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Common Sense Prevails Among Brits in PSP Ad Dust-up

Jul 04, 2006 10:07

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sony, u.k., asa, psp, ad campaigns

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ianc14 July 4 2006, 15:23:32 UTC

bah, i wanted sony to get the crap ripped out of them

gamepolitics July 4 2006, 15:30:15 UTC

Nintendo fanboy?

no, common sense nitkin1 July 4 2006, 17:16:23 UTC

anyone with common sense would hate sony, after rootkits, unreasonable pricing, beta max, umd, mini disk, blu ray. they arent even allowing for an HD DVD and blu ray combo drive. Microsoft allows it but not Sony. their execs heads are so far up their own asses that they havent seen the light of day in over 5 years

traiklin July 4 2006, 18:41:40 UTC

Well nintendo's ads aren't much better.

"Touching is good" & "This is the part that turns you on"

It's not exactly being subtle with wording there.

granted, it's not an ad in a subway that says "Jump here", who's bright idea was that one?

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chenry July 4 2006, 15:29:39 UTC

Oh c'mon. If you read a poster and decide "hey, that's a good idea" and jump into traffic... you deserve to get hit by a truck. You're not very bright, that's for sure.

jowmagian July 4 2006, 15:50:12 UTC

Well, although not directly said, they're probably removing it to stop people who were suicidal in the first place. A lot of suicidal people just need one more little push, and that could be it.

Love the wording here woundwalker July 4 2006, 15:38:51 UTC

'One complainant, who believed the product was intended for young teenagers, thought that ad (b) could encourage owners of the product to take and store indecent photos of other children. '

Just seems to say 'Well, they thought that, but were wrong and ignorant of gamers today'.

They're not just kids, you know :P

nightwng2000 July 4 2006, 16:17:09 UTC

To the advertising dept of Sony.

Sorry folks, you're no Burma Shave.

nightwng2000

Wow, Sony just can't get a break. terminator44 July 4 2006, 16:40:03 UTC

Between the racist PSP ads, people talking smack about the PS3, and now this, it seems like Sony is going downhill from its unchallenged lead in the industry it has had for the past five years. I'd feels sorry for them if they didn't completly rid off ideas for the PS3 from their rivals.

Re: Wow, Sony just can't get a break. azradesh July 4 2006, 19:27:36 UTC

Racist ads? What where they?

Re: Wow, Sony just can't get a break. jabrwock July 4 2006, 20:50:12 UTC

"It's like a portable nut"
"It's like carpet you can watch outside"
"It's like cheeze you can listen to outside"

While the first 3 just use stereotypical accents ("hood", mexican, italian), the "I'd hit that" commercial uses sexual innuendo to make you go "? did he just say he'd have sex with his PSP?"
"I'd hit that"

"It has more than big guns"
"Hells Yeah"

VG Cats mocking the PSP ads:
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=192

Re: Wow, Sony just can't get a break. featherspy July 4 2006, 21:03:58 UTC

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=192

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