Out of curiosity, I've just purchased a box of Kelloggs Frosties cornflakes in the UK, to see what the free grand prix racing game was like. That's right, a free PC CD-ROM 3D accelerated racing game with your box of cornflakes (box cost £1.64)! The game's not too bad, produced by UBI Soft, professional, video cut scenes, 3D accelerated, music, 197MB installed, etc. It just got me thinking is this another step in the public's perception of devaluing games? First there was the internet raising the public's expectations of free games, then the computer magazines with their free demos, now free professional quality games on boxes of cornflakes, what next free versions of the Sims with your happy meal? Should developers making professional quality games start getting worried? Or should they repitch their games at consumer companies rather than publishers? What should developers of budget shareware games be thinking about this? Anyway, I'd be interested to hear anybody's thoughts on this 'turning point' or 'amusing sidestep' in gaming history. [edited by - abstractworlds on July 22, 2003 11:42:20 AM] [edited by - abstractworlds on July 22, 2003 11:50:32 AM]

hmm, as long as the developer gets the money for the game, does it matter to him if the money comes from Kelloggs or from somewhere else? the game was probably a bit outdated, from last year or so,, so maybe they just tried to generate additional sales with this Kelloggs-thing. personally, as a developer i wouldn''t mind if my game generates its sales this way.

btw could you tell me the title of the game?

The name is: Kellogg''s Frosties Gr-r-rand Prix

There''s a small website: http://kelloggs.ubisoft.fr/racing

Yes the game is outdated compared to the latest AAA releases. With its 4MB 3D card requirement, I guess that the good thing about outdated games is that they work on more PCs, especially the home/family PCs, and casual/non-gamers PCs of most cornflake eaters out there.