Game Theory: Are Your Mobile Games ILLEGAL?

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  • Опубліковано 29 бер 2021
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    I'm sure you've been playing a game or watching a video on your phone when suddenly it is interrupted with an add for a weird and fake looking mobile game. I've seen a lot of channels try out these games to see if they play as advertised, but they haven't covered what I find most interesting about these games. Are they LEGAL? False advertising is a dangerous game, Theorist, so why do these mobile games get away with it? Let's find out!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 24 тис.

  • @MrScaryJoe
    @MrScaryJoe 3 роки тому +5504

    What is worse than fake ads? Ads which have a false X button to make you click on the ad

    • @bunnyboy4277
      @bunnyboy4277 3 роки тому +297

      I have gotten those at least 10 times. I had to exit out of the app to get back in.

    • @pppppaaaaaccccchhh
      @pppppaaaaaccccchhh 3 роки тому +116

      True evil

    • @fahrenheit2101
      @fahrenheit2101 3 роки тому +76

      @@dont8430 Don't worry, I won't.

    • @nezukokamado8266
      @nezukokamado8266 3 роки тому +26

      True... maybe a little too true...

    • @nezukokamado8266
      @nezukokamado8266 3 роки тому +17

      @@dont8430 k I won’t I’ve seen you before....

  • @pinknyellox3
    @pinknyellox3 3 роки тому +6709

    What bothers me about these ads are the children clicking on it.

    • @proxy1035
      @proxy1035 3 роки тому +391

      and then buy in-app stuff because their parents don't keep track of what their children are doing and aftrwards blame the entire game industry for robbing them of their money.

    • @VintageKeys
      @VintageKeys 3 роки тому +171

      @@proxy1035 kids shouldn't be allowed on Internet

    • @proxy1035
      @proxy1035 3 роки тому +301

      @@VintageKeys anyone below the age of ~12 i'd say should not be freely allowed on the internet and be exposed to ads.
      and it's the parents job to enforce things like that. sadly a lot of them don't.

    • @bluesap7318
      @bluesap7318 3 роки тому +108

      @@proxy1035 imagine your bank calling you on how you spent $ 500 on a mobile game. Definitely didn’t happen to me

    • @toainsully
      @toainsully 3 роки тому +46

      The children are not morons

  • @henzou13
    @henzou13 Рік тому +1164

    sometimes they exploit the x button to either make a fake one, make an overly small button to get more clicks

    • @OmniversalInsect
      @OmniversalInsect Рік тому +76

      Not sometimes, always

    • @henzou13
      @henzou13 Рік тому +36

      @@OmniversalInsect you're right on that one, today i found ads that had fkin meme music
      how
      is that going to help? loll

    • @HotaruMitsuki101
      @HotaruMitsuki101 Рік тому +3

      @@OmniversalInsect 1

    • @frostfamily5321
      @frostfamily5321 Рік тому +8

      @@henzou13 I wonder if that is plagiarism, speaking of which, I hope the creator(s) of Banished will sue/have sued the one(s) of YCDWYW!

    • @nightfireyt9165
      @nightfireyt9165 Рік тому +2

      Yeah

  • @merodi5768
    @merodi5768 Рік тому +203

    Honestly when the playable ads are more fun than the games themselves there’s a bigger problem at hand

  • @WattsTheSafeword
    @WattsTheSafeword 3 роки тому +44064

    Speaking of ads. The amount of sexual ads I’ve seen on UA-cam that break their own guidelines. Hilarious.

    • @yamayamayama00
      @yamayamayama00 3 роки тому +4150

      The setting is always on an island in a zombie apocalypse or in the mafia

    • @SubTheScribeYT
      @SubTheScribeYT 3 роки тому +878

      Same here

    • @thebaconwarrior7421
      @thebaconwarrior7421 3 роки тому +3123

      Glad that somebody else notices this. It’s so annoying and messed up concerning the target demographic is children.

    • @_uc1e142
      @_uc1e142 3 роки тому +1447

      And imagine how many little children are here on yt seeing that 0_0

    • @yamayamayama00
      @yamayamayama00 3 роки тому +271

      @@shikoshiko6602 im- what's is that video? 👁️👄👁️

  • @valeriamontemayor7485
    @valeriamontemayor7485 3 роки тому +1516

    Ad: "99.9% of people can't solve this!"
    Me: "That's because 99.9% of people won't play your game."

  • @eliasdulle9620
    @eliasdulle9620 Рік тому +79

    The worst one is Evony which straight up lies to you in the ad. It says, "Most mobile game ads show things that don't happen in the actual game. Fortunately, Evony doesn't do this." As soon as you install and open the app you can see it's completely different.

    • @desaug
      @desaug 9 місяців тому +1

      almost fooled me..

    • @desaug
      @desaug 9 місяців тому +1

      untill i got youtube

    • @serenadyalcin4622
      @serenadyalcin4622 4 місяці тому +2

      I fell for that once.

    • @Olflix
      @Olflix 3 місяці тому +3

      "Fortunately, Evony does do this"

    • @gaysarahk
      @gaysarahk 2 місяці тому

      "Come play now, m'lord"
      Legit, I only tried Evony when I finally found *one* ad that wasn't overly sexualized and was just advertising a city builder. Overall, I decided it wasn't that fun and stopped playing. But... yeah.

  • @DUDEBRUHMICE
    @DUDEBRUHMICE 5 місяців тому +46

    “Fraud is illegal”
    Mobile game ad devs: Wow, this is worthless

    • @thebirdnerd
      @thebirdnerd 3 місяці тому +1

      It’s less than worthless my boy

  • @Mr-Chick
    @Mr-Chick 3 роки тому +18138

    The ad for "Epic" is still better than the generic "can't reach pink colour" ads!

  • @RJCain
    @RJCain 3 роки тому +1856

    "Be kind to each other, don't lie"
    If only some of these people were told this as children.

    • @airplanes_aren.t_real
      @airplanes_aren.t_real 3 роки тому +36

      They probably did but that mind set didn't give them money

    • @JojoTheVulture
      @JojoTheVulture 3 роки тому +10

      Every kid is told to be nice and share or whatever and literally nobody turns out to be like that unless they are a devout Christian

    • @cuillain5773
      @cuillain5773 3 роки тому +47

      @@JojoTheVulture or maybe you're just a bad person lmao

    • @xvelvet3247
      @xvelvet3247 3 роки тому +42

      @@JojoTheVulture I assure you, there are many devout religious people who still lie and steal; they just word their way out of calling it lying and stealing whenever it suits those particular ones (assuming they dont admit to it and ask for forgiveness, anyway). Believing in a God existing doesn't prevent people from behaving in a way they know would upset said God.

    • @codyhanson1344
      @codyhanson1344 3 роки тому +2

      I saw this comment at exactly the time he said that.

  • @blueturtle3623
    @blueturtle3623 Рік тому +48

    I was expecting this video to be about how they prey on the viewers frustration that the puzzle is so freaking easy why do they keep losing?!?!

    • @tutorialesminecraft8930
      @tutorialesminecraft8930 Рік тому +7

      It is because it's also called "frustrating ads". Are ads that pretend to keep losing so that they encourage you to play it and prove yourself that you can do better, that's why.

  • @abigailrahim5835
    @abigailrahim5835 Рік тому +101

    This particularly reminds me of Gardenscapes and Homescapes

    • @alanrox1825
      @alanrox1825 Місяць тому +1

      I play both of them, I'm at level 845 in Gardenscapes, and level 590 in Homescapes

    • @kameronbirdsong5419
      @kameronbirdsong5419 Місяць тому

      It was said in this video no duh

    • @Machncheez
      @Machncheez 6 днів тому

      ​@@alanrox1825same ig it's been so long lol

  • @Craniacs
    @Craniacs 3 роки тому +2579

    App developers: 👁👄👁

  • @bunnytherosebear8872
    @bunnytherosebear8872 3 роки тому +2247

    the worst part is i accidentally click the game ad when trying to press the X

    • @gastongl404
      @gastongl404 3 роки тому +65

      what X ? you guys are getting X ?

    • @hydroniumamide
      @hydroniumamide 3 роки тому +76

      @@gastongl404 when you get an ad, there is a tiny little x in a corner, so tiny in fact that when you try to click it you end up clicking on the ad

    • @Jackuves
      @Jackuves 3 роки тому +9

      Oml yes

    • @gastongl404
      @gastongl404 3 роки тому +54

      @@hydroniumamide its a reference to "u guys getting paid" joke :3 , bcz the game dev scams keep finding new ways to make it harder to click the x ,but thanks anyway :)

    • @thepanperson215
      @thepanperson215 3 роки тому +3

      Sameeee

  • @nadavelsberg684
    @nadavelsberg684 4 місяці тому +9

    Why tf 2 whole years have passed and it hasn’t changed the slightest

  • @dixieslav1274
    @dixieslav1274 Рік тому +50

    Sounds like Evertale could get an actual case against it. I keep seeing ads for it that pitch it as a dark pokémon knock-off, it's 99 cents to download, and (apparently) it's a waifu-collector type game instead.

  • @ky7501
    @ky7501 3 роки тому +2884

    It’s the new ‘hot singles in your area’

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli 3 роки тому +13

      Wish we could do the GeoIP gag from XKCD.

    • @vk_aaa
      @vk_aaa 3 роки тому +6

      Fr

    • @benp7842
      @benp7842 3 роки тому +67

      ik execpt it gets you even more dissapointed

    • @beanwithbasicskills4038
      @beanwithbasicskills4038 3 роки тому +12

      My man just gained like 20 likes in 000000.1 nanoseconds

    • @max-UH-million
      @max-UH-million 3 роки тому +2

      I need to let this be known so a few weeks ago I saw a ad for a game called Freddy game on an App Store of some sort I don’t know which one but it was with stuff that definitely was not theirs so

  • @the_roguelogue1491
    @the_roguelogue1491 3 роки тому +1477

    Fun fact: if your game doesn’t need WiFi you can turn on Airplane Mode and say goodbye to all ads

    • @Rhinestonez.
      @Rhinestonez. 3 роки тому +69

      A saving grace, thank you.

    • @louishombre7187
      @louishombre7187 3 роки тому +153

      Unfortunately there are apps that when you download it you also download ads so when you go onto airplane mode there will be ads

    • @Thy_Walrus
      @Thy_Walrus 3 роки тому +42

      Fun fact: every one already knew this

    • @dylanw1248
      @dylanw1248 3 роки тому +7

      I thought everyone knew this

    • @benjaminl398
      @benjaminl398 3 роки тому +69

      @@louishombre7187 or some that force you to turn on WiFi even when you don’t need it.

  • @greenball6538
    @greenball6538 Рік тому +16

    I miss when the ads were like this they have gotten so bad now

  • @zackmorrison9780
    @zackmorrison9780 Рік тому +4

    As a person who lives in the UK I saw an ad for Homescapes and it said at the bottom "Most footage in the advertisement is not real"

  • @mariomaniac581
    @mariomaniac581 3 роки тому +2846

    “When there’s no cops around, anything is legal”
    ~Gruncle Stan~

  • @aymanelkhouly9641
    @aymanelkhouly9641 3 роки тому +5487

    Glad someone had actually talked about this pollution

    • @veryhot7384
      @veryhot7384 3 роки тому +6

      ua-cam.com/video/JmQJ-xRNPvY/v-deo.html..

    • @wintercoatguy5381
      @wintercoatguy5381 3 роки тому +18

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @Aereto
      @Aereto 3 роки тому +51

      Pollution is too light of a description.
      Believe me. I have seen how horrible mobile game devs really are.

    •  3 роки тому +5

      The add I find save a guy me:kills him literally and I win

    •  3 роки тому

      Something it won’t let you die

  • @altothesting
    @altothesting Рік тому +27

    It is 2022, I’m still surprised that no one has cracked down on these false mobile game advertisements (even in Australia, which seems to be stricter for advertisements)

  • @geegee7296
    @geegee7296 Рік тому +6

    Thank you I never thought someone would’ve address these ads. They happen way too often. They annoying me so much. Thank you for making making this!!!

  • @raeannahoskinson2699
    @raeannahoskinson2699 3 роки тому +2117

    Finally someone’s shading gardenscapes for making the ads that began the hellscape

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 3 роки тому +40

      They didn't begin this this game has been around for like 5 - 6 years at this point, it just saw what was big and copied it, being older and bigger than all the others games we just see their annoying ads more

    • @JohnathanParker69
      @JohnathanParker69 3 роки тому +3

      Ikr

    • @kristoferkamzarov1776
      @kristoferkamzarov1776 3 роки тому +4

      The garden Scape ads are choose or die

    • @dont8430
      @dont8430 3 роки тому

      ƊÕÑT ŘĒÄĎ ḾÝ ҎŘÕḞÎĹÈ ҎÎḈ₸ŬŘÊ

    • @roesoeproe
      @roesoeproe 3 роки тому +1

      The ads made it seem so good!

  • @justaguy8216
    @justaguy8216 3 роки тому +1196

    Alyssa : I'm level 965!
    My mom: *pathetic*

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 3 роки тому +7

      Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else. Gets me frustrated. Just admit that you love the videos I make, my dear guy

    • @Retro_taco
      @Retro_taco 3 роки тому +55

      @Axxl
      What does that even mean? You sound like a 80yo trying to sound hip

    • @neoxpro12
      @neoxpro12 3 роки тому +46

      @@Retro_taco obviosly a bot or a troll, best to ignore

    • @meatperson
      @meatperson 3 роки тому

      1 hour later

    • @rogerdodger589
      @rogerdodger589 3 роки тому +1

      True except it's my grandma

  • @dahmicrowave
    @dahmicrowave 4 місяці тому +7

    RIP matpat

    • @ImJustRash
      @ImJustRash 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Memes4you23hes retiring thats why he said rip

    • @dahmicrowave
      @dahmicrowave 4 місяці тому

      @@ImJustRashthats what i meant

    • @speedyjet
      @speedyjet 3 місяці тому +1

      rest in peace means they're dead

    • @dahmicrowave
      @dahmicrowave 3 місяці тому

      @@speedyjet yes the channel is dying nor more videos on march 9

  • @juliankemmink
    @juliankemmink Рік тому +5

    The worst is that most of these ads either tell you to tap, to play an ad and then send you to the app store. Or after the ad it automatically sends you to the app store even though you have zero interest in the game

    • @ljgaming5335
      @ljgaming5335 Рік тому +1

      and then there is the fake close button

    • @ThinkingWithTunneler
      @ThinkingWithTunneler 4 місяці тому

      @@ljgaming5335or the ones where the x invisible do i need to inspect element to find the hitbox?

    • @haeloey
      @haeloey Місяць тому

      Including.... Tokopedia 🦉👜

  • @nadiaindia2738
    @nadiaindia2738 3 роки тому +1138

    The funny thing is my dad is on lvl 6000 of this game and hasn’t seen a single mini game

    • @mrmurpleqwerty4838
      @mrmurpleqwerty4838 3 роки тому +17

      ua-cam.com/video/2ZIpFytCSVc/v-deo.html

    • @BrotherTheory
      @BrotherTheory 3 роки тому +23

      That's weird :/ Thanks for the comment, Slothpug101. Your comment will help a lot of people understand the problem of these ads :)

    • @maxanderson6216
      @maxanderson6216 3 роки тому +2

      @@mrmurpleqwerty4838 k

    • @wackz1249
      @wackz1249 3 роки тому +3

      @@BrotherTheory chill

    • @hornetisvoider
      @hornetisvoider 3 роки тому +2

      Man

  • @BlueCoreGamming
    @BlueCoreGamming 3 роки тому +7073

    Many people ask why the game developers don't just make the games shown in the ads, as those fake games often look more fun the actual game.
    The truth is that sadly those fake games are harder to monetize. You can have millions of levels and power ups and in game purchases with a match 3 game with little art cost, but with a pull the key style game, there is only so much you can do before you run out of art or ideas.

    • @guywhoateallthepizza1031
      @guywhoateallthepizza1031 3 роки тому +468

      If I can't make a game about key pulling then I just don't make the ad about key pulling.

    • @mokafi7
      @mokafi7 3 роки тому +247

      thats what a bad game developer would say

    • @slyceth
      @slyceth 3 роки тому +183

      no they just dont care. you can make great mobile games, just look at south park phone destroyer

    • @Nano12123
      @Nano12123 3 роки тому +40

      So? look at shrinking. Grounded was believed to be the most innovat ive you could get. Look at the ideas of "It Takes Two".

    • @mokafi7
      @mokafi7 3 роки тому +67

      @@slyceth true, bloons td 6 is also another great mobile/pc game

  • @Mark73
    @Mark73 4 місяці тому +2

    Also, UA-cam ads can be 5 to 10 seconds, while mobile game ads are padded out to 30.

  • @misurikanroji6440
    @misurikanroji6440 4 місяці тому +5

    I know there's a game like this but I forgot what it was called 😢😢😢😢 12:45

  • @magfe888
    @magfe888 3 роки тому +613

    Regardless of whether they’re illegal because they’re misleading, the grotesque cartoon style of some of those ads is truly a crime against humanity

    • @khorchunhai788
      @khorchunhai788 3 роки тому +3

      i like ur pfp

    • @potatobearsmo
      @potatobearsmo 3 роки тому +18

      The worst thing is the fake facebook post:
      Ive tried 3333 times but i still havent beat this level :crying_laughing:
      It gets on my nerves
      Edit: When you have to be dream lucky to NOT solve the puzzle by sheer luck in 3333 tries, that *really* gets on my nerves. The emoji makes it so much worse in either scenario.

    • @thequestionguy6695
      @thequestionguy6695 3 роки тому +11

      Dude what is with those terrible ads where the narrator has a high pitched voice. It's so annoying.

    • @hornetisvoider
      @hornetisvoider 3 роки тому +1

      @@potatobearsmo same

    • @magfe888
      @magfe888 3 роки тому

      @@khorchunhai788 why thank you

  • @daisywilliams5253
    @daisywilliams5253 3 роки тому +601

    Let’s not forget when they show you a “demo” and VERY AGGRESSIVELY tell you to touch the screen, and when you do, they just take you to the page on the App Store. Taking it a step further, they have a disembodied hand play the demo VERY BADLY so you’ll feel compelled to buy the game to do it right. It’s so, so, annoying.

    • @randomstuff-qu7sh
      @randomstuff-qu7sh 3 роки тому +38

      Yup...the making obvious mistakes is a ploy to make you want to download it to do better. Then when you download it, the game is nothing like the ad.

    • @egg1645
      @egg1645 3 роки тому +13

      It's like watching the bouncing dvd logo barely miss the corner 50 times in a row that's how they get u

    • @sliqriq21
      @sliqriq21 3 роки тому +1

      IKR

    • @sweetoil2952
      @sweetoil2952 3 роки тому +8

      EXACTLY THIS. Also, sometimes I end up accidentally pressing the ad screen, which takes me to the store, when I'm just trying to press the close button!

    • @voxvolhynia5400
      @voxvolhynia5400 3 роки тому +3

      @@sweetoil2952 Or they have a fake close button that appears so you click that instead, and it takes you to the ad page before the real close button appears. It makes me miss the ads where you could actually click on them and it would do something. Those gave me something to do while my flash games loaded, although in fairness the flash games would have probably loaded already if there weren't interactive ads to load first :/

  • @michaeldaniels642
    @michaeldaniels642 Рік тому +2

    I just got one of these weird ads. The game was called Charlotte's Table. It was your typical puzzle game but, the ad opens with them mentioning that Charlotte was kidnapped on her first birthday.

  • @JessPlaysGames547
    @JessPlaysGames547 5 місяців тому +2

    these ads have now been made illegal in the uk

  • @Shownnlights
    @Shownnlights 3 роки тому +1471

    Their advertising on other games should be the *most illegal* lmao...

    • @callistoarmy5576
      @callistoarmy5576 3 роки тому +19

      Because I'm not famous like other singers that's why no one see my singing videos. Just see once ❤️..

    • @neok1yte494
      @neok1yte494 3 роки тому +6

      fr i've gotten some sus ads from Toomics in the past

    • @shipwrld5861
      @shipwrld5861 3 роки тому +6

      @Dababy but not a converable da baby car

    • @Jscon864
      @Jscon864 3 роки тому +3

      @Dababy but not a converable like a Decepticon *Vwoop vwoop vwoop*

    • @idioticdemon2619
      @idioticdemon2619 3 роки тому +3

      *L0L*

  • @Cyrotech
    @Cyrotech 3 роки тому +11789

    I remember remaking a lot of the stereotype mobile game ads lmao
    It’s funny how you can always tell its not the actual gameplay

  • @user-zw6gq3eu6i
    @user-zw6gq3eu6i 6 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for covering this aspect of video game marketing!
    I'll be sure to follow your advice when marketing my future video games!

  • @Kagome28100
    @Kagome28100 Рік тому

    So happy I found your channel Matt patt! I'm glad someone covered this

  • @MattAntoinneVranAMiro
    @MattAntoinneVranAMiro 3 роки тому +1093

    Mobile ads: "do you trust me?"
    Children: "with every cell of my body"

  • @JjisanX
    @JjisanX 3 роки тому +486

    And then you have the ads that have fake 'x' buttons and the ones that make you wait another 15 seconds after you've finished watching the 30 second one.

  • @SBarnettRN
    @SBarnettRN Рік тому +3

    mat my day always get better when i see your videos keep it up

  • @Maxwell_2283
    @Maxwell_2283 3 місяці тому +1

    omg the Simon says game is so nostalgic so happy you used it for your logo at the start

  • @qtiIIq
    @qtiIIq 3 роки тому +774

    "101% of the people cannot beat this task"
    Task: breathe

    • @tarz1109
      @tarz1109 3 роки тому +4

      You mean breathe?

    • @qtiIIq
      @qtiIIq 3 роки тому +8

      @@tarz1109 yes

    • @nathanGC__
      @nathanGC__ 3 роки тому +2

      @Among us Deaths and Others Mom can

    • @emerald1272
      @emerald1272 3 роки тому +4

      *guess ill die.*

    • @cCodeKat
      @cCodeKat 3 роки тому +7

      Rest in peace the guy named 101% of the people

  • @Laxhoop
    @Laxhoop 3 роки тому +1340

    We’ve all gotten an ad for at least 40 mobile games created by Voodoo.

    • @TC0119
      @TC0119 3 роки тому +16

      Lol so true

    • @Truemanthe2nd
      @Truemanthe2nd 3 роки тому +4

      @@TC0119 yep

    • @budazenYT
      @budazenYT 3 роки тому +78

      Voodoo used to actually make good games, but now they just copy other people’s games and get number 1 on App Store...

    • @Likeye1
      @Likeye1 3 роки тому +34

      They had good games but now they make bad gross running games

    • @Y_Spiky_T
      @Y_Spiky_T 3 роки тому +20

      plus there games are polluted with ads

  • @DietWings
    @DietWings 4 місяці тому +1

    The ad: Level 1 crook steals level 400 mafia boss’s hot babe
    The game: some generic block blast game

  • @Richterfaelle
    @Richterfaelle Рік тому +1

    Still illegal in Germany, because a currency is not only money. When you install an app you pay with personal data companies can use to show personalized ads. If you didn't want this for the game you downloaded but rather for the one shown in the ads it's illigal and can be sued.

  • @Bxrry
    @Bxrry 3 роки тому +2341

    If they are, hopefully some one will stop the cringe ads

  • @ElemonAdventures
    @ElemonAdventures 3 роки тому +330

    The most infuriating ones are the ones that tell you to try, but when you click it takes you to the app store

    • @johnmichael8462
      @johnmichael8462 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/JmQJ-xRNPvY/v-deo.html.....

    • @aperson6562
      @aperson6562 3 роки тому +9

      I mean those ones are easy to spot because they are usually videos and you can easily tell if it’s a video

    • @justjulie1113
      @justjulie1113 3 роки тому +1

      THIS

    • @andrewu8525
      @andrewu8525 3 роки тому +5

      @@aperson6562 a lot harder when not on a video platform

    • @aperson6562
      @aperson6562 3 роки тому +1

      @@andrewu8525 yes I know, I’m talking about the game ads. Those “continue” ads are usually looped videos and you can tell

  • @taplerdsd
    @taplerdsd 4 місяці тому +2

    I saw this game a while back where you fight zombies but the ad is about a roblox game not even near to zombies

    • @taplerdsd
      @taplerdsd 4 місяці тому

      But goodbye matpat

  • @makotohan166
    @makotohan166 9 місяців тому

    Funny thing is Namco Bandai/D3 published a compilation that makes those fake games playable
    Hope they make DLC like one based on passing the gates to add/subtract your army

  • @danielmezadecosta1494
    @danielmezadecosta1494 3 роки тому +672

    Lets be honest the ad in the beginning has more effort put into it than regular mobile ads.

  • @attakk8961
    @attakk8961 3 роки тому +694

    My mom is on level 8765 in Gardenscapes, she’s literally run out of levels from the developers, and she’s only ever seen the “bad dreams” about 8 times.

  • @KeenWanderer
    @KeenWanderer 9 місяців тому

    A missed opportunity... The initial logo light up could have included Fashion Theory's blue colour to forecast its release.

  • @Foyay_Red
    @Foyay_Red Рік тому +2

    I love Gardenscapes and Homescapes they actually added those adds into the games as fun optional minigames for rewards and they made it much more common now it’s every two or three levels

  • @wrenpen
    @wrenpen 3 роки тому +365

    the funny thing is that gardenscapes had to add the minigames because of the complaints about them lying about the content

    • @Ethan.YT.
      @Ethan.YT. 3 роки тому +7

      MORE TURRETS

    • @reentrysfs6317
      @reentrysfs6317 3 роки тому +7

      Hey the creator of garden scapes has a daughter named anne

    • @cospokot5324
      @cospokot5324 3 роки тому +1

      LMAO ikr.

    • @_b_e_a_n_s_
      @_b_e_a_n_s_ 3 роки тому +3

      wait they actually added those in? lmaoooooooo

    • @wrenpen
      @wrenpen 3 роки тому +4

      @@_b_e_a_n_s_ yeah lmao i had the game before and there were never any of those minigame things until they got called out about the false advertising in every single review of the game

  • @kariosgaming6735
    @kariosgaming6735 3 роки тому +1519

    The funny part is that I actually thought the opening was a weird ad.

  • @SouthPaw24ROX
    @SouthPaw24ROX 2 місяці тому +1

    This is so relatable. I decided to go back and watch some of the videos I haven't seen now that MatPat's retired. It's some amazing stuff. I know you'll never see this comment, but maybe you've seen me say this on some other videos: Thanks for everything, MatPat!!!

  • @lelandharris9639
    @lelandharris9639 Рік тому +2

    They should make a system AI for if a half-assed mobile game is added to their app, it monitors the downloads and deletions. If the game is deleted continuously in a matter weeks and uses false advertisement should be instantly deleted and banned from the store. Just like how UA-cam monitors demonitization. It would make more room for actual games that don't profit off of people's stupidity and ad revenue. It would fix the App Stores issue, or they could ACTUALLY monitor their app and get rid of all these terrible games.

  • @Eeyono
    @Eeyono 3 роки тому +754

    "Throw ideas against a wall to see what sticks." As a marketing professional, I can say with confidence that this has been my job description for more than a decade.

    • @majesticlunatic4985
      @majesticlunatic4985 3 роки тому +56

      I miss read your comment as, Throw sticks against a wall and hope it is a stick.
      I'll just excuse myself.

    • @benchehebar2833
      @benchehebar2833 3 роки тому +27

      @@majesticlunatic4985 I’m dying in suspense, was it a stick?

    • @majesticlunatic4985
      @majesticlunatic4985 3 роки тому +22

      @@benchehebar2833 Yes, it was a stick.

    • @RaraZeCat
      @RaraZeCat 3 роки тому +4

      @@majesticlunatic4985 damn I thought it would be a branch.

    • @MN-ys2pe
      @MN-ys2pe 3 роки тому +2

      @@majesticlunatic4985 you almost made me choke on my food pls-

  • @Gamerdude4658
    @Gamerdude4658 3 роки тому +1011

    Don’t forget the ads where someone uses a magnifying glass to look under a woman’s clothes so they can “find proof that she killed him” those ads are next level cringe. 🤮

    • @garlicbreadstick404
      @garlicbreadstick404 3 роки тому +87

      And they inspire children to do bad things which is something that makes me go batshid crazy the fact they let these ads available

    • @hal-fling
      @hal-fling 3 роки тому +13

      Eww

    • @bacon_haired_dude7050
      @bacon_haired_dude7050 3 роки тому +40

      I hate those type of perverted ads

    • @graciedrawz3195
      @graciedrawz3195 3 роки тому +7

      Smh my head.

    • @daychild_
      @daychild_ 3 роки тому +37

      Ikr, I’m 12 and those ads make me super uncomfortable
      Also my 9 year old sister get those ads all the time, and she hates them as much as I do

  • @repulsedcat9409
    @repulsedcat9409 Рік тому

    Great theory, and this is off topic but.. Back to Gardenscapes for a moment, I always loved how Austin (the bald guy i forgot his role) just claps a few times and says "wow😐" like he's responding to a conversation he's just wanting to be finished already

  • @BiggestPhangirl
    @BiggestPhangirl Рік тому +1

    “But hey, that’s just a theory-“
    Ah, no, that’s the most truthful thing on the channel.

  • @badsubtitles498
    @badsubtitles498 2 роки тому +2803

    Google play should have a deletion counter as well as a download counter:
    Random tile match blast
    -100M downloads
    -100M deletions

    • @tomasbeltran04050
      @tomasbeltran04050 2 роки тому +79

      Deletion after how long tho?

    • @badsubtitles498
      @badsubtitles498 2 роки тому +189

      @@tomasbeltran04050 You've got a point, it would have to be within a week or so

    • @tomasbeltran04050
      @tomasbeltran04050 2 роки тому +42

      @@badsubtitles498 it's hard to tell, but yeah. Anyways, I guess reviews already exist, so we'll use them for now

    • @badsubtitles498
      @badsubtitles498 2 роки тому +61

      @@tomasbeltran04050 yeah, it's probably too much to ask of google who are already rather slow at making new features

    • @snowkittwice
      @snowkittwice Рік тому +7

      I love that idea, I need that in my life

  • @magnetman5933
    @magnetman5933 3 роки тому +653

    UA-cam:we don't allow sexual content on our website.
    Also UA-cam:

    • @dragorethegreat1800
      @dragorethegreat1800 3 роки тому +21

      I remember a while back when an ad below the video and it had a picture of a girl with her hand in her you know what
      I click the video and it was a restricted video
      And as said this was a UA-cam AD

    • @dragorethegreat1800
      @dragorethegreat1800 3 роки тому +9

      @Saccharine Bear? really dang
      These ads shouldn’t be +18 considering kids use it

    • @FangsInMyLeg
      @FangsInMyLeg 3 роки тому +3

      @Saccharine Bear? yeah I've had that one two

    • @rifiresquad608
      @rifiresquad608 3 роки тому +1

      @Saccharine Bear? input a setting to stop this

    • @JaidenTheBest
      @JaidenTheBest 3 роки тому

      @@rifiresquad608 or just remove the ads in general.

  • @Connorses
    @Connorses 8 місяців тому

    In the skit at the beginning you forgot the part where he gets an unskippable ad less than 30 seconds in.

    • @Espartanica
      @Espartanica 5 місяців тому

      *2 unskippable 30 second ads and one 3 minute ad you have to wait 5 seconds to click

  • @no_one452
    @no_one452 5 місяців тому +1

    And there's also an issue with inappropriate ads

  • @generalcodsworth4417
    @generalcodsworth4417 3 роки тому +668

    "Not all images?"
    More like "Complete fabrication, this game does not exist."

    • @willsmith3988
      @willsmith3988 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/JmQJ-xRNPvY/v-deo.html..

    • @thefinfinator270
      @thefinfinator270 3 роки тому +1

      @@willsmith3988 are you trying to tick roll me because it’s not gunna work

    • @lilith2295
      @lilith2295 3 роки тому +4

      @@thefinfinator270 i looked, its actually not a rick roll, but worse. It's a fake app that gives you a virus.

    • @janlouisnavarro7499
      @janlouisnavarro7499 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/0V82E93GqaY/v-deo.html. ...😭😭😭

    • @thefinfinator270
      @thefinfinator270 3 роки тому +1

      @@lilith2295 oh oh no 😱

  • @UnsightlyThinker
    @UnsightlyThinker 3 роки тому +543

    Me: unblinkingly starring at the little “20, 19, 18” seconds timer in the corner of the screen, waiting for it to turn into the “x”...

    • @jared1944
      @jared1944 3 роки тому +42

      then there is the fake one

    • @nexustormod4754
      @nexustormod4754 3 роки тому +19

      It six when the x is in a different place so you just spend like 10 minutes looking for it

    • @robIoxkid
      @robIoxkid 3 роки тому +11

      Sometimes the advirtisor would put a fake x on the screen

    • @Ok-ok3jz
      @Ok-ok3jz 3 роки тому +1

      Fake X’s determine how much of a Freak of humanity you are.

  • @Papyrus_is_c00l
    @Papyrus_is_c00l 4 місяці тому +4

    Has’nt been long and I miss you already

    • @ZazyCat21
      @ZazyCat21 4 місяці тому

      Hes not gone yet.

    • @speedyjet
      @speedyjet 3 місяці тому +1

      bro didnt watch the video, just read the title

    • @Papyrus_is_c00l
      @Papyrus_is_c00l 3 місяці тому

      @@ZazyCat21 ik

  • @svenkrules9855
    @svenkrules9855 3 роки тому +356

    *"YOU WOULD'NT LAST 5 MINUTES WHILE PLAYING THIS GAME"*

  • @commander_expendable
    @commander_expendable 3 роки тому +579

    remember when mobile game ads were like the clash of clans commercials you would see, the animated 3d ads they actually invested in

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 роки тому +23

      To this day I still have an aversion to any game that has a screaming guy for their thumbnail/icon.

    • @commander_expendable
      @commander_expendable 3 роки тому +9

      @@OtakuUnitedStudio trust me, the first time i saw one of the clickbait ads, i threw my phone at a wall and destoyed it with a hatchet. i know resort to old flip phones and use a pc, since i dont have to see such heretical pieces

    • @evagineer9165
      @evagineer9165 3 роки тому

      @@aaronmedders4141 Ok

    • @squeenixu
      @squeenixu 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah, that I actually willingly watched once because they're way better and refreshing than shitty ads

    • @marco6137
      @marco6137 3 роки тому +5

      Supercell, the company that made Clash of Clans, honestly still has that bar of quality
      Probably the only worthwhile mobile game company, if any :\

  • @desaug
    @desaug 5 місяців тому +1

    'an epic experience' was LEGIT IN THE AD I GOT RIGHT BEFORE THAT and RIGHT BEFORE I SKIPPED IT

  • @razorback9999able
    @razorback9999able 9 місяців тому

    I think the main problem with these ads popping up frequently and to no end is because of lax regulations on online advertising. The lesson learned is this: any new thing without rules or regulations can be exploited for malicious gain, and mobile companies abuse these ads (includes psychological tricks to attract players) with no end in sight.

  • @mrkisukes
    @mrkisukes 3 роки тому +467

    If I had a penny for every single time I saw one of those ads, I wouldn't have anymore student debt.

    • @justacarbonbasedlifeform4990
      @justacarbonbasedlifeform4990 3 роки тому +12

      If I had a penny for every single time I saw one of those ad I would have been the richest man on Earth

    • @DrRank
      @DrRank 3 роки тому +14

      If I had a nickel for every time I've seen an ad for a mobile game that actually interested me, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice, right?

    • @justacarbonbasedlifeform4990
      @justacarbonbasedlifeform4990 3 роки тому +3

      @@DrRank if I had a nickel for every time that happened I would have 0 nickels

    • @emmanuelajala6965
      @emmanuelajala6965 3 роки тому

      If I had a nickel for every one of those ads, I’d be well beyond retired

    • @AwsomeStudiosInc9
      @AwsomeStudiosInc9 3 роки тому

      I think the universe would be screwed

  • @dougkaltenmark9778
    @dougkaltenmark9778 3 роки тому +634

    I’ve lost so many brain cells watching these adds, that I’m now losing bone marrow.

    • @nethaura4922
      @nethaura4922 3 роки тому +9

      I don't think that's how bone marrow works but okay

    • @averagegameenjoyer797
      @averagegameenjoyer797 3 роки тому +2

      no bone marrow no blood

    • @dlib-sxy
      @dlib-sxy 3 роки тому +1

      Yep i can see as you misspelt adds

    • @panhandlesomen
      @panhandlesomen 3 роки тому +7

      @@nethaura4922 he lost his braincells,then blood,and now the last one,bone marrow

    • @maru3899
      @maru3899 3 роки тому +4

      He lost so many braincells from watching those stupid ads, that he forgot how Biology works. Might happen to me too

  • @applegamer20
    @applegamer20 8 місяців тому

    I had an ad that hid the white x button on a white background. Also, stealing characters from other franchises for a mobile ad has to be a law suit just waiting to happen

  • @aria_slayz_fr
    @aria_slayz_fr Рік тому +1

    Bro I’m so used to food theory intros that I forgot the other theory intros were a thing

  • @chaoticinkinc.3145
    @chaoticinkinc.3145 3 роки тому +1731

    The sad thing (with Gardenscapes at least) is that the ads used to be very accurate. Then all these logic puzzle ads came along and things got stupid real quick.

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 3 роки тому +36

      I wonder when that happened. I think it started at around 2019?

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 3 роки тому +48

      Given how samey the ads are. I suspect that it's the same or similar company that these ads were outsourced to.

    • @14loons
      @14loons 3 роки тому +55

      yeah! i remember when gardenscapes ads where about the game, why did they stop that??

    • @judgementbird2248
      @judgementbird2248 3 роки тому +53

      @@14loons yeah, the old game ads were nice, now they’re just all the same stupid ‘logic puzzles’
      Which like, at the absolute LEAST they gotta stop making the player in the ad so damn stupid

    • @catsareawesome256
      @catsareawesome256 3 роки тому +10

      I used to play gardenscapes before the bad ads

  • @awesomepants184
    @awesomepants184 3 роки тому +470

    "long enough to get to level 965"
    Everyones grandma: "pathetic"

    • @johnmichael8462
      @johnmichael8462 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/JmQJ-xRNPvY/v-deo.html.....

    • @gingerb2359
      @gingerb2359 3 роки тому +13

      Omg yes and mother’s with candy crush😂😂

    • @melobeater1775
      @melobeater1775 3 роки тому +9

      Your all pathetic my mom reached stage 4000 (she played it snice she got her phone)

    • @randonn_nes2181
      @randonn_nes2181 3 роки тому +2

      What was that punk

    • @gingerb2359
      @gingerb2359 3 роки тому

      @sayra aziz OH YESSSSS my mom also loved the webkinz games lmaooo

  • @Sigmanumerouno
    @Sigmanumerouno 9 місяців тому

    I had the idea to ask my mom who has been playing the game for years, she is at level 5718 and has gotten those "bad dreams" a grand total of 17 times

  • @--miolovesshrekkk--
    @--miolovesshrekkk-- Рік тому +1

    Bro before even watching this I got an absolute ILLEGAL ad help 😭💀

  • @Bone_Tickler
    @Bone_Tickler 3 роки тому +875

    i feel like loosing brain cells when watching the dad lose to the mom in a puzzle that a 2Year old could solve

    • @janlouisnavarro7499
      @janlouisnavarro7499 3 роки тому +4

      ua-cam.com/video/0V82E93GqaY/v-deo.html. ...

    • @gadaye7770
      @gadaye7770 3 роки тому +2

      A

    • @SFToonsYT
      @SFToonsYT 3 роки тому

      its because the dad is not a gamer

    • @Bone_Tickler
      @Bone_Tickler 3 роки тому +12

      @@janlouisnavarro7499 commit Lego step
      Now

    • @L0tss
      @L0tss 3 роки тому +2

      is that why you misspelled losing with 2 o's instead?

  • @Spiracle
    @Spiracle 3 роки тому +598

    As someone who lives in the UK, I can tell you that the little "not all images represent actual gameplay" disclaimer is on nearly every mobile game ad...
    In the tiniest font. Usually along the bottom of the screen.
    *We've come a long way.*

    • @Gabe_V
      @Gabe_V 3 роки тому +4

      @@shikoshiko6602 stfu bot

    • @adamvifrye2690
      @adamvifrye2690 3 роки тому +5

      i think i've even started seeing that in ads i've seen nowadays

    • @DracoMagnius
      @DracoMagnius 3 роки тому +15

      I mean at least it's something I guess. Guess you just need to have a magnifying glass nearby at all times.

    • @GamergodHayden
      @GamergodHayden 3 роки тому

      @@Gabe_V stfu bot

    • @Gabe_V
      @Gabe_V 3 роки тому

      @@GamergodHayden nani

  • @SleepyBlanketDemon
    @SleepyBlanketDemon 10 місяців тому

    Fun little tip for playing a mobile game that doesn’t need Wi-Fi but is packed with ads: when you have Wi-Fi turn of airplane mode and you won’t get a single ad just so long as the game works with no wofi

  • @Bruh-mn3vu
    @Bruh-mn3vu Рік тому

    The feelings of the watcher and uses that to make them download is like getting made at an ad failing at a challenge

  • @liliannereadenour
    @liliannereadenour 3 роки тому +355

    my aunt saw one of the Gardenscapes ads, and kept asking me when she would get to the part. I felt bad having to tell her she never would :(

    • @ester7684
      @ester7684 3 роки тому +9

      Actually, she would, as there are this so called "minigames", and they are the ad part

    • @easypete3630
      @easypete3630 3 роки тому +7

      might just have to break it to her man

    • @dont8430
      @dont8430 3 роки тому +1

      ƊÕÑT ŘĒÄĎ ḾÝ ҎŘÕḞÎĹÈ ҎÎḈ₸ŬŘÊ

    • @easypete3630
      @easypete3630 3 роки тому +12

      @@dont8430 stfu

    • @Sisidiehebwi
      @Sisidiehebwi 3 роки тому +1

      @@dont8430 poo in my mouth

  • @normalperson377
    @normalperson377 3 роки тому +476

    OMg I CaNT gEt pAsT ThIs LeVel
    The level: What color is red

    • @hashtagrex
      @hashtagrex 3 роки тому +18

      nah thats far too complex for mobile game ads

    • @Jasonnnnnnnnnnnn_
      @Jasonnnnnnnnnnnn_ 3 роки тому +5

      @@hashtagrex lol

    • @bluscone1222
      @bluscone1222 3 роки тому +5

      the answer: "gReY"

    • @Lawbringer.
      @Lawbringer. 3 роки тому +2

      umm.... Banana....?

    • @bogoat
      @bogoat 3 роки тому +4

      If you get passed level 10 you are LEGALLY A LEVEL 100 BOSS

  • @Energobytes
    @Energobytes Рік тому +1

    Today, devs of misleading ads are now having nightmares of hate and 1-star reviews

  • @ajrfan6035
    @ajrfan6035 Рік тому +1

    Well unless they copy and/or steal footage form a copyrighted game/ a game made by a company that is copyrighted. So you have some hope for these companies to get what they deserve

  • @sliceofgarlicbread
    @sliceofgarlicbread 3 роки тому +376

    I’ve seen the title “no body can get to the pink level” and “I’ve tried 3000 times and still can not pass” on like, 90 different company ads

    • @johnmichael8462
      @johnmichael8462 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/JmQJ-xRNPvY/v-deo.html......

    • @onionman9563
      @onionman9563 3 роки тому +4

      Saw one where it was like “only 1% can solve this in 1 minute” solved it in 10 seconds

    • @sliceofgarlicbread
      @sliceofgarlicbread 3 роки тому +3

      @@onionman9563 That’s them playing on psychology. By saying “I bet you can’t do this,” they’re counting on you to say, “I bet I CAN,” and download the game. That statistic was most likely entirely fake.

    • @bjboss1119
      @bjboss1119 3 роки тому +1

      i played a game called fly arrow that said only 1% can make it to city, i made it to the city in 5 minites, at least it was a fairly decent game, still not what was advertised

    • @alonelytrex3700
      @alonelytrex3700 3 роки тому +2

      AND ITS THE EASIEST THING EVER

  • @Noah-nq3qn
    @Noah-nq3qn 3 роки тому +476

    The worst is when the game ad has a green “play” button and u try testing it and then it just takes you to the App Store...

  • @Purayon
    @Purayon Рік тому +2

    funny thing is that i saw this ad just now

  • @TsunamiStormwind
    @TsunamiStormwind 8 місяців тому

    its funny that months later he advertises a mobile game that is nothing like the add.

  • @random_person2300
    @random_person2300 3 роки тому +372

    Fun fact gardenscape and homescape were originally not misleading but then they changed the ads for some weird reason

    • @colin8923
      @colin8923 3 роки тому +41

      I remember their original ads.

    • @ceratoraptorthedestroyer
      @ceratoraptorthedestroyer 3 роки тому +12

      because of $$$

    • @dwarv.I
      @dwarv.I 3 роки тому +19

      @@KINGJERMARCUS nobody cares

    • @random_person2300
      @random_person2300 3 роки тому +5

      @@KINGJERMARCUS it says it was posted 2 weeks ago???

    • @motifity3416
      @motifity3416 3 роки тому +19

      @@KINGJERMARCUS Sorry mate, but your comment is like the comment version of mobile advertisements

  • @isaacyeon6334
    @isaacyeon6334 3 роки тому +520

    Matpat: *calling out shitty mobile app ads*
    Me: “careful, he’s a hero”

    • @vultergod3917
      @vultergod3917 3 роки тому +5

      Yes agreed

    • @This-is-not-K
      @This-is-not-K 3 роки тому +3

      Finally

    • @457gaming9
      @457gaming9 3 роки тому +6

      Every mobile game that has uses advistiments to install a game are always bad. To find a good one it is usually money to get it.

    • @user-it2kq4ty9q
      @user-it2kq4ty9q 3 роки тому

      knights of ages is an actually good mobile game

  • @DroneDropper
    @DroneDropper Місяць тому +1

    Hero War: they say it’s a no Wi-Fi game, and yet, it’s a website!!! I was outraged!!!

  • @Alexaq268
    @Alexaq268 9 місяців тому

    I love the shade thrown to researcher #3 😭😭 Ofc he doesnt mean all that