Guild Wars 2

Tens (hundreds?) of thousands of people are in the guild wars world every day. It seems to me that you could make some money using this population to sell in-game advertising.

Imagine a farmer with a produce stand and a field full of dark reddish cows selling… Red Bull energy drinks. I know you can track player population passing through which should make it easy to prove and justify an advertising revenue stream.

How about a vendor in Lions arch near the crafting area that sells Oreo™ cookies, Hostess Cupcakes, Ore-Ida potatoes or Land-o-lakes Butter?

What if I could get a code off my Pringles potato chip lid that would give me a recipe to make Cheddar Cheeze flavor pringles in-game? Imagine the potential promotions for players to get name-brand food recipes and the cross advertising with these sorts of products could give GW2.

Given the trend toward F2P payment models, I think this kind of advertising monetization will eventually become common as an additional revenue for game developers. Just a thought …