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Travis Scott PS5 commercial (he really did have the PS5)

Northeastmonk

Gold Member
I drove past McDonalds one day and saw "Travis Scott was here" being displayed on their sign. My first thought was that somebody had hacked the sign and wanted to make himself look cool. I had to go home and Google "Travis Scott". I knew more about the meal he had at McDonalds than who he was as a musician.
 
I hate this new age of thinking. People can't dislike a certain artist, otherwise they get labeled racist, an old out of touch fuck, or even an Xbot. The sad and ironic part is, some of the ones praising this commercial, would have hated it, if it was an Xbox commercial. That's why it's better to form your opinions for yourself, not just go with what everyone else does/likes.

Rap is shit and an affront to the community that gave birth to Blues, Soul and the almighty Jazz. Nice marketing move by Sony, but God is that “music” trash...
 


This dude is on top of the world first he hosts a Fortnite concert then he get's his own Quarter pounder meal at Mcdonalds ; now he has a huge partnership with playstation. There is sure to be alot of salty people! Sound down below.

How'd you forget about his performance at half time of the super bowl? Fortnite concert be damned, he played the super bowl!
 

MrS

Banned
I guess that's just your opinion. His music is straight :messenger_fire::messenger_fire::messenger_fire::messenger_fire: to me. Especially his last album.

Not sure how you can call this garbage.

I respect that. The song he has with Kendrick is nice. Fortnite event was obviously very cool too.
 
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ZywyPL

Banned
I read the name every now and then for years but have no idea who the hell actually is this dude, supposedly he's a rapper but I've never seen him on any music channels, which are at least 50% of my time spent with TV... So needless to say, I couldn't get any less hyped.
 
I don't much care for his music, although there are a couple of his songs in my library. However, I don't think that's the important thing. I think the 34M followers on Instagram is what Sony is looking for. 20M with Robert Lewandowski, if he also got one. US and Europe right there. They got popular Japanese YTers as well. I think they just want to hit the hot spots with some of the non-gaming people. Most of the gaming community probably don't follow places like DF, GameInformer, and so on. It's just marketing. Pretty clever too, IMO.
Yeah, Sony is smart with marketing. Xbox could have ended like Sega if it took the same approach as during Xbox One.
 

ethomaz

Banned
Yeah, Sony is smart with marketing. Xbox could have ended like Sega if it took the same approach as during Xbox One.
I should say it easier to market the PlayStation brand than Xbox brand... out of all my bias Xbox seems to not found his place yet even after 4 generations.
 
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THEAP99

Banned
Xbox blew their load all this year. sony waited with frustrating silence. Sony has been saving up for this... Gonna be blowing up the headlines for the next month.. get ready y'all get ready
 
I was actually kinda shocked that Sony allowed cross-promotion like that with Nike. Dang, I'd love a Jordan brand PS5 cover now that I think about it.

Nike and playstation have actually a few collabs, with this being the most famous one:

 

mckmas8808

Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Rap is shit and an affront to the community that gave birth to Blues, Soul and the almighty Jazz. Nice marketing move by Sony, but God is that “music” trash...

:messenger_tears_of_joy: :messenger_tears_of_joy: :messenger_tears_of_joy: :messenger_tears_of_joy:

You must HATE poetry too then! Weird....

Nike and playstation have actually a few collabs, with this being the most famous one:


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I should say it easier to market the PlayStation brand than Xbox brand... out of all my bias Xbox seems to not found his place yet even after 4 generations.
I think it because at the end of Xbox 360 with the Kinect they went after the mainstream market which is extremely volatile, forgetting the core of the gaming platform and alienating it. Then further alienating it at the begging of the Xbox One era - even its huge brands like Halo that had big media presence died out.

Now at least it is different, but even with that Xbox brand is not that famous so it is an uphill battle for Microsoft. However, it might be able to leverage its Microsoft brand and we get to the point where everybody knows what iPhone is, while most of the devices (even fridges) are Android.
 
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The_Mike

I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA


This dude is on top of the world first he hosts a Fortnite concert then he get's his own Quarter pounder meal at Mcdonalds ; now he has a huge partnership with playstation. There is sure to be alot of salty people! Sound down below.


I don't know whats so special about getting your own quarter pounder at McDonald's.

OP are you stealing food from other customers?
 
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Kenneth Haight

Gold Member
Not even trolling, I don’t know who this dude is. I am so out of the loop with social media, influencers, rappers, pop stars etc. Sure I could google him but I dunno. Guess I am just old. Good for him I suppose, I just want my box to play games on. 26 days :)
 

DESTROYA

Member
Why do i smell some racism in this thread? The guy is probably one of the most accomplished artists at the time and somehow people think he is "talentless".

I get the feeling if this commercial had everything exactly the same except instead of Travis, its some white guy, people would have less issues with it.
Because your a racist? Or retarded ? One or the other , probably both.🤷‍♂️
 
Not even trolling, I don’t know who this dude is. I am so out of the loop with social media, influencers, rappers, pop stars etc. Sure I could google him but I dunno. Guess I am just old. Good for him I suppose, I just want my box to play games on. 26 days :)
Well, how dare you not recognize a person of color??? Your condescending attitude is racist!
 
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ethomaz

Banned
Yeah its an homage

If ps5 made his hair fly back then imagine what a series x or better pc would do
I did not know that Series X has better audio than PS5.

PC depends of the equipment you put on it... some dedicated audio card like Sound Blaster will probably give better sound than PS5... onboard sound probably not... so it can variate from worst to better.
 
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I did not know that Series X has better audio than PS5.

PC depends of the equipment you put on it... some dedicated audio card like Sound Blaster will probably give better sound than PS5... onboard sound probably not... so it can variate from worst to better.
I'll be the judge here. I can differentiate 1/32 of a single octave. I specialize in audio. If you think ps5 (or XSX for that matter) is going to be a works of a difference, I've got some $5,000 USD XLR balanced OFC cables for sale.
 

Bo_Hazem

Banned
Not even trolling, I don’t know who this dude is. I am so out of the loop with social media, influencers, rappers, pop stars etc. Sure I could google him but I dunno. Guess I am just old. Good for him I suppose, I just want my box to play games on. 26 days :)

Me too, I don't know him, and still don't after like 1-2 months of hearing his name for the first time. I like hip hop/rap music, but seems like millennials know him better.
 
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teezzy

Banned
I did not know that Series X has better audio than PS5.

PC depends of the equipment you put on it... some dedicated audio card like Sound Blaster will probably give better sound than PS5... onboard sound probably not... so it can variate from worst to better.

Of course it does! :messenger_smirking::pie_sleepy:

That's why it has 12 Tflops

the T stands for Home Theater, silly buns
 
It's funny that some xbox fans around here think that Sony fans take Bugsnax seriously. :lollipop_tears_of_joy: Maybe too much sarcasm about getting it day one for some made them thinks so.
Not a fan of consoles in general (except nintendo switch), but I don't see a problem with Bugsnax. Its not only good, but healthy to have games catered to kids. I'd rather them playing that than some violent game you or I would play.
 
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