I’m not sure “subservient” is the right word here. The restaurants depend on the sodas to sell them, sure; but isn’t that like with every smaller business like bars or supermarkets that supply their products? The cola companies produce cola, so that businesses may purchase their products and resell them under their own chain and storefronts.
Are you suggesting McDonald’s would cease if Coca-Cola stopped supplying them with their coke?
No, just that Coca Cola has a controlling interest in McDonald’s. Makes it easier for the soda companies to profit from the sales of the fast food business if they buy up the businesses. That’s why the big chains all went from mom ‘n’ pop places decades ago to corporate entities. The soda companies wanted them.
I feel I should clarify at this point that I have not done actual research on this, this is hearsay from someone who told me that that’s how it is with the soda brands, but it’s someone who knows how these things work so I trust their word, and have just never cared enough about who owns what in fast food to look into it, so I admit I could be wrong, if my source was actually BSing me this time.
I’m taking this discussion to the music thread.
You’re at least partially correct. Here are the major shareholders of Coca Cola:
And these are the major shareholders of McDonald’s:
There are quite a few common names between them but these are mutual funds and large investment companies. More likely the real reason that McDonald’s sells only Coke is that Coke makes it very attractive to McDonald’s to sell their products. There are mutual exclusivity contracts that go back decades that would be very hard to break at this point.
Could McDonald’s switch to Pepsi? Sure. Would it make financial sense for them to do so? Not even remotely.
Mana of the gods!
My favorite soda of all time, over Coke, Pepsi and even 7up.
I just wish PR had Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper and all those other interesting flavors. Just to try them once, at least.
Sucks that I missed the online-only blue raspberry flavor that came last year (I think).
Which Nolan film has the best soundtrack?
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Interstellar.
I prefer Various Artists. Song 4 is their best track ever.
Im gonna pretend that i did not read that. 
Dr Pepper is the top tier fizzy drink. Hands down, no doubt about it.
And he’s a doctor, so you know he’s well educated in making a sofa product formula. The thing is, that means he spent a lot of time and money going to school and getting a doctorate from university, and I think he wasted most of that, because you don’t need a degree to realize that carbonated syrup is tasty. I would have bought that shit from a Mr. Pepper. Or even a Señor Pepper!
Not big on Zimmer, but ‘Time’ from Inception would have to be the most definitive track from any Nolan film.
With the Lucky Ducky Suit being rewarded in ET Arcade it makes me think of the Merch Store.
So what if items sold in the merch store also gave you an in-game code to unlock the same item? So you could wear your Ducky Hoodie IRL while wearing it in-game? 
Then you’d post pics of your Hitman swag online with 47 in the background to help drive more sales. Be sure to tag IO-Interactive.
Er, anyway. Do you think this sounds like a good idea? You could buy gloves in the merch store and then have them in the game. Or a blue tie, purple neon electro-diaper, or whatever.
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This probably isn’t a very good poll. Take the Ducky Hoodie for example. Or that Rude Ruby tracksuit. If it were DLC I definitely would not buy it… And maybe that’s why it was essentially free (minus a small effort in ET Arcade). And it gives us something.
But it’s not outside the realm of possibilities that IO could sell similar items in the merch store. I’ve only ever bought a Hokkaido Foul Play t-shirt and large red ICA mousepad. So would I take advantage of an in-game code to unlock a Foul Play t-shirt for 47 to wear? 
I suppose I would.
This sounds like a horrible idea 
However, on the terms of having merch based on the in-game items is something I like and I’d wish to see more of that.
I will never buy anything irl to get something in a game. The power of money should stay away from the game. If IOI introduces mtx in the next hitman game I won’t buy the game.
In all honesty, I’d be OK with only one in-game outfit if that’s what the game offered. While I don’t personally like the “signature” suit, if it were all there was, I wouldn’t complain too much about it.
In real life though I would absolutely wear the duck or ruby rude stuff, but I rarely leave my house so it doesn’t much matter what I wear most of the time.
The only piece of tangible merch i want is a proper Providence pin. A good quality acrylic 3D pin.
Inception, of course. At a time when life was at its roughest, this soundtrack uplifted me. Particularly this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56t7upa8Bk
This song always put me on a right place of mind. I even used 2:32 as an alarm back then. I never got tired of it.
I’m still so damn salty this didn’t win Best Original Score at the Oscars. Seriously? Dream Is Collapsing, Mombasa, Dream Within a Dream, Paradox, and Time! HOW?!?
I can talk about this movie for hours (or minutes). I still remember the first time I saw it back in 2010 and rewatched it on IMAX on the re-release. I love this movie and the soundtrack.
I like the lucky ducky hoodie but I’d personally want to buy it when I’m ready to spend 50 odd quid on it.
Just realised that the idea you have would be redundant if you just unlock the lucky ducky suit in game
Goddamn that’s tough, but I’m gonna go with Gus, because he’s an absolute gangsta boss and usually ten steps ahead of every-fucking-body.
Lalo, however, is more enjoyable on a moment to moment basis. He grins like the Joker, and looks like the Mexican Burt Reynolds.
