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Games Editor  Posts: 5330 Joined: 20 Dec 2005     | |
Master Archivist  Posts: 8810 Joined: 22 Aug 2008    |
That's how I wish my lectures would be sometimes. *sigh* Thought the first advert was better personally, but they're both pretty decent. Better than the creepy baby one. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2497 Joined: 30 Dec 2008     | I think the Grandma one is much funnier and catches my attention more. Edit: With a stick! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1845 Joined: 22 Apr 2009     |
A STICK!. Man, these commercials actually get better each time around. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1211 Joined: 23 Sep 2008    | with a stick! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1049 Joined: 21 Feb 2009   | Gentlemen, I do believe we have the battle of the catchphrases: 1) "With a Stick!" 2) "Boom!" |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 451 Joined: 10 Jun 2008    |
It is, in Canada and Massachusetts. Why hide your love away? |
Paperboy Posts: 22 Joined: 25 Nov 2009    | In general this ad-campaign is pretty decent, especially when compared to some of Sony's previous efforts, but I find the voice that announces 'PlayStation' at the end just incredibly annoying. Am I alone in this? :/ |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 448 Joined: 11 Oct 2009    | I'm sorry....I just had too XD |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1673 Joined: 26 Jan 2009  |
been that way since the PS1, it will never change unlike the SEGA voice. OT: I bash the Ps3 alot, but even I will admit that these new commercials are tons better than the launch ones that made zero sense. the baby, the egg, ect., dear god what were they thinking?
I vote for "...with a stick", it can be used in so many sentences, example: Michael Bay will blow your mind.... with a stick! Chuck Norris can beat The Sims 3.... with a stick! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2624 Joined: 31 Jan 2009  | A stick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
SUSPENDED  Posts: 13976 Joined: 13 May 2009    | BEST. THREAD TITLE. EVER. Seriously though, do Sony hire Captain Beefheart to plot out their new ads? User was suspended for: You watched it, You cant unwatch it. (7 days) |
Senior Editor  Posts: 2603 Joined: 9 Jan 2007   | WITH A STICK! I have to use that somewhere. Oh, wait, I know! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2664 Joined: 22 Dec 2008  | I so love these adverts. First sony ad I have ever enjoyed. With a Stick is so getting used. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 119 Joined: 8 Sep 2009     | Sony finally has competent advertising. That's amazing. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 972 Joined: 22 Dec 2007 | My poor grandma, actually i hate her, she can go right ahead |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1266 Joined: 26 Jun 2008  | These commercials are amazing. I think I might go pick up a PS3. |
On the Record  Posts: 6088 Joined: 9 Sep 2008  | Pretty good commercials. |
Community Manager  Posts: 764 Joined: 14 Dec 2004   |
You, sir, are brilliant with a dash of genius and a pinch of BOOM. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1796 Joined: 26 Apr 2009    | Kevin Butler once again does wonders to what was once a mediocre advertising department. I love the catchphrases. WITH A STICK! |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 494 Joined: 23 Apr 2008 |
You just floored me man. With the funny meaning. The second ad is inferior for the reason John mentioned. It moves away from the concept. It does not compare with the first or the one with a PS3 being slingshoted at a TV. |
Paperboy Posts: 44 Joined: 26 Mar 2009     | I had seen these on TV over past couple days, and frankly it's getting to the point of almost wanting to actually buy a PS3 if only to show support for Kevin Butler. |
On the Record  Posts: 6453 Joined: 10 Mar 2008  |
Ha, that's win, should have thought of that myself........with a stick... |
BANNED  Posts: 3752 Joined: 8 May 2008    | If my grandmother actually liked that PoS movie I would kill her... again. >.> User was banned for: Black Mesa Source still going to be released in 2009?. (Permanent) |
Press Junketeer Posts: 448 Joined: 11 Oct 2009 |
Why thank you sir, on the advertisement though I've got to say it's quite memorable advert. He's no longer allowed near my PS3 however, I fear he may stick C4 on it. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1675 Joined: 15 May 2008     |
And no one wants that. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 202 Joined: 29 Apr 2009   | ... boom... That is all. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 625 Joined: 27 Oct 2009   | Finally, Sony is making decent ads. |
Muckraker  Posts: 274 Joined: 10 Dec 2008 | Finally, Sony making some funny ads. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1860 Joined: 28 Dec 2008   | That ad made me think that the PS3 can spread Michael Bay's movie to another audience. I no longer want a PS3... |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 699 Joined: 21 Jan 2009 | Goddamn it now im gonna start saying BOOM alot The Escapist is the only way i can see these PS3 ads because i don't see them air over here in Aus |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 517 Joined: 18 Apr 2008  | Nothing short of amazing. With a stick. STICK. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 731 Joined: 27 Aug 2009    | Microsoft need to catch up i think, to me it seems Sony is in the lead. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 205 Joined: 14 Oct 2009  | I don't think Bay deserves all the crap he gets. The first Transformers movie was good as long as you ignore Shia and Megan and while The Island had a lot of stupid scenes, the premise was awesome. LEAVE BAY ALONE!!!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!(If you don't get the joke, too bad) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1401 Joined: 25 Jul 2008  | I'm amazed at how effective these campaigns are. Normally Sony have proven to be completely incompetent at selling ANYTHING without completely screwing it up (PSP Squirrel). I actually don't like the new PS3 Slim, takes too much away without adding enough, but I'm happy with my old PS3 60GB and online upgrades mean now there is a decent selection of videos on PSN (in europe) and I can just buy them direct without any of that point buying bullshit you get on 360, which just makes it hard to figure out exactly what you are paying. Then I'm liking PS3's easy to upgrade HDD combined with PlayTV which is such a better way of watching TV, and blu-rays are finally selling for sane prices (£8-12) and I'm looking to be getting an actual HD capable monitor (1080p) which have also come down to sane prices. Against all my predictions PS3 is becoming my favourite platform, second only to my PC (luvs mah PC) and my 360 is becoming... well it's lost a lot of it's shine. |
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The PS3 Will Inflict Michael Bay on Your Grandma
I'm not exactly sure, but I think the latest Kevin Butler "It Only Does Everything" PS3 ad is warning consumers that buying the Sony console will influence the elderly to watch special-effects bonanzas on Blu-Ray.
You know the deal by now: Funny, intelligible ads that actually sell the PS3, I'd marry Kevin Butler were that sort of thing legal, etc.
The latest "PS3 Only Does Everything" ads move away from talking about the system's lineup of games for the moment. In the first, an unhappy grandchild bemoans the fact that he doesn't get to game on his PS3 because his grandmother is using it to watch her movies on Blu-Ray - specifically, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. While I understand the kid's plight at not being able to play Uncharted 2, were I him I'd be more concerned with why exactly my grandma was watching Explosions 2: Revenge of the Hard-to-Follow Fight Scenes. Is this a side-effect of buying a PS3? Should Sony put warning labels on these things?
The second seems more traditionally commercial-esque than the others (not that you can officially define such a thing, but I digress) as it features our man Butler working out a deal with a Best Buy employee to offer a PS3/Sony Bravia TV bundle, yadda yadda blah blah blah. If you really want to advertise that sort of bundle, Sony, stick with bashing them together on high-speed camera. The best part of ad #2 is the latter half, where two grown men spend 15 seconds just shouting the word "Boom" at each other. Not the campaign's best effort, but entertaining enough.
Come to think of it, the Michael Bay addiction might explain the "Boom" part. My god, we might have an epidemic on our hands.
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