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[Naked Snake]

The PS2 ads (well the creepy ones again) are done by TBWA-Paris. They recently did a PS2 commercials that's really messed up and NSFW as it features amputated breasts with their nipples being tweaked along with a rotating hand machine slapping asses.

Funny that you say it's NSFW, because I saw it for the first time AT work, a coworker showed it to me, and later I saw several others watching it and showing it around in the office, with girls in the audience... Keep in mind we're in a relatively conservative Middle Eastern society... I guess it's one of the perks of working in an advertising agency :lol

 

[zon]

Some of the ads are great, the others...not so great.

 

[painful fart]

Are Europeans all perverts?

Yep!

 

[Brobzoid]

my european penis is throbbing with lust for these ads!

 

[yonder]

Seeing these adds really makes me want to buy a PS3.

 

[Spayro]

JESUS.

 

[mollipen]

I just LOVE the marketing campiangs from SCEE, they rock hard!!! Too bad we usually get conventional marketing from SCEA (aside from some cool ones, like PS9)

Totally disagree. These things are just weird to be weird, and are people just trying to show off how "artistic" they are without giving a damn about the product and what feelings/emotions to convey. There are plenty of ad campaigns that are weird AND work to promote the product - BK's "The King" stuff jumps to my mind instantly. Most of these are not at all in that catagory.

If this is advertising being "cool" (which it isn't), then I'm glad we aren't cool over here.

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

JESUS.

WTFing hell?

 

[RamzaIsCool]

I like them, especially the latter ones in this thread reminds me of Andrei Khrjanovsky cartoons (brought into real life).

 

[Lain]

JESUS.

Ahah that's great.

 

[X26]

 

[ivysaur12]

I don't even know what to say...

 

[Mr. Spinnington]

Somehow the thread outdid its title.

 

[Senretsu]

what. the. ****?!?!!??!

why they ****ing hell did i click on this thread?!?!? My day was going fine until I clicked this.

 

[Neko Tsukimi]

I do hate advertising like this... All for shock value, like the product isn't good enough to be featured so they have to show something else unrelated instead. Yawn. (Although some of them were amusing, you could prolly slap any other company's logo on it and it'll work)

 

[Lain]

I do hate advertising like this... All for shock value, like the product isn't good enough to be featured so they have to show something else unrelated instead. Yawn. (Although some of them were amusing, you could prolly slap any other company's logo on it and it'll work)

Shock value is there, sure, but they are totally unrelated to the product? Way to not get the message of the ads.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

but they are totally unrelated to the product? Way to not get the message of the ads.

i'm sorry how does the adultery ad relate to Playstation Video Game Consoles?
maybe you can enlighten the rest of us

 

[Neko Tsukimi]

Shock value is there, sure, but they are totally unrelated to the product? Way to not get the message of the ads.

Some of them I got, some of them I didn't.

Doesn't matter much to me anyway... I'm immune to having opinions based on advertising.

 

[pubba]

 

[Lain]

i'm sorry how does the adultery ad relate to Playstation Video Game Consoles?
maybe you can enlighten the rest of us

The adultery one?
The one with a girl and two guys?
Why would you refer to that as adultery?
Where did you get that she is married to anyone of those guys?

Anyways, if that's the one, the message is connection (through gaming) and having fun, which is pretty simple to get, given their faces, and the position in which they are in.
The ads are all "weird" because of the 'Live in your world, play in our motto' and, with weirdness like that, it is easy to use real people to depict a "fantasy and unreal" world.

 

[Chris Michael]

These remind me of a more extreme version of the "sublymonal" ads.

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

Great topic. These Sony ads are real interesting, and I spent half an hour googling Charlie White based on that Joshua puppet.

 

[Blue Geezer]

oh dear god dont tell me coconut man is spreading to gaf....

effs sake....

 

[Fuzzy]

More weird shit!

Is that what I think it is in the bottom middle of that pic? That's just wrong.

 

[X26]

Is that what I think it is in the bottom middle of that pic? That's just wrong.

...a diaper?

 

[YourMaster]

Is that what I think it is in the bottom middle of that pic? That's just wrong.

Do tell what kind of sick thing you wanted to see in this picture.

 

[Escape Goat]

Do tell what kind of sick thing you wanted to see in this picture.

Think hes looking for the joystick.

 

[Future Trunks]

This shit is weird.

So...ummm, the woman interfaces with the dog too?

 

[-Rogue5-]

You guys are reading this ad all wrong; he accidentially dumped a bit of his coke stash on those panties while playing PS2... Like it or not, we'd probably all do the same thing (that shit is expensive).

 

[zooL]

I searched "PS2 Pink" and got nothing, sorry if old...

It does raise the question....why?

I found it here
http://www.playfeed.com/

Square, X, Circle and Triangle (the thong)... I think its quite well done!

 

[Majmun]

So...ummm, the woman interfaces with the dog too?

Well yeah, it can be done in real life too.

 

[R0nn]

Anyone know about those shorts which they aired during Champions League matches? The ones with the two guys in a dark gritty room and the vulture? Those are so awesome. :lol I still can't figure those out completely, but they're still great. Another great one is the "I lived" commercial, with all the random youngsters telling these stories about conquering worlds, commanding armies etc. Or the one where all these people come together to built up one big pile of humans which trounces the skyscrapers around it. :lol The documentary one with the golfers vs. the pornstars is still the best though.

 

[Nick]

Sony makes the worst ad campaigns in the world. Hands down.

 

[mckmas8808]

Sony makes the worst ad campaigns in the world. Hands down.

THey must be working.

 

[Moderation Unlimited]

Those are some awesome ads. Talk about perverted/creative/curious/shocking/crazy all balled up into one. At least they area being original and interesting.

 

[Suerte]

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=17344

The best Playstation ad, period.

 

[Deadbone]

Bizzarro!

 

[PantherLotus]

Didn't see if this was posted yet, but I know it was mentioned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbBe...ve/2006/07/08/des-idees-derriere-la-tete.html

Don't watch that with mom around, or if you plan on going to sleep soon. Then again, if you're in this thead, it's too late, right?

 

[Dahbomb]

W.T.Fville! :lol

 

[Rody]

Didn't see if this was posted yet, but I know it was mentioned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbBe...ve/2006/07/08/des-idees-derriere-la-tete.html

Don't watch that with mom around, or if you plan on going to sleep soon. Then again, if you're in this thead, it's too late, right?

OMG, a cocaine reference! =o

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Didn't see if this was posted yet, but I know it was mentioned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbBe...ve/2006/07/08/des-idees-derriere-la-tete.html

Don't watch that with mom around, or if you plan on going to sleep soon. Then again, if you're in this thead, it's too late, right?

LAWL! The coke reference is hilarious!

 

[EGM92]

HAHAHA PS3 online ad campaign starts now!

(Shitty attempt at a troll.. I know )

 

[jett]

JESUS.

What the jesus. I fail to see how a creative editor can think that's make for a good ad. Just WTF.

 

[painful fart]

What the jesus. I fail to see how a creative editor can think that's make for a good ad. Just WTF.

Have you ever seen an ad from Benetton or Diesel?

I'd say this is conventional advertising.

Ever heard the expression "sex sells"?

 

[Pureauthor]

That's not 'sex'. That's mental vomit.

Are you seriously telling me you find that ad sexually appealing?

 

[CabbageRed]

Eating out of someone's head sells.

 

[mintosen]

PS1 had awesome ads aswell (in europe).

"Dont underestimate the power of playstation"

 

[mckmas8808]

Ads like these work all the time. Do you guys realize that Sony wins advertising awards like every year? :lol

Wake up.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Ads like these work all the time. Do you guys realize that Sony wins advertising awards like every year? :lol

Wake up.

Awards for originality or effectiveness?

 

[mckmas8808]

Awards for originality or effectiveness?

I'm not sure. I just know that every single year Sony walks away with the best advertising awards. I mean lets be honest if it came down to effectiveness wouldn't these ads be deemed great?

I mean their lead other there in Europe console wise is greater than any other territory in the world.