For some reason, Papa John’s Pizza has decided to promote Nintendo Switch accessories. Earlier today, the pizza delivery restaurant chain’s official Twitter handle posted a message that tells its followers to pre-order Joy-Con Wheels at GameStop. It also included a link to the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe page on GameStop’s online store, as well as an image that displays pizza, two Joy-Con Wheels, the GameStop logo and Mario Kart artwork. You can check out the full post in the embedded tweet below:
Better together – pre-order Nintendo switch joy-con racing wheels at @GameStop! https://t.co/vGW4K77UUb pic.twitter.com/JxMIdn2D0o
— Papa Johns Pizza (@PapaJohns) April 25, 2017
I can’t understand this strategy. I mean, how does Papa John’s relate to Gamestop and Nintendo accesories?
Lol well gamers buy pizza. That’s the most logic u can put behind it. It’s a multiplayer game so yea that’s WT their getting at . Don’t know why they promoted the wheel accessory tho that’s pretty funny lol and well it ads to popularity so the more the merrier
A lot of gamers and college kids eat pizza?
I love the amount of promotion going into this! They advertised it hard in the subway in Tokyo, I saw Breath of the wild everywhere. Target in my small town has this, and now papa johns good for nintendo!
So is Papa John’s advertising for Nintendo and Gamestop or is Nintendo advertising for Papa John’s or is Gamestop paying Papa John’s…?
Yes.
This is where my sister and brother in-law goes all the time. I always wondered why there’s so many pizza places named after John. I’ve known of John’s Pizza Parlor and Ice Cream, John’s Fantastic Pizza (or, John’s Incredible Pizza), and now this place. And it seems like I’m forgetting one of them.
Are you saying you’ve never heard of Papa John’s until recently? I’ve never heard of any of those other places you just mentioned but I remember Papa John’s being around since my middle school days.
Meanwhile, more people go to Dominoes and Pizza Hut.
Is Papa Johns that popular anymore?
Well I prefer Domino’s, but only Papa John’s delivers where I live now, so… That’s that.
Either way, I’m not getting the wheel accessories. I never ended up using them for Wii or Wii U Mario Kart.
All pizza places is awesome.
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I thought Pizza Hut was a dying breed.
Pizza Hut is my favorite. Though I usually just buy pizza at the grocery store because of not wanting to make a separate trip (plus it’s cheaper).
I guess things are different in my town. We have a local pizza restaurant that pretty much everyone in town agrees is better than all of the chains, even their wings would rival Buffalo Wild Wings. If we want a pizza quickly though we usually get Papa John’s.
it looks good. gotta love pizza. the game is almost here.
Local places are probably better than the chains in every town. With that said, Pizza Hut is still the best of the three global chains. They stepped their game up big time.
Wow! Pizza! And Mario’s Italian too!
This just seems so out of left field. Papa John’s advertising a Mario Kart inspired pizza, I would totally get. Them advertising products they don’t even sell for a game they don’t even sell? It strikes me as supremely odd.
While I do love Pizza and gaming, I’ve never ordered Papa John’s, there’s much better options. But yeah, this is odd.
it looks good. gotta love pizza. the game is almost here.
This is completely bizarre… They’re advertising a game they didn’t make and don’t sell with accessories they didn’t make and don’t sell on a system they didn’t make and don’t sell at a store that is not them. Must be a pure dump of money into Papa John’s pocket in exchange for promotion.
||We will get more than that…||
Excellent work, Commander!