Playstation Gamers Will Be Disappointed: Christmas Advertisement Lacks Major Aspects

GameXtract writes "And it's Sony's time to debut their Christmas advertisements! We have already seen Microsoft's Lips, and Gamestop's Christmas hint or else promo, but now let's shine the spotlight onto Sony! Wait,...where is the content? Believe it or not, whether your a Playstation gamer or not, your going to be disappointed that Sony really doesn't have anything up their sleeve in terms of marketing their products. Their not even on crack either with their odd ads as this one is just plain out boring. What's even worse is that they are releasing one TV Spot with the same theme every few days till the 21st when they are launching a "bigger campaign". I don't know about you guys, but the TV spots so far are not inspiring me yet. The first one is known as the "Alley" and the second one known as "Office Park", and are part of the reflection campaign. Hopefully this "bigger campaign" will be more persuasive to the average consumer this holiday season. Show us your killer titles, like Resistance 2, and LittleBigPlanet that you have been so excited for this year!"

[360degrees]

ps3 fan, or Xbox360 Video Gaming Console Fan, everyone has to agree that when it comes to advertising, and creating a Huge buzz for an upcoming video game, playstation is falling Way Behind, and seriously needs to take a cue from Microsoft in that particular area. As I've said before its playstations "Kryptonite" in a sense

[elorm9]

You guys really oughtta check out the official Youtube page for the PS3. They said they're starting another ad campaign sometime soon

[Max Power]

link please, i didn't know Sony had a youtube page.

[Bnet343]

If you didn't know Sony had a YouTube page, you probably don't own a PS3 or never used it's web browser.

[sonarus]

I'm sorry but isn't advertising suppose to attract new consumers. If you are already a PS3 owner how does weak advertising affect me...i am confused thats all i just don't know how i shoulf be feeling:S

[barom]

I could agree that Microsoft is very good at marketing but Nintendo? I mean they haven't had any real advertisements since the launch of the Wii which had those pretty weird but funny "Wii would like to play". But lets rather wait and see shall we? The bigger ad campaign from Sony is coming and in one of those videos you can actually see Sackboy and footage of LBP in the background.

Oh and those movies in the article is actually from the Playstation channel. I'm not sure if this is the "channel" but here's a link to the "user" http://www.youtube.com/user...

[Narutone66]

first party game devs, while MS is shutting down their first party game dev, like Ensemble, and putting their money on ads. Sony is in for the long haul. MS could sell more now, but in the long run, they will loose steam.

[cRaZyLeGs 93]

Right... That was terrible.

[RememberThe357]

is that the guy rants for a good paragraph them admits that he hasn't seen Sony new add campaign, so he knows just as much as we do. What exactly was that point all this article? If your going to write about something like this aren't your supposed to have some inside info that your sharing with us. How about next time you wait for the add campaign them talk ****.

[Max Power]

why yes i do have a PS3, PSN id CosmycMyndFuhk, add me we'll play some games, but i don't use the web browser because i have a Mac Book Pro, and a Desktop, so i don't need to use it for internet.

[Tony P]

It's hard to take this seriously.

"... your going to be seriously disappointed that Sony really doesn't have anything up their sleeve in terms of marketing their products."

"... they are releasing one TV Spot with the same theme every few days till the 21st when they are launching a 'bigger campaign'."

Sense, it does not make. The mysterious "bigger campaign" sounds exactly like something "up their sleeve". Whether it's some great set of commercials or what have you, we won't know for a few days, so save the condemnation for another day. Also, I hope the author proofreads the next one because it looks a little less reputable when you can't win at simple grammar or spelling.

As always, I hope Sony pulls out a few stops to get the PS3's exposure on par with 360 this season.

[pixelsword]

WTFudgesickles does one thing have to do with the other?

If I was in... SONY's advertising division, or making money off of the PS3, then maybe I would be disappointed.

But really, I don't give a cat's bark if Sony's ads suck, as I inform myself.

[Bangladesh]

I can't turn on my tv without seeing PS3 commercials.

[PS3Diablo]

Have you seen the horrible LIPS ad ? Marketing is not Microsoft's strong point, you make really no sense. Have you seen there I AM A PC ads ? Horrible !!! Playstation needs to take cue from Apple if anything. I actually love this new holiday series of ads, very cool concept and on Nov 21 the big announcement will happen.

[SL1M DADDY]

Has anybody seen that Motorstorm 2 ad? The second it poped up I said to my wife, this has to motorstorm 2 and low and behold, it was. It's just some guy staring at what looks to be a faint image of MS2 in the glass reflection. The wreckage is beautiful and in slow motion I think and then it cuts to the MS2 screen and the Playstation 3.

That's just one of the ads I have seen... Makes me wonder if this author is on crack.

[prowiew]

Sony really needs to step up on advertising. They were the masters of tv spots, but now they really lack. It does'nt mean the microsoft ads are good, but at least you actually see a lot of ads.

[Mainman]

I dont know about you guys in USA. But here in Europe (Holland) I see alot of PS3 commercials on tv.

I saw commercials for LBP, Motorstorm 2, Mirror's Edge. I see them quite often. I also remember seeing a Singstar commercial but I am not sure if it was for PS2 or PS3.

Also alot of X360 commercials for Fallout 3, Geow 2 (just one time tho, probably because they only show it late at night), LIPS, NFS Carbon and an X360 commercial advertising that the price is 149 euro's now.

There is or are also Wii commercials, but dont see those as often as PS3 and X360 commercials tho.

[acedoh]

I do think SONY is trying to attract those who may be in the mainstream. People who don't spend time looking at reviews or don't know a Resistance from a Gears of War. These commercials are about wonder. Also as you can tell they are building up the product first before they unleash the new wave of ad's.

[jammy_70]

i always see 360 on TV but never PS3!
comon sony pull your fu*king fingers out!

[godofthunder10]

I have a 360 and i wouldn't trade it for a ps3 for anything.Just because i like the 360 more and think that it's better it's my opponion not fact.People that bought a ps3 thinks the same thing.I respect their choice because every one has a different opponion and they are both great system.It's just that people like differnt things.I think that all 3 systems will have good sell for christmas.The problem i have is that ps3 fanboys are blameing sony because they claim that they don't advertize enough.

The fact is that sony advertize just as much as the other 2.I've seen commercials about the ps3 just as much as the other 2 systems.I've seen posters of ps3 games like R2 and LBP at walmart,best buy,circuit city,toys r us,game stores and on covers of game magazines.The fact is that even if the ps3 or any of the other 2 companies didn't advertize alot the fans of the systems will still know what's comeing out for the system they have and buy it if they want or not.The fact is that LBP isn't a game that the majority of gamers will buy.

The fact is that it wouldn't have sold well if it was a microsoft product.LBP is a child game and if it was on the wii it would have sold over a million already and i'm not a big fan of the wii.The fact is that people should give credit where credit is due even if you don't like the other systems.I'm not a fanboy of any system because it's childish.Like i said before i have a 360 and i love it.I can't wait for the new update.I even think that the avaitors are childish on the update.I wish that they were more like the avaitores that the ps3 has in home because i think that it's more grown up .

Like i said above i have a 360,i've seen and heard games about the 360 that i never seen once on a commercial.The fact is that the fans of a certain system knows what game is out and when it comes out.Fans of both systems need to stop makeing excuses when a game doesen't sell like it was suppose to like LBP and stop makeing excuses of a system when sells are low in a certain month.360 fans shouldn't brag just because LBP is a bust for sony.The 360 has busts to.It's the way the industry works.

Ps3 fans are all saying that it's a great game because it received high rateings from critics.The fact is that what critics likes doesn't mean that it will sell well or people will like it like they do.The fact is that the same people that's saying it received good reviews and people should just give it a chance are the same ones that said critics didn't know what they were talking about when they gave halo3 a good reviews and the 360 fanboys do the exact thing.

[season007]

simply means they put money on buying the time for showing the ads
doesn't really mean the ads is much better or not
Games sales only matters to fanboys

To corporate its sales...if they are achieving their highest level of profit with currently level of ads, why are you guys worrying about them?

or maybe you guys would prefer Sony to put money in divisions that is NOTHING related to gaming? marketing? ad? hardware fixing?

Oh boy...i am not sure how old you guys are, but you need to get the facts right and straight

They selling games has nothing to do with how much you enjoy a game nor how much profit they make

and i am sure they know what they are doing much better than you do

[Jecht]

Are you trying to kill everyone with text? Are you even capable of giving a response that ISN'T more than one paragraph?

[season007]

he does it as practice for his highschool writing class
apparently he purposely kills his own bubbles so he can type one long @ss paragraph to improve his writing skills

[Lifendz]

The PS2 ads were possibly some of the best ever. The PSP ads were funny and cool. The PS3 ads...well there was the melting plastic baby and the white room with David Wright hitting a baseball. Plain weird. They've come along way since then. Last years ad (DO YOU WANT IT!!! DO YOU FEEL IT!!!) were great, but the marketing fury that we see MS and others put forward wasn't there.

Why no McDonald's LBP happy meal? Why no Burger King Resistance 2 promo? C'mon Sony. MS practically made Halo a major success by marketing the heck outta it. And Halo is a major franchise with a set of core fans. LBP was a new IP. It could've used that kind of blitz. And R2...well it's not new but the first one was a launch game and the second one improved upon the first dramatically. Get the word out about this.

And you need to start doing some Pepsi challange type ads where you show why you're product is superior to 360. Show what the consumer gets for that extra 200 that they don't get for 199.99. This is essential because a system that can do Gears 2 and is 200 bucks cheaper is going to seem like the way to go to the uninformed consumer that has yet to make up their mind.

[PistolPumptMonk]

I'm a playstation gamer and you're TELLING me I'll be disappointed? First of all, don't tell me my business. Second of all, I'm swimming in so many great games right now, Sony could not show a single ad all Christmas season and I would still be happy as could be.

Screw advertising and sales figures. I'm a gamer because I like PLAYING GAMES.

[Rapture333]

Advertisements don't really matter to me because I know which games are good and that's the one I'm getting... See where I'm going with this?

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Very true. The PS3 gets jack squat for advertising. Also, LBP got screwed over.

That "Ladies and Gentlemen" (Saliva) commercial really pulled people in, but other than that...nothing.

Get the GeOW2 guy to work for you...please!

[PimpHandHappy]

but

never heard of that site and never heard of this contibutor....not saying both are not real

but this bugs me
I don't know about you guys, but the TV spots so far are not inspiring me yet

ok i didnt read anything this dude wrote but im sure he is going to say "2 buy a PS3"

if your a gaming webstie and the guy speaking doesnt own a PS3 maybe he should talk about other things...just saying. If you cant afford a PS3 maybe you should move out of your moms basement

Just because 199 has been spammed all over my TV doesnt mean they are KILLING IT in terms of games to show these holidays!

If we want truth lets get Arcade sales vs Pro sales! Thats what i want to know!

[ArsArcanum]

I don't see how bad advertising disappoints playstation gamers...

does it even affect us?

[LightningPS3]

Is throwing in the towel.

[TheColbertinator]

I love you man since you have guts to say that without fear of losing your bubbles.But I can't resist.

Speaking of throwing in the towel :)

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Bathyj]

You think?

When did this happen?

[Shadow Man]

Good one Steven Colbert Bubbles for you sir!

[Bnet343]

Good comeback steve, very wity, but you basically just stooped down to his level, making you just as bad as him. What's that analogy with the tea kettle calling the steam or w/e? Well yeah, that.

[FantasyStar]

Still too soon to say Lightning. If Sony's still like that after KZ2, then I might consider your idea; more seriously. But I'll just file that comment under "FUD". The more time passes, the better it gets for PS3 as developers get better with PS3, PS3 gets more features, BR becomes more mainstream, and most importantly, the games will accurately define the PS3 for what it is. What we should really criticize Sony for is their lack of consistency. What's the real point of Custom-Soundtrack, Trophies, Youtube support, Screen-capture, and PSN if it's not standardized in every game?

[sniper4534]

am trowing when i saw ur name

[TheColbertinator]

@Kigmal

Just having a little fun you know.I have no reason to bash any console but like I said,I could not resist lol

[pixelsword]

...I usually don't reward such things, but when they make me laugh out loud, PS3, Wii, or 360 slanted, I have to give bubbles.

[Diamondwolf]

That's the first post I've seen you make in years that didn't have the word "Price" in it! Bubbles for you...........nah, just kidding, I'll pop one instead :)

On topic: Good ads coming, not enough out, but as someone said earlier, I'll inform myself and although ads are good for the Sony followers and people who rely on sales to enjoy their system *cough* 360 and PS3 fanboys *cough* I'll enjoy playing the games when I'm off work, and while I'm at work, I'll enjoy making fun of the fanboys!

[Jecht]

Good one Steven.

BTW, I can't turn around without seeing a PS3 commercial here in Canada. Especially the LBP "If fun didn't matter" commercials.

[SonyOwnsNextYear]

i think you dropped the soap in front of bill gates.....plenty of times.....on purpose.

[Sony Rep]

These little 15 sec advertisements are appetizers to the bigger one coming on the 21st. They're not meant to be anything special. What an idiot. Bias media always assuming something...

[Sony Rep]

Anybody remember this ad.. http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Expect it...Sony is not messing around.

[ultimolu]

They're gonna crank up the heat. :o

[still the worst]

im very happy with my ps3

[Shadow Man]

liar

[Bnet343]

lol shadow man that was hilarious ... *gives you bubble*

[likedamaster]

@Kigmal

It was... bubbs for both

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

You don't have a PS3, you crazy man!

Those that have a PS3 actually are happy with it.

Those that have a 360 are curious about PS3 games.

Simple as that.

[SaberEdge]

"Those that have a PS3 actually are happy with it.

Those that have a 360 are curious about PS3 games.

Simple as that."

What biased nonsense. As if PS3 owners are not curious about 360 games. As if everyone that owns a PS3 is happy with it. I have both consoles and I like them both. I think you people that talk crap about one and don't even give it a chance are really missing out.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I have a PS3.

My roommate has a 360.

I played and LOVED Gears of War 2.

I'm not saying the 360 sucks or anything like that. It's a machine...what makes it suck?

I'm just saying that very few PS3 gamers give a crap about games out or coming out on the 360. That's not bias...that's true. Ask any PS3-only owner that will give an honest answer. Most gamers would like to try out LittleBigPlanet's creation system, Resistance 2's multi-player, or play through MGS4's deep storyline. Not much innovation is going on in the 360 camp right now. That's all I'm saying. I mean, if I hadn't already played Braid, I might be curious. I LOVE THAT GAME! New Portal levels are nice too.

Do you understand what I'm saying now? I guess I just worded my first post poorly.

[Raoh]

I dont think any sony fan denies sony's marketing missteps.

i shake my head at the sony haters that dont have a ps3 who hate on ps3 games. and ps3 owners who dont go out and play the ps3 games.

but its even worse to see sony not push their games.

they need new blood working on marketing. their ads always seem like some boardroom presentation meant to impress the executives and shareholders.

its a shame because i'm enjoying a healthy stable of ps3 games all different all with great replay value and sony isnt really doing much in shoing the world that line up.

an example is littlebigplanet. they did a big beta push that got a lot of nay sayers on board the littlebigplanet train.

problem is those are current ps3 owners. cant play the beta without having a ps3. this does nothing for new potential costumers interested in the game. new potential costumers arent on n4g or other game sites.

they want to be told what to buy.

the problem with the reflections ads is that you have to pay attention. anyone watching television would look and walk away to get something to drink before their show comes back on.

maybe the bigger ad will be different but who knows.

[PistolPumptMonk]

In response to the first sentence of your comment, what about all the people disagreeing with you?

[SaberEdge]

I think Sony fanboys really struggle with this one. On the one hand they want to have an excuse for why many PS3 games are not selling quite as well as many expected them to. On the other hand they have trouble admitting that Sony might have a weakness in some area. So people are kind of neurotic and all over the place on this question. They alternately invoke it as an excuse or not, depending on the circumstances and whether they think it makes the PS3 look better or worse.

[Makidian]

LBP is playing, though projected, on the wall next to the couple in the second ad. I like the little ads that lead into a bigger ad. Hopefully that bigger ad will be better than the marketing the have done, it's getting better, but nowhere near the pushes they have given to games in the past, and that's what made them(PSOne PS2) sell so well. LBP ads need a new narrator, they guy that does it now just doesn't have the voice or acting talent to properly sell it.

[Imallvol7]

yeah, there are marketing missteps.

but this story is full of fail. This is not sony's advertisements. They come on the 21'st. I dont see why they just don't run them now though.

[PoSTedUP]

i would understand if he has already seen their big advertisements and is giving his insight on them but.... yea.... untill he has seen them..... this article has failed (-_-)

[RememberThe357]

Bubble for you both.

[Kyur4ThePain]

I guess I missed something...why would PS gamers be disappointed?
I am a PS gamer. I have my PS3. Why would I care about advertising?

[Tacki]

Exactly. The title confused me. How can an ad campaign disappoint Playstation gamers? Does it make the quality of the games you're playing drop or something?

Though I agree that Sony doesn't have the strongest advertising this gen and that's an area I really do hope they improve in as they now have plenty of games out there and the public just needs to see that. But this shouldn't disappoint 'gamers' in the least as they don't play ad campaigns.

[vlazed]

Less advertising equals more first party games. I, like you guys, can't understand the rational of most people most of the time. Why, as a gamer, would I be upset about the lack of marketing? I hate marketing.

[ultimolu]

It's a really stupid article. D:

[flOw]

Im confused too.. :x

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

If the PS3 doesn't sell, we get flack for it.

If LittleBigPlanet doesn't sell, we get flack for it.

If Sony releases another creepy doll commercial, we get flack for it.

Understand?

If the PS3 doesn't sell, there will be no PS4.

If LittleBigPlanet doesn't sell, the IP will be useless...and Media Molecule will move on with their innovation to some other system.

If Sony does more creepy commercials...

...we'll all be very skidish.

Understand?

[Aclay]

I do think that Sony's advertising is falling far behind. This time last year there was those "Only On Playstation" commercials with the "Ladies and Gentlemen" song playing in the background was being ran on T.V. tons of times per day.

If Sony wants to have an impressive holiday, they definantly have to ramp up the advertising.

Sony needs to advertise MGS4, LBP, Resistance 2, and Motorstorm Pacific Rift all in one BIG Television commercial.... and at the end of the commercial they can flash some Killzone 2 gameplay for the icing on the cake.

[austere]

That would be nice. Or just make commercials for multiplat games and flash a big PS3 logo at the end to get the costumer to think that it is only on that console....which I've been seeing with a lot of multiplat games which flash a 360 logo at the end with no PS3 logo. Or strip everything out of the PS3 and just sale a hollow PS3 console and make commercials saying "PS3 now starting at $99" and they will draw in a lot of costumers. I'm a marketing genius.

[Sarcasm]

"I'm a marketing genius."

Everyone's a marketing genius compared to the doofus's at Sony's Marketing team.

[almanay]

.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Everyone on here is a marketing genius compared to every marketer...

Have you seen the Lips commercials?

[Shadow Man]

FFXIIIVS and God of War 3.

[PoSTedUP]

then you need some "seeing" glasses XD.

[Draperc]

I wish Sony would make more cool ads like this one. I thought it was a well done ad. Very artistic.

[darkdoom3000]

well.. this wouldnt really dissipoint playstation gamers, as they probably already know the good games comming out.

[Surfman]

god im bored of all the anti PS anti Sony or whatever article. They could make so much more against the Xbox and Microsoft.

[Shadow Man]

Happy now?

[celldomceen1]

lol no we are not!

[RaxeK]

lots of people are bored of the fanboi crap, quit contributing. They're video game systems, get over it.

[celldomceen1]

Ps3 is great convo over!

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

My Christmas sure does rely on video advertisements (rolls eyes). For everyone's information there are other forms of advertising besides video and you'll see the adverts.

Hint: Sony has its own store, lol, can any other gaming company say that?

[KARMA2009]

Home (public Beta world wide) and WKC for Japan will be enough for the holidays. While playing LBP,Resistance 2,Fall Out 3,Far Cry 2,etc for PS3 owners will do until RE5 and KILLZONE 2 comes out early next year.

[kraden]

Sony is not perfect, we wish it should,they could make a list of their mistakes at least, but keep doing the same mistakes is sad... btw i have a ps3.

[n4gzz]

why would I be disappointed?? I don't care if sony advertise it or not. Loss or gain is for them, as for me I have to spend 60 bucks to buy games anyway.

I will be disappointed if I can't play killzone 2 on Feb 09.

[kraden]

the next game in my list is Killzone 2 Feb looks so far away... i just hope no more bugs with online play like other games like Little Big planet, it ruins the fun.

[40cal]

While I was watching football. I thought they caught the spirit of the holidays very nicely. I am also thinking they are setting us up for some shock factor.

[Mutley416]

With 3 big titles to play... I`m good until Killzone comes out... I need to catch some of these people on the leaderboards!!!!

[James Vanderbeek]

a lot of ps3 hate... will it ever end????

[Simon_Brezhnev]

it is sony vs the media i can only guess because 360 is a US product but that being said people still get the wii

[Magic_The_Celt]

Doubtfull

Im more than fulfilled lately, the amount of games is staggering

[ApocalypseShadow]

the hate never left because they,sony, are still the company to beat.

nintendo is doing well,microsoft is doing marginally well even thought they blew their lead permanently with RROD.but sony will have their day.

could the advertising be better?you bet.could sony drop the price of ALL THREE of their pieces of hardware(ps2/psp/ps3)?you bet.

but why when they are beating their sales year on year?not decreasing.INCREASING.and that's with a HIGH PRICED system.sony has to spend wisely until the economy gets better and their price comes down and they can still make a profit.and....

the LONG TAIL is 8 more years.

ps1-in production for 10 years.sold 102 million

ps2-in production for 8 years.has sold 130 million console.....SO FAR.

ps3-in production for 2 years.beating year on year sales.projected to sell 10 million consoles this year just like last year.sitting at around 17 million consoles.need to sell 3 million more by march 31,2009.needs to sell 10 million a year or more for 10 years to hit 100+ million for a third time.

that's all that matters.they are getting better.

by firmware,by console sales,by game sales,by game development.

don't worry about what the haters say because in the end,sony will push ps3 full speed with advertising when they are ready.and by looking at next years games,ps3 won't have a problem selling.and next year,ps3 will drop to $299.

apocalypse..............

[Simon_Brezhnev]

we need phil harison back

[Simon_Brezhnev]

lol the media is just like McCain while Sony is like Obama laid back

[PotNoodle]

"whether your a Playstation gamer or not, your going to be disappointed that Sony really doesn't have anything up their sleeve in terms of marketing their products."

I'll start taking this kid seriously when he learns to spell.

[Egzekutor]

My source of advertisments are IGN.com and gametrailers.com..
I look at the game there and decide whether i should get it or not.

[IzKyD1331]

but not everyone is like us hardcore gamers, I know someone who found out gears 2 was coming out like a week before it actually released lol

[Socomer 1979]

more importantly, why would I be dissapointed by lack there of ??? Hmmm???
is this some sort of attempt to shift focus away from xbox360 NXE update that forces advertisements on
paying customers? The NXE is will have the first thing you see a non game related advertisement.
Is this why I'm supposed to feel dissapointed?

All I needed was one commercial from Sony. It was the one that said now available at your local retailers. That would make me do a backflip. I guess this is why a free & clean user interface with applications is bad & a ad hoaring , unwanted, unessecary interface with added hidden charges for netflix & the videomarket place is good.

If you can deal with those horrible looking avatars & watch commercials for dr. Pepper & subway sandwiches on your game consoles & pay for microsoft to make a commercials identical to sony's. Then you would be a dissapointment. Besides, I see plenty of commercials for bluray.

Honestly, I hang my head in šhame for those unknowingly xboxlive customers who are about to recieve a rude awakening with the NXE. You dont have a choice unless you tell microsoft to cut it out. You will see soon what I'm
talking about. Thank Sony, for the greater good & the best alternative to classic console gaming with the latest technology.

Sony should have 1 commercial every month thats says LOL OMG are you serious?!? Really???
playstation 3. It should have nothing but the ps3 sitting there in a white room & a plastic baby doll
Maniacally laughing & floating in the air. With its eyes bleeding the darkside because it tries not to look
but it can not look at the power of the black beast. The ps3 might show it mercy but for how long?
I think the baby has transformed.

All eyes on playstation 3, the last hardcore system left. We will get everything we asked for. All we
have to do is show respect & ask.

What do you guys think? Did I do a good job for fanboy of the month or wha?
I'm hoping I beat out lightningps3.

Kudos!

[lonix]

the guy who wrote that article is obviously biased

his mind was made up so no matter what sony do he will not admit that its any good

[Socomer 1979]

He has a xbox360 & plays call of duty 4. I played for about 5 hours in different lobbies & everybody on xboxlive is talking about killzone2 & resistance2. My friend said its been like that for about 2 weeks. He told me that he heard about littlebigplanet from xboxlive.

Xboxlive can't wait for killzone2! Everybody is getting a ps3 this Christmas & socom is going to sell even more too because of it. Thanks xboxlive, for coming with the mic in the box. Try censoring that!

[karlostomy]

The live users can talk about Killzone all they want.... as long as they are doing it on live and not psn!

MS wouldn't care less what anyone talks about, as long as they are using live!

[Magic_The_Celt]

^^ Lol man the Xbox forums are awful, you even mention anything bad about the 360 or about a rival console/non-360 game they delete it almost instantly

insane

[karlostomy]

enough time to from conclusive opinions i see.

must be a lot of time you spend on live..

come now.... tell the truth to uncle karl

[OSIRUSSS]

"Christmas Advertisement Lacks Major Aspects"

Well good. I'm already broke but I finally got the centerpiece Valkyries Chronicles The hard part is finding time to play R2, FO3, LBP, and Bioshock plus VC. I swap more disks than a 360 owner playing Final Fantasy.

[xg-ei8ht]

The problem with those ads is not enough content.

Personally the man in the street, they should have zoomed in on his eyes with say ms2 in them, and then cut to a realtime clip of the game.

or while showing you the clip, a car,truck,atv etc, drives past that puddle and splashes him.

Some excitement.

Any of you seen quantum of solace.

The car chase at the beginning was awesome.

exciting.

[paul-p1988]

are MUCH better than the Wii ones easily, has anyone seen the 'Wii Music' adverts, i cringe everytime i see them come on, the advert makes the game look worse than it is (and i heard the game was terrible anyway...)

M$'s adverts aint that great either, people with half a head with people in there head sitting on sofa.............

i think console adverts are going a bit downhill, show us an awesome LittleBigPlanet/Motorstorm trailer on TV :D

[goflyakite]

I'm just wondering why me a Playstation gamer would be disappointed.

It doesn't really affect me.

[dapalon]

as a PS3 owner if Sony's ads are good or crap. As far as i can understand ads are used to to offer stuff, and I already own that stuff that's being advertised.

And please don't tell me that it's because a good ad sells stuff, cause experience has taught me that not all "kewl" ads sell stuff, and i must say that i work in the advertising world, since it's become a trend to say that "i have this" or "i do that" so no one gets contradicted by others...

[sephy 9 2 5]

made it seem as if he had seen the ad campaign starting on the 21st.....

[rbbrdman]

Look. The people that are reading this have ZERO need to see ads. We check blogs we post on forums. We live an breathe games.

Half the time we know more about a gamer sooner than any ad agency does. Most of us could put together better ads then some of these agencies.

News like this does not matter to us. It matters for the casuals. I'm a multi console owner. And I'm far from dissapointed.

[pansenbaer]

Correction, Sony will disappoint Playstation 'Fanboys'. Why would me and my 11 games care about what Sony does this Christmas? I have all the information I need to be a happy playstation owner.

[Arsenal4Ever]

The title should be

PlayStation Fanboys will be disappointed : " " " "

[Gantrfaxx]

I personally don't give a f... about advertisements. I know what i want.

[gersh]

I don't need advertisements to make me buy a certain game that I already want.
Sooo.

[NickIni]

Why would this disappoint PS3 gamers?

[FrankenLife]

Somebody please explain how advertising effects me as a gamer. I don't watch TV. I don't see the ads anyway. I am not a fanboy who cares about who outsold who during what week. I care about games. As a PS3 gamer I won't be disappointed. As a 360 gamer, I won't be disappointed. Sounds like a whole lot of not being disappointed.

[likedamaster]

Well, not everyone like you is constantly checking up on game news and the next game that is supposed to come out. What advertising does is gets that info out there to those like me that have responsibility, bills, and a family with hardly no time to be checking up on new games. As much as I loved Motorstorm I almost missed Pacific Rift because I didn't know about it. So there, not everyone has the luxury or time to check these things. And what about that person that bought PS3 just for bluray? How will they be "convinced" to get a game if they don't really want to or don't think it's worth getting a game they will not be interested in? Every fanboy on here do me a favor and stop denying the obvious and write Sony instead of trying to "explain it away".

[FrankenLife]

I hate it when people assume that someone posting about games is a teenager with no job. I am 26, with a career, bills, and responsibilities. I don't have a family to tend to though. Even if I did I still wouldn't be able to get any gaming info through it because I don't watch TV. None, zip. If you were to spend only a few minutes a week checking the webbernet, then you wouldn't have to rely on TV to tell you what to buy. I understand you are short on time, but you seem to be able to watch TV, play video games just fine, and post on here. Some where in there you can look at site with gaming news.

I understand the importance of mass advertising. However, I don't see how a lack of ads will make ME disappointed.

[greasymonkey]

At least PS3 has games and what does X-box 360 have? GeoW 1 & 2. Everything else is not worth it.

[Ldubbz]

Ok...whose dummy account is this???

[likedamaster]

@Ldubbz

LOL

[dorey80]

Really.... who cares about an advert Sony are much more stratigic than microsoft who just throw money at everything and think they can domonate

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Why would i be dissapointed if SONY don't advertise? I don't care about how much a game sells, only how much I enjoy it. SONY can shoot themselves in the foot, but as long as they keep pumping out an excellent list of high quality games I will be happy.

[Amnesiac]

All I know is, I know what games are coming out, I have a PS3. I'm going to play the games I want to play.

I really couldn't care less how much money Sony makes/doesn't make this holiday season.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

Are fkn idiots . who cares about advertising ? As long as the game that i want is coming out who cares about advertisement .

[yog-sothot]

Gamers do not care about advertisement. Fanboys do.

[Ldubbz]

Maybe Sony or their stockholders will be disappointed...but gamers arent gonna be disappointed by adverts. You'd have to be a real cheerleader to be sad about sony or MS not advertising well.

Speaking of new adverts...they have finally been airing Gears commercials...and I think its the game commercial of the year....GCOTY baby! Hahahaa...I guess their strategy was to let the game come out b4 they started airing more ads.

[Radiodread]

ps3's advertising in the beginning was very awesome. You know the ones with the ps3 in the center of the white room. Then something happens that coincides with the theme of the game they're trying to advertise. Those were cool. It almost made me want to buy a ps3 back then. I eventually did, like a year later.

[GamingGeekPS3360]

I do not care if Sony does not advertise...I already own a PS3 and I know what games I want...

Now its a disservice to potential new gamers..thats ready to purchase a new console..because as I watch TV all I do see lately are Xbox360 ads....especially Left4Dead...

I do not understand Sony.....I think its arrogance...they believe that many people know what a PS3 is and there is no need to do Ads......but I think that may be their down fall....For as long as I own a PS3 and 360...I have to say that MS knows how to build hype.......with there Ads...

[Sikct9a]

Dang, I'm very dissapointed in you Sony.... lol I'm off to play k2 beta.

[Sarah Palin]

HAve Always been lack-luster.
the last one I could remember that was "OKAY" was the one where they used "ladies and gentlemen" from Seether. And it was "okay" b/c that is a awesome song. Visually, there were no games there to be seen. Warhawk, b*tch please. MotorStorm, as if.

Step it up Sony. MS doesn't even advertise their system. Just the games. And they are whippin your @$$.

[Anon1974]

Why on earth should I as a PS3 about PS3 ads? I already have a PS3. They've already sold me on it and I haven't been disappointed. Why do I care how they advertise the PS3 at this point?

[smurfie4]

I agree that Sony's advertising as of late is a little unorthodox but you got to at least give them credit for trying something different. I checked out the videos and I liked them. It's a different approach from the typical "EXpLosIonZ=TEh best SalEZ" ad campaigns we're use to seeing.

[poeo]

yea umm... so... as a "playstation gamer" i'm supposed to be disappointed in LBP as a game because they're not advertising it as much as they should?

i fail to see the logic.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

I don't really care if they're advertising is sucking.

All I care about is playing the games that I currently have, and playing with friends.

[Jacobite]

lol but if they dont start advertising soon it will only be you and your friends playing lol BOOM BOOM

[cmrbe]

Sorry but i don't play ads.

[BLUR111]

well the gamers must be cause look at the sales.

[mettalhead70]

Those advertisements sucked, Sony really needs open their eyes and realizes their brand name alone isn't going to bring customers to their platform.The god of war commercial though?It was AWESOME!!!It made me want to go back and play god of war all over again.That game is just too epic.Best game EVER.

[nycredude]

Now that the the two consoles are pretty much equal in games and Sony is Rounding into form, it Oh... Our ads are better than yours! Shheeesh! This is getting so retarded!

[Bunnyslippers]

Mirrors Edge, Motorstorm, Wall-E blu-ray PS3. And different LBP commercials. But I live in the Netherlands. Maybe a Resistance commercial soon?

[Jacobite]

You in the USA or UK because Im not seeing many ads,just 1 sofar for a Wrestling game on TV : ( Oh yes 1 in the Cinema for MS2 thats compared to loads for Xbox 360 and Wii adverts. Third Place mmmmmmmm 37 days to Christmas come on Sony

[MiztaToungueTwista]

notice how the articles hes been trashing haven't even been released for broadcast yet? I bet i can find several xbox advertisements that have not been released yet and make a pointless article just like he did.

[thedarkvault]

maybe sony realized that their advertising does more harm than good, like the first WTF ps3 commercials with the baby and the white room.

[DJ]

Especially in that they build up a lot of intrigue; the music fits the holiday season as well. If you go to Sony's Youtube channel, you'll see some crazy-good ads that are separate from the current Television campaign.

[Jacobite]

Yes but the TV ads reach more folks comming upto Christmas

[PistolPumptMonk]

Ever notice how an article will have an extremely controversial title which would lead more people to view it, and then the article really doesn't support the USER CREATED title at all?

I mean really, who goes out looking for bad articles about a console they don't like so they can make up these titles aimed towards making one console look worse than what the article is even saying?

Its like people think they are helping a side in the war by unleashing this stupid propaganda generated by their lack of title creating skills. Just play games and stop worrying about advertisements and sales figures.

JUST. PLAY. GAMES.

[Figboy]

WHY would Playstation gamers be disappointed in the Christmas advertisement campaign?

i mean, if they're PLAYSTATION GAMERS, doesn't that imply that they ALREADY have Playstations, and therefore, don't need to be advertised to for the holiday season?

if anything, the TV spots do what Sony is known to do with it's advertisements, and that's get people curious. they want to know what the f*ck that was all about, then, later, they release full-fledged, "actual" advertisements, that showcase the features (remember the crying baby and exploding Rubicks cube commercials? only to be followed by the "Ladies and Gentleman" commercials?).

oh, don't get me wrong, i think Sony has terrible advertising most of the time, but this has been the trend for 13 years, and it hasn't stopped the Playstation consoles from selling over 250 million hardware units worldwide.

[Wardog1368]

Horrible title, it makes it seem like the bad advertising will cause us to dislike our consoles. lol

[gumgum99]

last time I checked, these ads are hinting at the upcoming "big ad campaign" set to debut on Nov. 21.

http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/b...

[ReBurn]

Such a poorly written description. Sad.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

How ironic, while reading this article, just saw an excellent PSP advert that perfectly demonstrated all that the PSP is capable of as well as some clips of games such Loco Roco 2.

[djsifer01]

first off who cares. are you a sony spokesman? seriously they really dont even need to advertise playstation sells its self. if your a serious gamer you will buy 1 who wouldnt.

[darkmetal]

Who serioulsy cares lol i really never did watch ps3 ads, but ps3 did have some good ones last year.

[yaw]

Here in belgium publicity on television,papers and ads on the stree for LBP