
This can not be real. PSP ads have been terrible for the most part, but this takes it one step further into the "what the f--- were they thinking?" category. The video is embeeded after the cut, but I'll have a FOX-like warning for you: Due to the violent nature of this advertisement, viewer discretion is advised.
See also:
ASA rules UK PSP ads inoffensive
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
10-03-2006 @ 10:25PM
Robert said...
Oh My God
What was That?
Tsk TSK TSKKK
Sony better have way better PS3 ads for North America.
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10-03-2006 @ 10:46PM
Vince said...
Hmm... while I don't like the commercial, Kefka does.
And if Kefka likes something... well it would just be wrong to disagree.
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10-03-2006 @ 11:16PM
Dominic Arenas said...
Definately fan made.
That's "Come to Daddy" by Aphex Twin in the backround.
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10-03-2006 @ 11:59PM
ApacheGuns said...
Are you kidding me? This is a video obviously made by some amateur at youtube. You being sarcastic? or you seriously think this piece of trash is real? Mos def not at all newsworthy.
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10-04-2006 @ 12:20AM
Robert said...
I'm being sarcastic. DUH LOL
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10-04-2006 @ 12:55AM
pixelator said...
WHY is crap like this made into news items..??
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10-04-2006 @ 1:00AM
pixelator said...
Here, if you guys need some GOOD PSP news, from your own sister site:
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/03/dr-kawashima-defects-to-psp-brain-age-becomes-mind-quiz/
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10-04-2006 @ 1:20AM
ronturon said...
from the way i see it, it's fake. sony does get crazy sometime but they can't be this crazy!
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10-04-2006 @ 3:52AM
M3wThr33 said...
Pixelator, don't cross spam stories just to meet your agenda.
Also, the video is extremely amateur. There's no point in debating it.
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10-04-2006 @ 3:56AM
Duscrom said...
Okay, i ain't sayin that's real, but if that's an ameture, He needs a job NOW. That, from a filmmaking perspective, is too good to be just some fan-made crap on Youtube.
I've seen lots of ameture video... that wasn't it. That was professionally done.
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10-04-2006 @ 8:24AM
Cerny said...
LOL. Twice LOL...
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10-04-2006 @ 9:41AM
Ash said...
senseless... thank god its banned. what were sony thinking?
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10-04-2006 @ 11:30AM
pixelator said...
"Pixelator, don't cross spam stories just to meet your agenda."
One link to show more pertinent PSP news out there isn't exactly spamming. My 'agenda' is to show there's more relevant news out there (like a big DS franchise coming to the PSP) than an ad vid we don't even know is real.
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10-04-2006 @ 12:47PM
Give me Stars or Give me Death! said...
pixelator, the PSP has been trying to be like the DS for the past year at least. It's not exactly news that Sony managed to coerce/intimidate/buy the soul of Dr. Kawashima in order to make a DS game clone. 10 to 1 you make the argument that this isn't a rip-off either. Any takers?
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10-04-2006 @ 1:12PM
GranAvatar_ofMe said...
So anything important happened today,ok.
Amazing how any loser making an anti PSP ad always make its way to the news,i bet theres people saying Ds is crap and it lack of good games makes it a horrible handheld and no one cares.
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10-04-2006 @ 1:22PM
GranAvatar_ofMe said...
To Number 14 or Death.
PSP trying to be like the DS?.What,sony decided to suddenly kill half of the psp line up and kill all the good games players actually wanted to play,placing instead hyper hyped games that no one would say are bad since all the official media is going to be bribed?.
Oh the humanity!!!.
Also my dear retard,Brain age games have existed in japan long before they appeared on the ds.
You phail!.
Also i think the PSP Brain age interface looks kind of dull.
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10-04-2006 @ 1:37PM
pixelator said...
"It's not exactly news that Sony managed to coerce/intimidate/buy the soul of Dr. Kawashima in order to make a DS game clone."
Hysterical Paranoia: Stage I of Fanboyus Extremus. Kawashima is no big video game fan to begin with - and Nintendo didn't 'own' him. Though your whining about it IS highly amusing, so please continue.
Thank GOD Nintendo hasn't brought any games to the DS that originated on OTHER systems! Otherwise, you know, you might be regarded as a bit of a hypocrite.
"The PSP has been trying to be like the DS for the past year at least."
Right! 'The PSP' got up one morning and said to itself, "Damn, I need to be more like the DS." And you know this because 'The PSP' told you. Because it can talk and think for itself.
Ding! Anthropomorphizing the inanimate subject of your obsession is Stage II. Give the boy a prize while he waits for his CAT scan and new white coat.
And here I thought his was going to be a boring day.
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10-04-2006 @ 2:06PM
Give me Stars or Give me Death! said...
pixelator should form his own brand of quack psychology. He already has vocabulary for made up conditions. That is so cute! With cutting edge terms like "Mario Effect" and "Fanboyus Extremus" he tries to sound like he has a point.
If you want paranoia look at 17.
With quotes like "What,sony decided to suddenly kill half of the psp line up and kill all the good games players actually wanted to play,placing instead hyper hyped games that no one would say are bad since all the official media is going to be bribed?" this guys sounds like a gibbering schizophrenic but you don't point that out because he's a Sony fanboy and it doesn't fit into your agenda.
"Thank GOD Nintendo hasn't brought any games to the DS that originated on OTHER systems! Otherwise, you know, you might be regarded as a bit of a hypocrite."
Yeah, there are SO many PSP ports on the DS, any other comparison to past consoles, say Sega to DS or PSP, is asinine and you know it. The funny thing is when they come out with SonyPups or Bario Brothers you'll STILL defend it. You, my friend, are a piece of work and any Sony exec's wet dream come true.
Slow down and you won't have typos.
"I thought his was going to be a boring day." "his" was going to be anything but boring.
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10-04-2006 @ 4:34PM
pixelator said...
It doesn't take a psychologist to see the insecurity behind seizing on odd typos to save face. Sadly, spell checkers don't make you any more right, or smarter.
And here I was, avidly waiting for BARIO BROS! Because, you know, the PSP is full of games copied from the DS, and the DS has nary a port, rehash or copied game in its library.
As for 17, who cares? At least he's not trolling the DS sites like you're doing here.
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10-04-2006 @ 6:35PM
StMadnes said...
(looong sigh) Sony, Sony, Sony.. it's a funny ad- in a barbaric sort of way- but c'mon. I mean for real. did they really think that ad was going to be acceptable for general audiences? Sony doesn't need any bad press right now.
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