Haha, the old "you pay for cable and get advertising, so why not a game" argument.
Wasn't there a time when they were advertising cable as, "yeah, you have to pay for it, but it's ad free!" (My mom speaks of it, I think it was before my time)
Anyway, I don't pay for television any more, because I can't stand the ads. I buy all the tv series I want to watch on dvd and I hear about new shows through friends and family.
I remember when CMT (country music television: I know, I know, I was a naive child) was ad free, and I'd enjoy keeping it on and listening while I was doing stuff.
Then slowly they added CMT related adverts. "Ya sure, whatever". Now you can't watch it for 5 mins without a regular in your face advert, that's the day I stopped watching that channel.
But it's gotten to the point now that I can't stand wathcing any entertainment tv show on live television. I don't know how anybody can.
Same goes for radio. All I listen to is public radio to avoid the ads. Of course, they go on their "donate money" craze every so often, and I tune in on a cd for those days.
So anyway, my point is, if games companies expect to be able to put in advertising, don't be surprised when they start finding more and more people aren't buying their games. I'm sure they'll blame it on piracy.
As for the NPR thing, I'm sure people are going to say that they can't make money if they don't beg for money, just like tv can't make money unless they throw in adverts.
My opinion on that is, if you can't make money wihtout ads, don't be surprised when everyone stops watching. The entertainment industry better find a better solution, quickly.
Here's one, stop being a money grubbing prostitute! How about earning your pay through decent shows that people are actually willing to pay for.
Hurray for teh logd!