TotalBiscuit has been the best bit of marketing from SOE so far...

[Shamrock]

Its nice to see the game getting some decent media exposure, Planetside had abysmal marketing; im more confident that SOE's marketing department are making a concerted effort this time round.

[ringring]

I think the 'so far' is the operative part of the statement and as many people have said the best videos will happen when there are a lot more people in game and demonstrating the real meaning of massive.

I'm sure SOE marketing know this and equally sure they are aware all of us here will help out the moment we're asked.

[headcrab13]

Great ideas all around, EVILoHOMER. I completely agree that SOE will get a lot more mileage out of community advertising and previews like TB's. They're on the right track!

[Gandhi]

I still think it'd be a nice idea to let lots of people record footage of a single battle during beta then have someone at SOE composite all those clips into a trailer. It'd be cool to see a single battle from all these different perspectives, and it'd show off the massive scale really well.

I think this was floated on the PSU forums a while ago as a community thing, which would also be fine. The only major hurdle besides organization would be agreeing on a common resolution, or at least a minimum resolution.

[Stardouser]

Planetside's Reddit subscribers have already increased by about 130 since TB's video, and they had only gone up by a few in the month prior. I am not going to watch all his videos to see if he mentioned the Reddit but I bet that he has not, but if he did, subscription would probably skyrocket.

[ArmedZealot]

Originally Posted by Stardouser

Planetside's Reddit subscribers have already increased by about 130 since TB's video, and they had only gone up by a few in the month prior. I am not going to watch all his videos to see if he mentioned the Reddit but I bet that he has not, but if he did, subscription would probably skyrocket.

The video made it to frontpage r/games I think and r/planetside was plugged in the top comment of that thread.

Average viewers for PS2 discussion here has gone up as well I think.

[Hamma]

We have had a bump in new registrations the past 2 days

Overall activity is up a bit as well, at least in terms of posting.

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by Hamma

We have had a bump in new registrations the past 2 days

Overall activity is up a bit as well, at least in terms of posting.

I just signed up after lurking for a few years

[Hamma]

Welcome

[Gonefshn]

Originally Posted by Hamma

We have had a bump in new registrations the past 2 days

Overall activity is up a bit as well, at least in terms of posting.

That's awesome!

It's not surprising posting has gone up, anytime something this huge happens everyone needs to talk about it! That's a good thing though ha.

We will probably get even more people after you visit too Hamma!

[Thomas]

Thanks

Never seen PSU so abuzz with activity!

[Stardouser]

Speaking of marketing, why doesn't IGN's PC section have a link to Totalbiscuit's video? Do they consider TB to be a competitor I suppose?

[Gonefshn]

Originally Posted by Stardouser

Speaking of marketing, why doesn't IGN's PC section have a link to Totalbiscuit's video? Do they consider TB to be a competitor I suppose?

I'm pretty sure TB has been involved in the IPL (IGN pro league) so I dunno. Planetside really isn't getting any buzz there and TB's youtube channel isn't real media like they usually cover.

[WaryWizard]

Originally Posted by EVILoHOMER

It's a really smart idea to give the game to popular social networking and Youtube channel people. SOE needs to get The Yogscast to do a few videos of Planetside 2 as they get millions of views per video and have 1.5 or so million subscribers and are often on the front of Youtube.

Inviting people like Notch so he shows support on Twitter and the Minecraft login screen would be great too as Minecraft is massively popular and Notch is often out spoken over what he likes.

The Yogscast did a video about the first PS2 trailer, but I don't think they know anything about it really.

I think Notch made a tweet quite a while back saying he played and enjoyed the original Planetside, so he could be a good media source if they were to contact him.

[capiqu]

Hell Yeah, he did a great job.