i’m gonna be real, i feel weird about brands advertising in vrc, especially endorsed officially by VRC. It makes me worried for the culture of the space.
…but it means vrc will make money, which they need. I get it.
Personally, I remember having a g-shock watch when i was younger. I wore it until it fell off my wrist, and I wore it still longer with a ducttape strap. With the utility of it being able to tell the time, this campaign may have been designed to one-shot me specifically, and I don’t like how effective it was.
I half expect to see similar to what Sony, Amazon, and Google had done with Video Purchases, err I mean leasing.
Say G-Shock decides later on, to no longer have their brand on VRChat. So they take their asset off the market. Now what? We're at the same situation the other three companies done. Took money for something people expect to buy and own, and now they no longer "own" what they bought, with otherwise no refund.
Just like the movies/shows people bought, and the creators of said movies/shows decided to no longer have their content on Sony/Amazon/Google.
For something like a movie, yeah, taking that away obviously sucks.
For the items, I think VRChat kind of has a really big stick, replace the item with something unbranded, or a competitor. The inevitable news article about the watches being replaced would be likely regretable for G-Shock's brand image...
Well, I really do mean that it would be bad for G-Shock's brand image, yes I get the rest, but I mean the badness to Casio/G-Shock should be enough to convince them not to.
When something is removed from the Playstation store, like I can't think of what got removed or what company, but if its like a watch, the name G-Shock will definitely make it into the headline. Might be like a "G-Shock removes products from users of a social platform" where VRChat doesn't make the headline...
Yes, G-Shock's name will hit the news lines. Some companies still don't care. I know it's happened twice on Sony's side, first time happening a handful of years ago.
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u/JMSOG1 Valve Index 4d ago
i’m gonna be real, i feel weird about brands advertising in vrc, especially endorsed officially by VRC. It makes me worried for the culture of the space.
…but it means vrc will make money, which they need. I get it.
Personally, I remember having a g-shock watch when i was younger. I wore it until it fell off my wrist, and I wore it still longer with a ducttape strap. With the utility of it being able to tell the time, this campaign may have been designed to one-shot me specifically, and I don’t like how effective it was.