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(...)Then there's Sony's recent alienation of consumers (predominantly female) via the blatantly sexist and, frankly, bizarre Playstation Portable ad campaign that ran throughout the UK during winter and spring. These ads highlighted the PSP's various features, such as its download capabilities, by stating "Spend A Night In Paris Here", a not especially subtle reference to the Paris Hilton sex tape. Or there's the focus on the PSP's photographic transfer ability via Memory Stick Duo, by stating "Your Girlfriend's White Bits Here", suggesting 'boys' would like to do nothing more worthwhile with a PSP than carry naked pictures of their partners on it. And, finally, there's "Escape From Your Girlfriend's Pointless Questions Here", which leads 'boys' (again) to lose themselves in a UMD movie rather than speanding time with their girlfriend. And it wasn't just limited to the UK either, as a similarly banal and offensive graffiti-based PSP ad campaign caused considerable furore in the US too. Both ad campaigns add up to yet more indications that Sony could be growing disassociated with its consumers(...)
Oh,
please! Sony was just trying to make someone smile, and I'll admit, reading that tugged the corners of my mouth.
Anybody that would be offended by that should seriously just drop dead. The only people that should be offended by that are:
1) Over-reactive feminists/soccer mom-esque women ("I can't believe I bought that machine for my little Timmy with which he can download evils like PORN! I know him, he'll never look at that smut!")
2) Guys who can't get any
And, anyone that won't continue buying Sony products because of that ad weren't ever true Sony customers to begin with.
--Oh and believe me I know: those bastards! They're the first ones in history to demean females, even though that was in an entirely joking fashion.
It might not have been the smartest marketing ploy, but people need to lighten up.
(...)The day of reckoning fast approaches, and 17 November 2006 will reveal much. Of course, the Playstation 3 will receive masses of consumer loyalty, and will most likely still emerge as the next-gen market leader(...)
Amen to that. I will most definitely have my PS3 by November (lucky me, my birthday happens to coincide within about week and a half following the release of the PS3. Hopefully getting a little birthday cash will help refill the likely gaping hole in my pocket after the PS3).
So yeah. I'll admit it. As much as I love Sony, their console will not be cheap, and they'll likely lose out a little bit. I'll also freely admit that Nintendo has a very good chance of taking the reins of gaming in the near future. I still don't hold out much hope, as always, for Microsoft, though. Not like it matters much to them, though.
EDIT: Fixed some grammatical and spelling errors...these huge posts of mine tend to be full of 'em.
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