New MGS4 screenshots ... Showing not-so-subtle product placements!

Gothic Girl | May 14, 2008 | Screenshots | Playstation 3

It was recently revealed that Metal Gear Solid 4 would feature real-world items in the actual game. Well here are some screenshots showing the not-so-subtle product placement that we can look forward to ...

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Metal Gear Solid 4 offers more than great gameplay and solid graphics. It also offers product placement! From an in-game iPod and Triumph motorcycles to cell phones and energy drinks, MGS4 has tactical advertising down pat. Click through the gallery below!

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chautemoc | May 14, 2008

Thats really disturbinnnnng.
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iLLmatic | May 14, 2008

Wow thats an actual iPod. What use does it have in the game? Can you listen to smooth jazz while you're setting C4 in Groznygrad?
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Xenctuary | May 14, 2008

I actually find that product placement can be a nice touch. As long as every other sentence doesn't advertise the product and the company's logo waves around randomly on the screen whenever you press a button, it's pretty cool. It's all in the implementation (see Burnout Paradise's billboards, for example).
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Existenz | May 14, 2008

iPod = Custom Soundtracks in MGS4 that would be pretty interesting, would also be fun to see the iPod attached to snakes waste with white wires trailing all over the place.
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  iLLmatic | May 14, 2008
  
  No, that would look stupid.
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    Final Blade | May 15, 2008
    
    _{I agree, that would look bad.
    Still interesting stuff.}