pmpddytim Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstatio...sage.id=2321692 -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariJr Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 HAHAHA... wow.. there goes all the support they got from the graphiti ads LOL... not good.. not good... Im starting to think a nintendo or microsoft rep has infultrated their marketing and advertising teams and is responsible for all of the bad decisions lately lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Seriously - if that's for real than Sony has gone off the deep edge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sega saturn x Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 It IS real, it's a uk ad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I'm surprised they didn't go all the way and make an ad that read: "SONY PSP: THE WHITE SUPREMACIST." JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariJr Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 loool... give them a month or two .. its comin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sega saturn x Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I hope the white psps don't burn any crosses in the black psps lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 am i missing something here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariJr Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 am i missing something here? white strangling black for power... ie: old PSP killed off for the new white one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 A Japanese company advocating White Power? Oookay. I hate Sony more and more each day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 (edited) Hmmm What's racist about a white chick squeezing a black dudes cheeks? He looks like he likes it. She might be fixing to give him a frenchy and who knows where that would lead..... lucky fella! The billboard does say PSP White is Coming. Edited July 5, 2006 by moycon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Take a closer look at those facial expressions. I hear that each PSP will now come with a special white "game hood" to wear on your head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Well I suppose if there is a positive side to this ad - it's that it doesn't contain whiny emo androgynous males with huge hairdos, children with enormous heads and doleful eyes, or prepubescent females being pronged by tentacled demons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Is the white bitch wearing a rubber glove? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Is the white bitch wearing a rubber glove? Can't tell. Too busy looking at the floss bra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 (edited) Hmmm What's racist about a white chick squeezing a black dudes cheeks? He looks like he likes it. Which, even if it were true, would actually make it more racist. Let's say the ad showed a white plantation owner whipping one of his slaves, and the slave was smiling. "Look, he's not suffering, he likes being a slave!" Or, to go even further, what if you'd shown a bunch of hooded KKK members with shotguns chasing after a grinning black man? Whose interests would that ad be serving? Does the apparent joy on the victim's face make the act more or less demeaning? If you take a racist ad and depict the victim as enjoying their humiliation, all you're doing is trying to justify your racist stance. "See? Racism's not so bad! They like it!" Which is more racist than if you'd shown them suffering. I don't really see a smile, though, personally. But it's still a racist ad, just not as bad as it could have been. The first time I saw this, I only saw the image, and I don't think the image by itself is necessarily racist. It's only if you see the world in terms of different colors of skin that it would be. BUT, when you then add the text that they've got there, it crosses the line. Because now Sony's saying specifically that they chose those two people because one is black and one is white, and the white one is dominating the black. Not only that, but the text is completely categorical - it's not "the white PSP is coming", it's "White is coming". Put together, this is about as blatantly racist as an ad from a mainstream company has gotten in the past 20 years or so, at least that I can remember. Edited July 5, 2006 by spacecadet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I'm pretty sure the black model is a chick as well. Nintendo should rush out an ad showing the ebony and ivory DS lites being played side-by-side, living together in perfect harmony. Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why can't we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Works both ways, I guess. Replacement pic, Sony pulled the other one(s): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Which pic made it onto the billboard? Sony stepped in shit with this one. Not all publicity is good publicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Sony stepped in shit with this one. Not all publicity is good publicity. It was Sony Europe, in Holland, I bet nobody cares. All it does is create a lot of people second guessing the images and posting blogs all over the internet, mission accomplished. Just like Nintendo naming the console Wii, loads of free advertising and hype, over a system that most gamers already have at home. I bet Sony Japan didn't even know they pulled this little stunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper_Eye Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Mix this ad with the other ads and it's just bad all around. I do understand that press is press whether it is good or bad but there is something to be said about triggering good press. The Wii is making good press and I think it is going to sell a lot more then it otherwise would have because of it. All I hear about Sony lately is bad and I don't think it is going to help their sales at all. Sony only had two places to go... down and the same. I don't think they are going to enjoy continued success in the way they have for the past decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I don't think they are going to enjoy continued success in the way they have for the past decade. Probably not, but it won't be because of some stupid ads. Personally, I found some of the U.K. ones more extreme than this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper_Eye Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I don't think they are going to enjoy continued success in the way they have for the past decade. Probably not, but it won't be because of some stupid ads. Personally, I found some of the U.K. ones more extreme than this one. I didn't say it would be strictly because of these ads. My post makes it pretty clear that I think they are making bad decisions as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sega saturn x Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I'm pretty sure the black model is a chick as well. yeah the black model is a women. From what I gather the whole intent of this ad was to be just racey and murky enough to spark conversation but not enough to get sued. Clearly it didn't really pan out as they had hoped, it got people talking but nothing good came of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I think it looks like they're about to make out. Some girl on girl (or PSP on PSP) action, baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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