Well thats just somebody's blog, but anyways, there might be people out there that dont like Marcus, and there are people that think he is helping the PSP. IDK as long as the PSP gets some type of attention
see i personally love the commercials and laugh everytime they come on. I could quote them all day too. But there's always going to be the party poopers and want to ruin it for everyone else..just a sad part of the world..just take a look around you'll see what i mean
i don't see how he is hurting the image of the psp, those commericals are pretty funny and any publicity is good publicity and besides its better than what microsoft is doing with kinect "having justin bieber advertise it"
No more than Jerry Lambert is doing already for the entire Playstation franchise. If anything, ANY attention towards the PSP by now is good publicity, as it hasn't gotten a lot over the years.
I actually like Marcus to a certain degree. I think his "Marcus Don't Play That" commercial with the hold down the button app is hilarious. What I can't stand, and what I was referring to in my blog, is when he starts going off about how, "It's teh ownlee sistim fo teh 1334, yo." The PSP has a severe lack of game coming out for it right now, and rather small library of good ones at the moment. Especially when compared to the DS's massive library of quality titles. I love Sony. I just don't think they should go around making stupid claims like, "Our portable is the best," when they really don't have the stats to support it.nintendo-naut
Well how else do you want them to advertise? "Yeah we're not as good as the DS but still buy it please."
Well how else do you want them to advertise? "Yeah we're not as good as the DS but still buy it please."Ragnarok1051
They don't have to make a claim either way. Ever see Nintendo's DSi commercials? They advertise all the cool things the DSi can do and not once do they ever make claims to be better or worse than another company.
Coolyfett says Mr Marcus is doing just fine. He is human being with a personality. Personality many gamers are afraid of, personality many gamers do not want affiliated with video games, because gamers feel they own the media genre of video games. Newsflash the INDUSTRY controls video games not the gamer. Marcus is just doing his job Sony hired him to do & that is promote a product. In 4 months it will be 2011, it is amazing how much hatred minorities still get in this country. 2011 PEOPLE.
Coolyfett says Mr Marcus is doing just fine. He is human being with a personality. Personality many gamers are afraid of, personality many gamers do not want affiliated with video games, because gamers feel they own the media genre of video games. Newsflash the INDUSTRY controls video games not the gamer. Marcus is just doing his job Sony hired him to do & that is promote a product. In 4 months it will be 2011, it is amazing how much hatred minorities still get in this country. 2011 PEOPLE.
Coolyfett
How true. If anything, we should be angry at Sony, they picked the actor, and the actor's personality is part of the deal. If that's Marcus' personality, then so be it. Sony shouldn't have picked him for a video game console marketing campaign.
[QUOTE="nintendo-naut"]I actually like Marcus to a certain degree. I think his "Marcus Don't Play That" commercial with the hold down the button app is hilarious. What I can't stand, and what I was referring to in my blog, is when he starts going off about how, "It's teh ownlee sistim fo teh 1334, yo." The PSP has a severe lack of game coming out for it right now, and rather small library of good ones at the moment. Especially when compared to the DS's massive library of quality titles. I love Sony. I just don't think they should go around making stupid claims like, "Our portable is the best," when they really don't have the stats to support it.Ragnarok1051
Well how else do you want them to advertise? "Yeah we're not as good as the DS but still buy it please."great comment.You deserve a thumbs up, a promotion(kotaku.com style), and a thank you from me. If this was the commercial btw, I think it'd be even funnier
Sony's advertising is always this way these days, it comes across as really immature and a little insecure to be honest. I don't know why they can't just make a normal ad showing everything they bring to the table with out having to bring up their competitors, it just feels like they are aiming their products at the male 13-21 age bracket only and Im not gonna lie it does put me off their products.
I think the PS3's ad campaign, "It only does everything" would work well for the PSP. The PS3 can do a lot of the cool things that the PS3 can(to a lesser degree), and I think Sony should emphasize that their system is unparalleled when it comes to media playing.
Coolyfett wonders what the outrage would be if Elton John or Neil Patrick Harris was to do a PSP ad. Coolyfett would love to see what gamers would say if The Pope or Louis Farakhan was a PSP gamer? The PSP was made for Human beings to enjoy. Coolyfett has no issue with any human being promoting the device and non have the ability to give the device a bad IMAGE only Sony can do that. Peace & Love.
Coolyfett wonders what the outrage would be if Elton John or Neil Patrick Harris was to do a PSP ad. Coolyfett would love to see what gamers would say if The Pope or Louis Farakhan was a PSP gamer? The PSP was made for Human beings to enjoy. Coolyfett has no issue with any human being promoting the device and non have the ability to give the device a bad IMAGE only Sony can do that. Peace & Love.Coolyfett
NintendoNaut wonders why Coolyfett creepily addresses himself in the 3rd person.
Personally, the commercials are good for the PSP. See now PSP Not only attracts adults, but is reaching out to a Younger Generation....well gee, that sounded stupid didn't it? Seeing as though a bunch of kids wanted the PSP even before the Marcus commercials came out. Regardless, i see the commercials enjoyable. He is good for the commercials, although i do miss the "Drawn out Squirrels" Commercials. You know the ones? "PSP...Hellz Yeah"
I dont know if I like the commercials or hate them, but I dont really feel like they are videogame commercials when I watch them, they're just... I dont know.
[QUOTE="Coolyfett"]Coolyfett wonders what the outrage would be if Elton John or Neil Patrick Harris was to do a PSP ad. Coolyfett would love to see what gamers would say if The Pope or Louis Farakhan was a PSP gamer? The PSP was made for Human beings to enjoy. Coolyfett has no issue with any human being promoting the device and non have the ability to give the device a bad IMAGE only Sony can do that. Peace & Love.nintendo-naut
NintendoNaut wonders why Coolyfett creepily addresses himself in the 3rd person.
It always does that.
As for marcus, It's just a transparent attempt at appealing to a younger demographic. Yeah bro I'm chill see how I got my hat on backwards.
I personally thought the best PSP campaign was the "Dude, get your own" one from a couple years ago with that annoying guy who was always creepin' up on people with PSP's. I loved that campaign.
I think the kid is hilarious. He was also the voice for Little Desmond for the Kobe and LeBron MVP commercials. I think he's a stand-up comic, which is pretty impressive at such a young age. The latest PSP commercial that bags on the iPhone was a crack-up!
He's a talented kid.
So no. I don't think he's hurting the PSP. The PSP was already struggling and almost dead in North American long before Marcus.
I thought Kevin Butler was a cool idea, but Marcus was just plain stupid. It was funny for about a week. Now Sony should just go back to just releasing normal commercials for there games. Well PSP atleast.
I think that Sony should allow Marcus to speak the truth, instead of making him out to be a street hustler. The fast talk and superfluous wise-cracks while not actually showing anything real about the PSP smacks of dudes in the train station trying to covertly sell gold chains wrapped up in tissue paper... It's hucksterism, and it feels like a lie. Like you're being set up, marked. And by the way, showing a PSPGo while throwing the statement "Over 500 titles in the library" doesn't help those feelings. It's true for the PSP, but certainly a lie for the Go.
The actor who plays Marcus is obviously a major talent at his age or any other. I don't mean my above statements to reflect anything about him, I just think that the company he represents could be more accurate, shall we say, in their promotions.
He's pissing all over the PSP. The worst part is that they show no footage of the games or footage of crappy games in order to try and sell the PSP. The iPhone knocking commercial, for example - he goes on about big-boy games and then they show clips of Pixeljunk Monsters, some golf game, and a trivia game, all things that are available on the iPhone (for way less than nine ninety five) and all games that are not hindered by a lack of buttons, the other thrust of the commercial. Show something that is actually helped by buttons and something that shows off the PSP itself. Geez.
Come on, it's just some kid, and Sony is probably trying to get some kids into the PSP. Think about it, DS is virtually in every ten-year-old's hands. They can be playing Pokemon or Mario, all on the DS. Sony is trying to put kids in a situation where they want a better system (my opinion) the PSP. That's just me, if that blogger wants to say that the kid is annoying, you could see why, cause he loves Nintendo.
Yeah the commercials would be easier to agree with if they stopped showing modnation racers and show'd off a game with Crisis Core level graphics,...like Crisis Core.
It's a terrible ad campaign. If Sony wants to go after iPhone, they should be showing what PSP can do with these commercials. Kingdom Hearts, Metal Gear Solid, God of War, Crisis Core, Persona, Patapon, Loco Roco, Tekken, Vice City Stories, Monster Hunter, Valkyria Chronicles, UFC 2010. Games that cover a wide variety of genres and demographics. Games that require precise controls that iPhone cannot offer. Games that push out great visuals and games that are from big, established franchises.
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