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Who is Marcus Rivers?

myownsummermyownsummer Registered User regular
edited June 2010 in Games and Technology
Where did this guy come from?

http://www.youtube.com/user/marcuspsp#p/u/3/mOGcRvUvj3U

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    Cameron_TalleyCameron_Talley Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The very bowels of Hell itself.

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    AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Same ad agency that created Kevin Butler, except they missed the mark.

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    tbloxhamtbloxham Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    He's the horrendously annoying spin off from Sony's previously enjoyable PS3 campaign where they have forgotten that the reason Kevin Butler is funny, is because there is a divergence between his appearance and attitude to games alongside his acting chops. The new kid is the PSP spokesman, but is of course, lame.

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    VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    myownsummer wrote: »
    Where did this guy come from?

    http://www.youtube.com/user/marcuspsp#p/u/3/mOGcRvUvj3U

    Didn't pay much attention to E3?

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    Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    it's that kid from the movie with paul rudd
    huh, not as funny without the swearing

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    BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I actually don't mind this guy. Obviously you guys don't remember the "Dude, get your own" ads they had a few years back. Those were terrible.

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    Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    yeah no, not like these are bad. just, when going up against kevin butler it falls short. i haven't even own any sony products since my PSP broke but i like their ads recently a bunch more than most ads on TV.

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    cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Ah yes, the kiddie who screams at you to not play kiddie games.

    And yes, this is Sony's big idea to make the PSP sell more or somesuch.

    Sigh... they were doing so well with Kevin Butler...

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    SliderSlider Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    All I want to do is kung fu that little kid in the face. Something tells me people will definitely NOT be purchasing more Sony products.

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    VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I've just really never understood why they keep trying SO HARD to make the PSP "street".

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    myownsummermyownsummer Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Kevin Butler has the right attitude. The kid just has bite. And yea, way better than the "Dude, get your own".

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    Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Still.

    Better.

    Than.

    This Shit.

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    cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yeah, pretty much every systemwide PSP ad has been horrible.

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    Golf153Golf153 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    At least it isn't a fake blog!

    http://adage.com/smallagency/post?article_id=113945

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    myownsummermyownsummer Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Haha! Almost forgot about those squirrels.

    This looks like the newest one. Frustrated Brother (PSP)

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    Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    It's a stupid ad campaign for stupid kids. If you're over 15 years old this isn't meant to be appealing to you.

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    tbloxhamtbloxham Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    But it was introduced by a campaign which is very much NOT targetted at random kids, it's just weird.

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    SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    At the very least it's good that they're showing actual gameplay footage during the commercials now.

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    Shorn Scrotum ManShorn Scrotum Man Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I actually like the Marcus commercials. Much better then other ad runs they've done.

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    tbloxhamtbloxham Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Shorn Scrotum Man wrote: »
    I actually like the Marcus commercials. Much better then other ad runs they've done.

    Except Kevin Butler. If I had nothing, and someone gave me a tuna sandwhich, I'd be OK with it. But, this is like if I was eating a steak and the waiter came up and said, "Hey, you like steak? You'll love this Tuna Sandwich!" and then took away half the steak to give me have a tuna sandwich.

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    HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Marcus is far and away better than

    ITS A NUT

    YOU CAN PLAY

    OUTSIIIIIIIDE

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    maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a10vdAZPxqU

    Obligatory.

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    emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Henroid wrote: »
    Marcus is far and away better than

    ITS A NUT

    YOU CAN PLAY

    OUTSIIIIIIIDE

    The way you spelled OUTSIIIIIIIIIDE made me think of this. NSFW.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN8PN_ouAzA&feature=related

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    HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yeah that's what I was thinking of.

    PSP - I have a family to feed.

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    elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Really, they should just have Butler do the PSP ads too. He should just do the ads for everything Sony.

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    AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Jam Warrior wrote: »
    It's a stupid ad campaign for stupid kids. If you're over 15 years old this isn't meant to be appealing to you.

    Good to know they are showing it the right times, then!

    There's nothing like seeing it 1-2 times a commercial break during The Colbert Report and Tosh.0.

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    GrimthwackerGrimthwacker Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Honestly, at this point we probably need two hands to count the number of backfiring ad campaigns/PR muckups Sony's been running over the years.

    "Dude, get your own"?
    That creepy PS3 baby?
    "All I want for Christmas is a PSP"?
    The "Black and White" PSP ads?
    THE CRASH BANDICOOT COMMERCIALS???

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    ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    You guys all hate him because he's black.

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    a puddlea puddle Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Athenor wrote: »
    Jam Warrior wrote: »
    It's a stupid ad campaign for stupid kids. If you're over 15 years old this isn't meant to be appealing to you.

    Good to know they are showing it the right times, then!

    There's nothing like seeing it 1-2 times a commercial break during The Colbert Report and Tosh.0.

    Half of Tosh's audience is composed of stupid 15 year olds laughing at dumb people hurting themselves.

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    SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Nintendo has a few

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    Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Well, I sort of get it. The PS2 is about as active as the Dreamcast now, and Sony has always sold the image of the Playstation 3 as the high-end system. And suddenly, somebody realizes that they can't sell the PS3 to kids who can't drive yet. At least, not in this economy. So Sony has to make the PSP look like the thing for younger audiences so it looks like they're covering that section of the market with something.

    I mean, that's my best guess, anyway. Kevin Butler's charm isn't going to work on a 13 year old.

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    darkmayodarkmayo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Grimthwacker wrote: »
    Honestly, at this point we probably need two hands to count the number of backfiring ad campaigns/PR muckups Sony's been running over the years.

    "Dude, get your own"?
    That creepy PS3 baby?
    "All I want for Christmas is a PSP"?
    The "Black and White" PSP ads?
    THE CRASH BANDICOOT COMMERCIALS???

    Ahhh that was classic, even more classic was when Mario 64 came out shortly after and raped everything.

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    cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Linespider5 wrote: »
    Well, I sort of get it. The PS2 is about as active as the Dreamcast now, and Sony has always sold the image of the Playstation 3 as the high-end system. And suddenly, somebody realizes that they can't sell the PS3 to kids who can't drive yet. At least, not in this economy. So Sony has to make the PSP look like the thing for younger audiences so it looks like they're covering that section of the market with something.

    I mean, that's my best guess, anyway. Kevin Butler's charm isn't going to work on a 13 year old.

    It's more basic than that. PSP sales have stalled over the last two years in the United States, and software sales have been utterly pathetic for longer than that. The problem is the PSP is actually doing fairly well in Japan, so they feel they can't kill the system just yet. So Sony, ahem, worked with western publishers for a few big exclusive PSP games a while back (which very likely involved paid exclusives) and a corresponding media blitz. That didn't work. Then Sony tried to revive interest with the PSP Go. That didn't work.

    Marcus is part of Sony's third attempt to kick-start PSP sales, along with big price cuts on lots of recent games. This probably won't work either; since "relaunches" of struggling systems rarely succeed.

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    PureauthorPureauthor Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The true failure of the PSP lies in how terribly it has positioned itself for a successor system.

    And this ad campaign isn't going to help that.

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    cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Pureauthor wrote: »
    The true failure of the PSP lies in how terribly it has positioned itself for a successor system.

    And this ad campaign isn't going to help that.

    Oh yeah. The long-term weak software support, lack of hardware price drops and the Go have likely generated quite a bit of negative perception toward it from the general market, so the PSP2 will have to somehow overcome that. And that's before you factor in that damn near everyone, from developers to forum folk, are having multiple orgasms over the 3DS.

    I've said it before, but the PSP2 could do everything exactly right and still be utterly boned.

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    myownsummermyownsummer Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    Really, they should just have Butler do the PSP ads too. He should just do the ads for everything Sony.

    THIS

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Man, screw you guys, Marcus rules

    He's not as good as Butler obviously, but, who is?

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    Cameron_TalleyCameron_Talley Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I just don't understand why Sony did an apparent 180 in their advertising. the PSP was always positioned for "Adult" gamers. Now these new commercials seem to be saying the opposite. So confusing.

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Though I will admit the best one is him and Kevin together

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOGcRvUvj3U

    Kevin's reaction at 1:05

    They should have them do all the PSP commercials together

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    myownsummermyownsummer Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    This could have something to do with the new core audience. Skip ahead to :43 for hilarity.

    Dwyane Wade's son plays PSP at NBA Finals

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