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Yes I see ads on most games, not all the time because they change. Throughout the game, but not activating the personalised ads will undoubtedly be the cause of you not seeing ads because they are live and very active.
MGXYZ any idea why they are live in Europe etc but don’t seem to be in the uk ?
Hi Fursake yes I did click not to have personalised ads under the assumption it would put in random ones.
I have now changed it to see if that makes a difference.
What platform are you playing it on ?
I’m using a laptop running game through steam.
Find it bit more reassuring if you say you have seen plenty of ads.
It was me who stated that myself and my brother had not seen ads on FM20 BCFClee over on the dark side (it is pretty dark today over there today too).
My assumption is that they are live in Europe or certain countries.. we've seen China , Italy among a few others being filled which shows demand will outstrip supply when it is switched on. Only rarely see any ads on a UK channel via youtube and I've personally never seen one other than Movember through half a season of playing so far.
My worry, as you've mentioned, is that UK is probably a disproportionately large market for FM20 and given that we only saw it switched on in mid-November then mathematically we need a fill rate worldwide of 50% assuming £90m FM20 inventory value as JD stated.
That being said, we have no idea what the ad deals are with Codemasters and what advertisers are paying over there and there is 100% fill rate on them ads. Hartlepool bob highlighted that Bids have claimed them as THEIR ads...
Overall, my view is that given the evidence on FM, we need to have faith that JD will deliver something substantial between now and 31st Dec. Revenue related or not.
Is it possible you have selected the option not to see personalised ads?
I have been playing football manager since release and to be honest I have seen quite a lot of adverts. I am playing as The Mighty Leeds United in the championship.
Don't forget there are many different platforms out there.
Google stadia/ps4/xbox one/pc/ Nintendo switch and probably others. May not be live on all yet.
That's the problem Holdlong. I know we have 11 out of the 12 boards but they are showing the same ads all the time which are the partners of Sports Interactive.
My guess would be that these are the default ads shown if nobody had bought the advertising space which is why it is a concern to me that I'm (personally!) not seeing much/anything else.
SI have one board of the 12 available and use it for specialeffects charity. The rest are bids
Yes, fingers crossed it is something they have sorted for FM20. There are still posts on that forum dated a few days ago however. I'm sure the numbers using any billboard patch would also be so few that it's maybe not even worth worrying about.
That's the thing for me that I really would like some clarity on. What ads are actually generating us revenue in the game and what ads are either partners of Sports Interactive or there because of some kind of licensing deal to get team and league likenesses.
I noticed on those same forums that some of the guys on there were complaining about an annoying Nicki Minaj ad in football manager 19. Now that is clearly from Bidstack and the sort of thing I was hoping to see (not Nicki Minaj in particular just totally different ads that are clearly served by Bidstack). I know someone mentioned something about some kind of adboard for a book the other day (may have been tom clancy or some other action writer) which again is clearly from Bidstack and shows that we are getting ads in the game. Again though it's just the fact that I'm not seeing these myself that gives me a slight concern about fill rates.
PS As a gooner myself I hope that you manage to do better with Arsenal than we're currently experiencing in real life!
Only thing with that forum Jim is that was for FM19 unless I’m mistaken ? So hopefully they have things in place to stop it for FM20 ?
Yeah jim very odd not sure what to make of it......
Just started a new game with arsenal quickly to see if different with big clubs and their digital advertising boards but just the same standard adverts.
Unless the ads haven’t gone live yet or something ?
Can’t be generating any revenue with standard FM ads, this has me puzzled and concerned.
Anyone shed any light on this ?
That has been my experience too of watching things on twitch and youtube. Only ads I've seen (live myself!) that were different were ones in different leagues from sponsors related to the clubs as stated before. I know people have posted links to videos and pictures with different ads in but it just makes me wonder about the ad fill rates and whether brands are buying into it at this stage.
Been reading a couple of forums on the game and it seems some people have been adding patches in for the game to display their own custom ad boards which are specific to the team:
https://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/45184/fm19-adboard-patch?page=1
Hopefully this is something that Bids are looking at to prevent this from happening.
Yes they are the ones Jim just the standard FM ad boards that have been there years.
War child/games aid/kick it out/football manager/Vanarama/prostate cancer.
I have been playing in the conference but surely they would still use the ad boards rather than the prem style electronic ones.
Just seems really strange that I’m not seeing proper ads etc.
Bcfclee27 - What billboard ads are you seeing in your game. Is it just the football manager ones and the charity ones (Warchild, Special effect, Kick it Out, prostate cancer etc?)
Have bought Football manager 2020 and have been playing for last 2 weeks. Haven’t seen any Bidstack ads in the game which I find really odd. I know someone was saying this the other day where him and his brother had also not seen any.
Yet clearly there are ads on games you can see via YouTube.
Anyone know why this is the case and why I’m not seeing any Bidstack ads on my game ?