games before they buy? When's the last time a real human being believed everything they saw in an advert? Adverts are for notifying - nothing more.

Oh come on, who cares, why do they make these bogus lawsuits!

"Yes, I'm sure many people buy GOLF games for the epic graphics. Talk about uptight." I'm in no way being serious but I just have to say this: "But I NEED to be able to count every single dimple on the ball!"

So does that mean that Game Mags that display touched-up photos need to stop touching up the photos just because the picture doesn't really look JUST like that? Am I not the only one that finds this a bit ridiculous?

haha well i have a wii..but i have this game for the 360....and theres a reason for that

Seems reasonable to me.

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the thing is, if they were smart enough to realize that it was footage from a 360 then they knew it wont look like that on the wii, so why make a complaint when it wouldnt affect them? and surely they didnt make the complaint for the little guy, because in the day and age who helps others??

You'd think companies would have worked this one out by now. In simple words: Don't Lie About Your Graphics. Someone (even if it's a rival company) WILL notice, and you'll end up with less legs to stand on than Long John Silver after a dose of the Ebola virus.

I agree with this decision because I'd hate to see someone actually believing the Wii's graphics are actually good.

Yes, I'm sure many people buy GOLF games for the epic graphics. Talk about uptight.

Ha ha, I agree with the ban. I am sure it would be so hard to switch out the 360 graphics for the crappy Wii graphics ¬_¬ But here is to a new Wii golf game! I have high hopes and low expectations!

haha

*sigh*

Um...yeah, that's about right. Good for you, Advertising Standards Authority. That's definitely misleading, even if EA didn't (yeah, right) intend it to be.