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Lysdexique
Sep 12, 2010

Let me give you some advice, little buddy.
It was a weird time for Sony when they released the PSP and PS3.

I present alliwantforxmasisapsp:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G0LlXv-nyI

Pro tip for anyone working in advertising: Kill yourself!
But also don't try and manufacture your own viral videos. Especially if you're a 30 year old white dude trying to pass as a teenager rapping about a portable gaming console.

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Lysdexique
Sep 12, 2010

Let me give you some advice, little buddy.

Morton Haynice posted:

All these ads ever succeeded at was making me wanna punch Justin Long:



It did give John Hodgman a lot of money and recognition though, so...it's a wash?

Lysdexique
Sep 12, 2010

Let me give you some advice, little buddy.

Morpheus posted:

Jesus, the initial PS3 advertisements were awful. Like they were trying to create 'deep' and 'artistic' ads that featured...uh, crying baby dolls and...stuff. Other weird stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq9vHFKZHLE

Like what the gently caress.

It was all like this until they hired whoever created the Kevin Butler character - that was a stroke of genius.

The weird part is that Sony, or rather, Playstation had some pretty good commercials back in the PS1 and PS2 days. They were usually funny and concise...at least.

Then I dunno, maybe the marketing team got a collective aneurysm during the PS3 launch cause they went to full-on batshit insane mode.

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