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God, Sony marketing is so fucking terrible.

Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
edited June 2007 in Games and Technology
This is Sony's new PSP "Dude, get your own" advertising campaign.

http://www.us.playstation.com/dudegetyourown/

Just watch them, and tell me: What message, really, do you think this gives potential PSP owners?
Because I'm pretty sure the message I'm getting here is "Buy a PSP so that you can constantly get harrassed by douchebags wherever you go." Oh joy.

Either that, or they think everyone who wants a PSP *is* a douchebag, and they don't mind telling it to your face. "Hey! You! Douchebag! Buy a PSP!

I really hate to create yet another "lol, sony" thread, but christ, these are fucking TERRIBLE. How the hell do they really expect to sell a single PSP this way?

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    DavidBlaineDavidBlaine ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    Fuckin Sony.

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    DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    If I was sitting next to a dude with a PSP, I'd just pull out my DS and GB Micro, look at him and say "Same price for both".

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    SpikedFreakSpikedFreak Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    "Cluster bomb, CLUSTER BOMB ...... ooooh cluster bomb."

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Is it just me, or is this essentially leggo my eggo except with less witty?

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    OtsegoOtsego Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Nowhere near as bad as their other ones. It's just really damn annoying.

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    chaossoldierchaossoldier Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    If you think those are bad, check out the "PS3 Lifestyle totally not advertisement pictures"

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    DavidBlaineDavidBlaine ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    And what's with the "Easily more affordable than having a girlfriend." line? Trying to say you should get a PSP instead of a girlfriend?

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    Mr_SnuffleMr_Snuffle Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Remember when Sony's advertising was awesome?

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    DavidBlaineDavidBlaine ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    chaossoldier wrote: »
    If you think those are bad, check out the "PS3 Lifestyle totally not advertisement pictures"

    So I notice they are playing Project Gotham.

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    chaossoldier wrote: »
    If you think those are bad, check out the "PS3 Lifestyle totally not advertisement pictures"

    http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/pics4/ps3lifestylehighres3a.jpg
    Why the hell would they have that picture as an advertisement? The PS3 is great for being bored with? The other pictures at least showed them being excited and stuff like in the Wii commercials. Unlike the Wii commercials, they aren't showing off the games or really any aspect of the PS3. What the heck is the chick doing in that first picture?

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    DekuStickDekuStick Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Otsego wrote: »
    Nowhere near as bad as their other ones. It's just really damn annoying.

    But Leggo my Eggo is like "Hey man fuck off don't you dare think you can steal my delicious Eggo breakfast!"*

    Which is truly understandable. A mans gotta eat.

    oh and I must say I did like the airplane commercial "Cluster Bomb Cluster Bomb! *player apparently dies* ahhhhhh clutser bommmmb"

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    DavidBlaineDavidBlaine ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    I have in fact, stolen an Eggo before.

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    plufimplufim Dr Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I thought the "cheat code" one was OK... but.... where the hell is the "over" button on a PSP?

    Overall though, this isn't nearly as bad as their previous crap. I think we're being a little harsh here.

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    GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    What bugged me the most was how he said to press R1 twice and the PSP doesn't have an L2 or R2. All they needed to have him say was "press R". But no, they're retarded and couldn't even do that right.

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    KaseiusKaseius Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I laughed at the videos. Am I a bad person?

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    OmeksOmeks Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    DavidBlaine wrote: »
    chaossoldier wrote: »
    If you think those are bad, check out the "PS3 Lifestyle totally not advertisement pictures"

    So I notice they are playing Project Gotham.

    Also can't help but notice they're "playing" what looks like the replay of a race or a game trailer...with two people.


    The PSP commercial doesn't bother me. I kinda like the guy who is cluster bomb happy.

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    AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    This is actually quite an improvement for Sony marketing. It's not offending anyone and it's clear what they are advertising.

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    JJJJ DailyStormer Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    cluster bomb!

    Also, GIS for cluster bomb in hopes of finding a screen of the commercial is a bad idea.

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    GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I've just tried to silently ignore this one. It's just a bad commercial.

    This is what we're down to, by the way. "It's just a bad commercial."

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    FCDFCD Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Why they can't they just show screenshots of awesome games? I mean, it's been around long enough that there have to be at least a few. Just show them and then say "Hey, if you want these awesome games, buy the PSP." Worst. Marketing. Department. EVER.

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    AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    JJ wrote: »
    cluster bomb!

    Also, GIS for cluster bomb in hopes of finding a screen of the commercial is a bad idea.

    Fuck my curiosity. Fuck. Gross.

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    EinhanderEinhander __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    The videos are stupid.
    So is this thread.

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    DavidBlaineDavidBlaine ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    AbsoluteZero wrote: »
    JJ wrote: »
    cluster bomb!

    Also, GIS for cluster bomb in hopes of finding a screen of the commercial is a bad idea.

    Fuck my curiosity. Fuck. Gross.



    Oh for fucks sake that should be bannable



    HAI GUYZ! DOn"T GO TO GIS AND SEARCH FOR "OPEN TOMATO SOUP" LOL!

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    EinhanderEinhander __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    Now I'm curious. Can anyone give a text only description?

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    WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    such horrible advertising, getting you to talk about it

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    SpikedFreakSpikedFreak Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Einhander wrote: »
    Now I'm curious. Can anyone give a text only description?

    People who have apparently been hit by cluster bombs. Not pretty.

    In fact the exact opposite of any R&C game.

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Wren wrote: »
    such horrible advertising, getting you to talk about it

    That is like saying that mad cow disease is good because it gets you to talk about beef.

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    Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    Meh... better than the squirrels.

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    CokomonCokomon Our butts are worth fighting for! Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Einhander wrote: »
    Now I'm curious. Can anyone give a text only description?

    The effects of a cluster bomb on real people.

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    DekuStickDekuStick Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Einhander wrote: »
    Now I'm curious. Can anyone give a text only description?
    Pretty much a bunch of dismembered dead people who were unlucky enough to get hit by a cluster bomb. The third pic is probably the worst depicting like half a person.

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    Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Einhander wrote: »
    Now I'm curious. Can anyone give a text only description?


    Basically, it's several commercials of some guy on flight, playing his PSP. Next to him, a fat white guy keeps leaning over and excitedly ruins his fun, in a plethora of douchbaggy ways, such as spoiling the movie being played on the PSP, telling him he's playing the games wrong, yelling cheat codes at him, trying to steal the psp from him when he's not looking, and generally just being a total ass.

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    AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Just so no one else does it, or asks about it, and this thread can get back on track: Blowed up people bits.

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    Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    AbsoluteZero wrote: »
    Just so no one else does it, or asks about it, and this thread can get back on track: Blowed up people bits.

    MEATY CHUNKS!

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    GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    AbsoluteZero wrote: »
    Just so no one else does it, or asks about it, and this thread can get back on track: Blowed up people bits.
    Dude, when you're talking about Sony marketing, when the conversation drifts to blowed up people bits, sometimes that's a step up.

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    WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    titmouse wrote: »
    Wren wrote: »
    such horrible advertising, getting you to talk about it

    That is like saying that mad cow disease is good because it gets you to talk about beef.

    totally different things. not even sure where you went with that

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    plufimplufim Dr Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    FCD wrote: »
    Why they can't they just show screenshots of awesome games? I mean, it's been around long enough that there have to be at least a few. Just show them and then say "Hey, if you want these awesome games, buy the PSP." Worst. Marketing. Department. EVER.

    True. It was even more perplexing with the PS3 ads - if your console is supposed to be mega super ultra graphics, shouldn't your ad, like... show them? And not terrifying crying baby dolls?

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    EinhanderEinhander __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    Video game advertising has been in the shitter for a while, though, hasn't it? The best game ads ever were back when Sega was still in the business, taking some of the best potshots ever at Nintendo and Sony. The Crash Team Racing ads were pretty funny sometimes, too.

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    Vert1Vert1 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    You don't like the cluster bomb commercial? Soulless.

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Wren wrote: »
    titmouse wrote: »
    Wren wrote: »
    such horrible advertising, getting you to talk about it

    That is like saying that mad cow disease is good because it gets you to talk about beef.

    totally different things. not even sure where you went with that

    Talking about how shitty a thing is or how shitty the advertising is for the thing does not help the thing being advertised. If it did, the "Romero will make you his bitch" ads would have made Daikatana sell millions. Acclaim's stunts didn't help their games sell either.

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    EinhanderEinhander __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    Playstation 3: Suck it down
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    Ken, don't be a pussy.

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