All I want from Sony is better advertising

by Andrew Yoon { Dec 11th 2006 at 9:45PM }

The Internet is filled with tons of awful, awful things. And the people of Something Awful make their living looking for the Internet's worst. They discovered a Sony-owned and operated blog called "all i want for xmas is a psp." While many PSP enthusiasts will agree with an idea like that, the blog is clearly corporate. Watch this video, found on the site, which features a suspiciously old looking white "teen" that performs a video so bad, it's not even funny. Do you think this kind of advertising would work... on anybody?

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: ad, advertising, blog, christmas, marketing, psp, something awful, SomethingAwful, sony, xmas

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Stallone @ Dec 11th 2006 10:20PM

Sony's advertisements are either really lame or really, like, whoa, it makes you think about the advert...but this is definately one of Sony's. Sony would never show that the PSP face plate comes off because n00bs will be like..."OMFG PSP can change colours n shit!3' e/Q"

ac @ Dec 12th 2006 12:51AM

wigety weak!

nerdXcore @ Dec 12th 2006 2:18AM

Jesus H. Christ, WTF is the matter with Sony lately? Don't get me wrong, I am a PSP owner and I love it, but every single Sony executive seriously needs to be punched in the balls.

mo1518 @ Dec 12th 2006 2:41AM

it's this kind of thing that makes you wonder how Sony's still in business.

The Natural @ Dec 12th 2006 9:01AM

"While many PSP enthusiasts will agree with an idea like that, the blog is clearly corporate. Watch this video, found on the site, which features a suspiciously old looking white "teen" that performs a video so bad, it's not even funny."

So if it was a black teen rapping about wanting a psp for christmas it would have been ok? Oh nevermind it's corporate BECAUSE the teen is white...I see.....

jojonyc @ Dec 12th 2006 10:52AM

>suspiciously old looking white "teen" that performs a video so bad, it's not even funny.

funny you focussed only on 'white' - i think the main problem is the 'suspiciously old.' either way, not the issue.

thing is, this is so freakin bad that it can't be an accident.

Arnie @ Dec 12th 2006 1:51PM

That would class as anti-advertising

pixelator @ Dec 12th 2006 3:48PM

"every single Sony executive seriously needs to be punched in the balls."

HAHAHA! But seriously, Amen.

matthew @ Dec 12th 2006 5:06PM

Oh come on, you guys never joked that so-and-so is 'so white' because they can't dance or keep rythm (or when you saw Vanilla Ice or Snow of "Informer" fame)? How many hundreds of movies and television shows have pulled that gag, having some dorky old white guy with a stick up his ass dress up in some lame facsimile of hip hop clothes (kind of like K-Fed). People all laugh and point at the screen "That dude is SO white! ha ha! LOSER!"

Its both common and completely harmless.

Dei Enyt @ Dec 12th 2006 6:45PM

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all I want for Christmas is my 1:21 back.

Iga @ Dec 13th 2006 6:41AM

You shouldn't really blame Sony for this. Sure, they should be more careful with whom the hire, but the blame for this monstrosity is Zipatoni's. However, if Sony (or anyone else) ever hires Zipatoni again, ever, they need to be dragged out into the streets and shot. It would be an act of mercy.