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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: DarkFlood2 on July 04, 2006, 09:31:18 PM

Title: Sony's bad business move of the week!
Post by: DarkFlood2 on July 04, 2006, 09:31:18 PM
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psp&message.id=2321692          


Take a look at the picture..
Study it in its entirety..

Then discuss about it.
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Post by: MrMister on July 04, 2006, 09:55:12 PM
Hey why not. It's not racist to recognize that black people have darker skin. The whole idea behind the ad as I understand it is light conquering dark. The guy on the left is clearly darker than the scandinavian chick.
They clearly won't use this ad in the states, because leave it to MADD and the other oversensitive whiners(by the way all white) to blow it out of proportion and say like a million black people died because of this ad and sue Sony.
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Post by: DarkFlood2 on July 04, 2006, 10:02:26 PM
It is still poor advertising at best. They could simply have a picture of a white PSP and under it say "OMG NEW COLOR LOZL!!"
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Post by: WarxePB on July 04, 2006, 10:10:04 PM
I agree with MrMr. But watch - they'll sell 2 million white PSPs on opening day because of it.
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Post by: Bluhman on July 04, 2006, 10:18:32 PM
All I can think of of the moment is:

 http://www.orlyowl.com/combo.gif
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Post by: Emerates on July 04, 2006, 11:46:25 PM
Well said, Bluhman.
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Post by: DragonBlaze on July 04, 2006, 11:47:13 PM
Link doesn't work for me.

You know, its YOU people that are being racist here. We can all learn a good lesson from south park. If theres a white and a black person in the  pic (I don't know cuz I didn't see it), its you who seperated them into the two catagories, where as we should just look at them as two people, not as a white person and a black person (again, I don't know anything of what that pic looks like, I just want to say something cuz I have nothing else better to do).
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Post by: Ruler of the Dark on July 04, 2006, 11:53:48 PM
That's not racist whatsoever.

White chick, black guy.  No derogatory racial slurs anywhere.  You people calling it racist must be those kind of people who blame a white guy hitting a black guy on racism.  That's racism that YOU're practicing.  Always blaming motives on racism is horrible.

Though funny to see people overreact.

EDIT: DB, did you remove the 'br>' at the end?
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Post by: DragonBlaze on July 05, 2006, 12:05:07 AM
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Originally posted by Ruler of the Dark

EDIT: DB, did you remove the 'br>' at the end?


Lol, no, I saw the image now.

There is nothing wrong with that ad. If you guys really want me to go through why it isn't racist, I will, but it may be a long post...
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Post by: Shady Ultima on July 05, 2006, 12:29:28 AM
Eh, I don't think it's racist either. So there's a black guy and a white guy, how's that make it racist?
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Post by: Archem on July 05, 2006, 12:42:50 AM
Everything these days is racist! Take this for example: When I (particularly light skinned) walk my chocolate lab, it symbolizes racism because the white man holds the bonds to the black owned lifeform.
Racist to the max.
In all seriousness, though, it's still bad advertising because of the hypersensitive groups out there, and because race is such a touchy subject, many people are prone to take note of the suggested, although minor and prob'ly unintended racism. I did, but only as an offshoot of what my society's ideals have taught me. Personally, I wouldn't have thought twice about it, but would have clearly have the idea that the money-hungry whore that is Sony is making another attempt at separating your money from you with a simple color change, but nothing to further convince me that a PSP is worth shelling out $200 for.
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Post by: PyroAlchemist on July 05, 2006, 12:44:51 AM
BRARG! I can't see the pic either -_-
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Post by: MrMister on July 05, 2006, 01:14:17 AM
Dragonblaze, EVERY single person is racist in some small way according to you then. You see an Asian person, and your brain automatically computes 'that guy is black'. It's impossible to see people all the same, because they don't LOOK THE SAME. Not that I buy into the whole 'diversity: because people that look different are different' mentality, but you have to know that someone will take offense to it. The 'colour blind society' is radical idealism.
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Post by: DragonBlaze on July 05, 2006, 01:29:22 AM
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Originally posted by MrMister
Dragonblaze, EVERY single person is racist in some small way according to you then. You see an Asian person, and your brain automatically computes 'that guy is black'. It's impossible to see people all the same, because they don't LOOK THE SAME. Not that I buy into the whole 'diversity: because people that look different are different' mentality, but you have to know that someone will take offense to it. The 'colour blind society' is radical idealism.


If there was a black haired person instead of the black guy, and a white haired person, would anyone say its putting people with black hair down?

Yeah, someone will probably take offence at that, but it was never meant to be racism, and people who take it as such are just bending the meaning of the ad to make it so.
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Post by: Almeidaboo on July 05, 2006, 01:32:35 AM
Not racist.
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Post by: Drace on July 05, 2006, 02:13:03 AM
Some people will see it as racist. I see it as funny seeing how a white girl is finally owning a black guy in what seems like foreplay.
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Post by: FFL2and3rocks on July 05, 2006, 02:20:43 AM
XD

Definately not racist. It doesn't say anything about white people being superior to black people. I can see how it could be interpreted as such, but come on!  _sweat_

Would it be racist to trade in your black PSP for a white one because black isn't as good as white?  :p
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Post by: Apex on July 05, 2006, 03:01:01 AM
Where on earth is the Black DS?!
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Post by: Big_Duke on July 05, 2006, 03:12:43 AM
Remember, the old PSP was black, now they're making it white.

No rascism, the thing is the guy looks like the younger Michael Jackson.
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Post by: MrMister on July 05, 2006, 03:17:41 AM
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Originally posted by Apex
Where on earth is the Black DS?!

Europe. Coming out in Americas in a while.
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Post by: ZeroKirbyX on July 05, 2006, 03:23:07 AM
Yo nigga, that shitz of da heezy! You can see in that niggas eyes he about to bitchslap that ho! F*** the racist PSP! I'll pop a cap in that **** ***!
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Post by: Big_Duke on July 05, 2006, 03:40:22 AM
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Originally posted by ZeroKirbyX
Yo nigga, that shitz of da heezy! You can see in that niggas eyes he about to bitchslap that ho! F*** the racist PSP! I'll pop a cap in that **** ***!


Wha?
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Post by: Drace on July 05, 2006, 07:57:35 AM
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Originally posted by Big_Duke
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Originally posted by ZeroKirbyX
Yo nigga, that shitz of da heezy! You can see in that niggas eyes he about to bitchslap that ho! F*** the racist PSP! I'll pop a cap in that **** ***!


Wha?


Niggahspeak. Don't go there. Don't ask, don't research, just let it be.
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Post by: Weregnome on July 05, 2006, 08:50:24 AM
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Originally posted by Drace
Some people will see it as racist. I see it as funny seeing how a white girl is finally owning a black guy in what seems like foreplay.


Thats what i was thinking! All the ad is saying is that European whit echicks are all doms and that not even the might black guy can stop from being consumed.
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Post by: Razor on July 05, 2006, 09:13:00 AM
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Originally posted by DragonBlaze
Link doesn't work for me.

You know, its YOU people that are being racist here. We can all learn a good lesson from south park. If theres a white and a black person in the  pic (I don't know cuz I didn't see it), its you who seperated them into the two catagories, where as we should just look at them as two people, not as a white person and a black person (again, I don't know anything of what that pic looks like, I just want to say something cuz I have nothing else better to do).

Yeah, that episode was touching and we can all learn a lot from it.
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Post by: ZeroKirbyX on July 05, 2006, 11:21:07 AM
It means absolutly nothing. People need to pull that stick out of their ***, because if you even think in terms of racism, you're a total hypocrite when you call something "racist" bad.
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Post by: Smokey_locs2006 on July 05, 2006, 11:40:53 AM
Racist, no. Bad move on Sony's part, no, why? Because they'll still
bank. I thought the picture was funny. (Now Im racist!!!...not)
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Post by: Spike21 on July 05, 2006, 02:41:06 PM
That was not racist. Just really stupid.
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Post by: Meiscool-2 on July 05, 2006, 09:25:24 PM
         Dear Darkflood....

I'm not even going to bother reading this topic, but here's what I'll say. You are a fanboy to the max. Everytime sony does something, you have to be there and make a fuss. Everytime a debate opens including Nintendo, you are right there with: "OMG YOU GRAPHIX WHORES LOL DS 1S B2TT3R!!!."

Ads are often, and normally, stupid in some way. If you find that new, that's very sad.
Personally, the "Watching Carpet" ad more then makes up for any PSP ad failures, because it was funny.

        Mehly, Meiscool.
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Post by: Raen Ryong on July 05, 2006, 09:36:24 PM
^ Couldn't have said it better myself. :)

And just to stay strictly on-topic, I see nothing wrong with the advert.
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Post by: GaryCXJk on July 07, 2006, 10:45:17 PM
Okay, this is what I'm interpreting from that pic.

The black guy is obviously turned on by the white chick, even being seduced.

For fucks sake, if an asian woman is dominating a white guy, you wouldn't go **** over that, right?

For the same reason, when a strong male is having a girl in bondage and dominating her, would that be worth going **** over?
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Post by: MrMister on July 08, 2006, 12:33:42 AM
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Originally posted by Meiscool

        Mehly, Meiscool.


Excellent sign-off = forty five respecky points
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Post by: Archem on July 08, 2006, 12:42:40 AM
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Originally posted by Meiscool
        Dear Darkflood....

I'm not even going to bother reading this topic, but here's what I'll say. You are a fanboy to the max. Everytime sony does something, you have to be there and make a fuss. Everytime a debate opens including Nintendo, you are right there with: "OMG YOU GRAPHIX WHORES LOL DS 1S B2TT3R!!!."

Ads are often, and normally, stupid in some way. If you find that new, that's very sad.
Personally, the "Watching Carpet" ad more then makes up for any PSP ad failures, because it was funny.

        Mehly, Meiscool.

As much as I would usually disagree, I must say that I regret showing him the beauty of Nintendo's products. I almost liked him better as a Sony fanboy. As for the "OMG YOU GRAPHIX WHORES LOL DS 1S B2TT3R!!!." part, I must say that he doesn't own a DS.

That's my schtik.




N00b.
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Post by: charaman on July 08, 2006, 01:38:53 AM
lets think about this.


is coming. Look where the guy's hand is.




Come on!
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Post by: Meiscool-2 on July 08, 2006, 01:55:17 AM
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Originally posted by charaman
lets think about this.


is coming. Look where the guy's hand is.




Come on!


Yes, it's the only white part you can see on his side.
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Post by: GaryCXJk on July 08, 2006, 02:53:43 AM
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/news.php?i=1153
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Post by: Meiscool-2 on July 08, 2006, 02:58:54 AM
I gotta say, I find the second one more offencive the then first, even though it's most likely just a joke. However, I find neither offencive, because I'm not fat, nore am I black, nore am I gay.
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Post by: Dragoon de Sol on July 08, 2006, 03:14:14 AM
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Originally posted by Meiscool
        Dear Darkflood....

I'm not even going to bother reading this topic, but here's what I'll say. You are a fanboy to the max. Everytime sony does something, you have to be there and make a fuss. Everytime a debate opens including Nintendo, you are right there with: "OMG YOU GRAPHIX WHORES LOL DS 1S B2TT3R!!!."

Ads are often, and normally, stupid in some way. If you find that new, that's very sad.
Personally, the "Watching Carpet" ad more then makes up for any PSP ad failures, because it was funny.

        Mehly, Meiscool.


I say, at least someone cares about Sony's progress...or lack thereof.
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Post by: Shady Ultima on July 08, 2006, 03:21:02 AM
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Originally posted by GaryCXJk
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/news.php?i=1153


DAMN I was gonna post that... you beat me to it
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Post by: Drace on July 08, 2006, 10:38:04 AM
Love the second picture from CAD.
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Post by: Tomi on July 08, 2006, 10:39:15 AM
They are advertisements.  They are made so you remember the product name.  And it worked.
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Post by: GaryCXJk on July 10, 2006, 03:27:34 PM
The more I look at it, the more lesbo-erotic it becomes.

I'd say let's all ban the PSP, for making us look at lesbo-action.
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Post by: Archem on July 10, 2006, 04:12:54 PM
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Originally posted by GaryCXJk
The more I look at it, the more lesbo-erotic it becomes.

I'd say let's all ban the PSP, for making us look at lesbo-action.

...No. We should ban it for a good reason.
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Post by: Trevlac on July 10, 2006, 09:12:01 PM
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Originally posted by GaryCXJk
The more I look at it, the more lesbo-erotic it becomes.

I'd say let's all ban the PSP, for making us look at lesbo-action.


Hahahaha! I love you Gary.

That ad is awesome. It does what an ad is supposed to do, it catches your eye and makes you remember it.  Regardless of how you disliked it. It could have said "Cracker PSP is coming soon." and people would still love it.
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Post by: Drace on July 10, 2006, 09:20:38 PM
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Originally posted by GaryCXJk
The more I look at it, the more lesbo-erotic it becomes.

I'd say let's all ban the PSP, for making us look at lesbo-action.


Ban... lesbo-action? :eyes:  *twitch* *twitch*

YOU DIE! YOU DIE AND GO TO HELL!!!  :frag:   :frag:   :frag:   :frag:   :frag:   :frag:   :frag:
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Post by: aboutasoandthis on July 10, 2006, 09:59:03 PM
I'm not gonna say it was racist, but it was kind of creepy to me.

The second one is funny.
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Post by: Weregnome on July 11, 2006, 12:08:26 AM
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Originally posted by Drace
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Originally posted by GaryCXJk
The more I look at it, the more lesbo-erotic it becomes.

I'd say let's all ban the PSP, for making us look at lesbo-action.


Ban... lesbo-action? :eyes:  *twitch* *twitch*

YOU DIE! YOU DIE AND GO TO HELL!!!  :frag:   :frag:   :frag:   :frag:   :frag:   :frag:


Damn I'll back you up Drace!

(can't add anymore smilies....)

ok that seemed n00bish but damn... the thought of banning lesbo-action is just wrong.