Massive Study Reveals In-Game Advertising Increases Average Brand Familiarity by Up to 64 Percent

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Advertising within highly engaging gaming experience shown to have significant positive impact on purchase consideration, ad recall and 'coolness' perception of brands.
Massive Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. and a leading network for video game advertising, released research results that provide new insight into the impact of dynamic in-game advertising. Conducted by Nielsen Entertainment, a unit of The Nielsen Company, the research showed that ad campaigns from blue- chip brands that ran in the Massive network significantly improved key brand metrics between control and test groups.

  Key results of the study revealed that, from control to test groups:
   *  Average brand familiarity increased by 64 percent
   *  Average brand rating increased by 37 percent
   *  Average purchase consideration increased by 41 percent
   *  Average ad recall increased by 41 percent
   *  Average ad rating increased by 69 percent

The study was executed with clients across several major advertising categories, including automotive, consumer packaged goods (CPG), quick service restaurant (QSR) and technology tools. Highlights of findings within these specific advertiser categories include the following:

   *  Automotive. The automakers included in the study achieved a 69 percent
      increase in purchase consideration among likely car buyers from
      control to test groups.
   *  CPG. The CPG client achieved a 71 percent increase among those who
      consider the snack food advertised a "cool brand" from control to test
      groups. Among the key demographic of males ages 18 to 24, brand
      familiarity rose 63 percent from control to test groups.
   *  QSR. A QSR ad featured in the Massive network saw its rating (those
      who "liked it a lot/liked it a little") rise 39 percent from control
      to test groups.
   *  Technology tools. The technology client achieved a 70 percent increase
      in brand rating from control to test groups.

"The results of this research prove what we've seen in more limited studies over the past three years," said Cory Van Arsdale, CEO of Massive. "As marketers struggle to stand out in cluttered media forms, the Massive network provides both a deeply engaged audience and sophisticated capabilities for creative execution and delivery, resulting in memorable, positive impressions among highly desirable demographics."
Since the launch of the Massive network in October 2004, advertisers have embraced the ability to uniquely engage and target the growing gaming audience. More than 200 campaigns have run to date across the Massive network from a diverse roster of more than 100 advertising clients. As video games increase in importance as an advertising medium, Massive now offers marketers the same level of partnership and support they expect from traditional media forms, including detailed research on the effectiveness of specific ads and campaigns such as the study.
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