Friday, 22 February 2013

How Video Games Go Hand In Hand With Car Wraps

By Rob Sutter


You may have the best product on the market but sometimes it pays to have the name brought to the public just a bit more prominently. This is typically done through advertising but sometimes there are certain methods which cost quite a bit. Considering how much money video game development takes, one has to wonder what method of advertising could work. In my mind, car wraps present one of the most effective, not to mention cost-effective, ways to get one's name out there.

Video games are played by many different people and I feel as though TV ads and commercials, amongst Internet showcasing, are some of the common ways to get it out in the open. These assist people in getting a feel for such games but I can't help but notice a problem or two. One is that they don't sustain themselves well, considering that they're gone from the airways in typically a month or so. It also doesn't help that their length isn't great in about half a minute.

Car wraps have the potential to assist these companies which may not have the financial resources to go all out with marketing. Wrap authorities the likes of JMR Graphics have proven especially useful since they are companies able to design fine graphics which can be used on vehicles in order to gain the attention of the public. Marketing is something that can be done by just about any company, as proven here. Even if companies don't have a lot to shell out for most assets, being able to afford a vehicle to gauge interest helps.

One such example of a game that has gone under the radar is "Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward." A sequel to a graphic novel-esque game on the Nintendo DS, this particular title is well-crafted yet has found itself lost in a market that is, for lack of a better word, saturated. This is where the wraps come in because you don't normally see many companies utilizing them in order to showcase video games. The fact that an anime aesthetic would be presented would only draw peoples' attention more.

In an industry like this where certain names can be overlooked, video games can use all of the advertising assistance they can get. Developers want to be noticed and sadly that won't be able to happen at the drop of a hat. Car wraps can help speed the process along in more than one way, considering how fast people will become exposed to the graphics in question. This method isn't precisely costly, which is yet another reason to take the plunge.




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