Sony’s Sexual Advertising Side
It’s only fair, seeing the frequency that I like to pick on Microsoft for their aggravating advertising campaigns, that when Sony tries to be smart and edgy (but only comes off sounding like Ron Jeremy), that I give them fair rippage as well.
Recently appearing are new ads for the PSP with a rather suggestive slant. Fresh out of the London tube stations (I mean really, where else but in the UK could you get away with such blatant advertising?) are mostly blank PSP ads telling gamers that their girlfriend’s no-no places could occupy that space. And I quote:
YOUR GIRLFRIEND’S WHITE BITS HERE.
Now that’s class. I don’t really feel the need to comment on that much more than to shake my head. As Kotaku says: “slightly, yet perplexingly, offensive”.
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the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren’t the only players » Sony’s Ad Execs Causing A Stir Again
Dec 29, 2006 at 7:33 am
[…] Way back in March I posted about a series of ads that had folks a little ruffled at the sexual connotations. What I was not aware of was the accompanying ads in that campaign, which stupidly encourage, in a very socially irresponsible move, London Tube riders to “take a running jump here” across the tracks. Absolutely appalling. […]
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