Sony Layoffs: They ougta fire ALL their marketers.

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#1 mstc_Q
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http://www.cracked.com/article_17153_9-corporate-attempts-at-edgy-that-failed-hilariously.html



Check out #9 on this list. Yeah Sony, everyone just loves grafitti and racism.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqkNPcUMffU

And you know, those hardcore gamers really love psychotic babies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyFrekxy7wg&feature=related

While it'd be cool to use your sixaxis to turn your breakfast into a flock of crows, that doesn't say much about the games that actually use the sixaxis effectively. (Maybe they resorted to this because those games didn't exist.)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qamwVJaYW8&feature=related

Maybe PS3 owners are all waiting for their Cell Processor's power to be "unlocked" so it can be smart enough to solve the rubiks cube for them.




Seriously, even if the 360's commercials didn't actually advertise games, at least they were good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBliYErXemo



So yeah... Economic downturn? The PS3 should start by firing the guys they hired to do their marketing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QstAkt88Rtw&feature=related

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I think they should just fire everyone in their games devision. Anyone who had a helping hand in losing 120million customers needs to have all responsiblities stripped away from them and just locked in a room where the biggest decision they have to make is what to eat for dinner.

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God, that alliwantforxmasisapsp site was such a ****ing joke. So bad. I remember seeing it before it was "outted".
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#4 Verge_6
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Agreed. Those godawful PSP and PS3 ads were just abysmal. The newer PS3 ad where the games/movies start to show up on the surfaces of a city is much more appropriate. Leave the guys who came up with that, and can the ones who made anything prior.

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If Sony were to fire all their marketers, SW would lose some of its posters :(
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#6 mstc_Q
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Agreed. Those godawful PSP and PS3 ads were just abysmal. The newer PS3 ad where the games/movies start to show up on the surfaces of a city is much more appropriate. Leave the guys who came up with that, and can the ones who made anything prior.

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Even the new ads are convoluted and targeting a specific audience. But at least it shows actual content :P
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If Sony were to fire all their marketers, SW would lose some of its posters :(IronBass
LAWL +1 to IronBass.
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If Sony were to fire all their marketers, SW would lose some of its posters :(IronBass
:lol: So true, the best marketing Sony gets is from forums like this:P Glad they advertised the crap out of KZ2 though. I hope they change for the better.
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This was a great ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAtwp5HmkXo

I don't know why they cant make more like this

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#10 deactivated-63f6895020e66
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LAWL +1 to IronBass.Jandurin

Thank you :oops:

:lol: So true, the best marketing Sony gets is from forums like this:P Glad they advertised the crap out of KZ2 though. I hope they change for the better. killerfist

I think they need to focus more on GAMES. Really. After the 200th thread about power power and features features they get kinda boring.

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DAH! THIS ANNOYS ME SOOO MUCH! MARKETING DOES NOT = ADVERTISING MARKETING = PRICE, PRODUCT, DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION IF THEY FIRED THE WHOLE MARKETING TEAM, THE PS3 WOULD CEASE TO EXIST... rant over :)
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[QUOTE="Stumpt25"]DAH! THIS ANNOYS ME SOOO MUCH! MARKETING DOES NOT = ADVERTISING MARKETING = PRICE, PRODUCT, DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION IF THEY FIRED THE WHOLE MARKETING TEAM, THE PS3 WOULD CEASE TO EXIST... rant over :)

And promotion. That's the part I'm referring to. And obviously they'd need someone to take over the job if they fired the existing crew.
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[QUOTE="mstc_Q"][QUOTE="Stumpt25"]DAH! THIS ANNOYS ME SOOO MUCH! MARKETING DOES NOT = ADVERTISING MARKETING = PRICE, PRODUCT, DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION IF THEY FIRED THE WHOLE MARKETING TEAM, THE PS3 WOULD CEASE TO EXIST... rant over :)

And promotion. That's the part I'm referring to.

Shoulda said that earlier then.
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[QUOTE="mstc_Q"][QUOTE="Stumpt25"]DAH! THIS ANNOYS ME SOOO MUCH! MARKETING DOES NOT = ADVERTISING MARKETING = PRICE, PRODUCT, DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION IF THEY FIRED THE WHOLE MARKETING TEAM, THE PS3 WOULD CEASE TO EXIST... rant over :)Stumpt25
And promotion. That's the part I'm referring to.

Shoulda said that earlier then.

I didn't think I had to :P

guess I can't forget rule #1 of the SW; Say everything or you're a troll.

But then there's rule #2 - "Walls of text are never read."

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Wow, just wow. Do you all really think its the quality or likability of an ad that sells? :lol: Anyone ever heard of Cash4Gold? or Shamwow? Seriously, people, get a clue. As of lately Sony's major marketing issue is the lack of marketing. But that may be due to Sony trying to spend funds where they see it best spent. That may have ZERO to do with the acutal people creating the ads. Seriously. :roll:
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#16 dreamdude
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I thought they were going to mention these commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qUECCA3qMA

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I thought they were going to mention these commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qUECCA3qMA

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>_> Sometimes I think they do it for the lulz.
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#18 dreamdude
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[QUOTE="dreamdude"]

I thought they were going to mention these commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qUECCA3qMA

Jandurin

>_> Sometimes I think they do it for the lulz.

If they wanted some real lulz, they would hire people from SW to create advertisments for them.

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#19 micky4889
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To be fair Microsoft had there fair share of crappy ads like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17A52dbjTd0 and this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF_gkEsXqYc&feature=related
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#20 mstc_Q
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[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="dreamdude"]

I thought they were going to mention these commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qUECCA3qMA

dreamdude

>_> Sometimes I think they do it for the lulz.

If they wanted some real lulz, they would hire people from SW to create advertisments for them.

That'd be a laugh. "The PS3, has all the AAAEs and AAAAEs you'd ever want."