Sony takes viral marketing to new lows.

ryan256

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Wow.... in their desperation to make people forget about their rootkits sony is sinking to new lows.
 

mugs

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Sony owns one of the big 5 record labels and one of the bigger television and film production and distribution companies... that's the best they could come up with? :Q
 

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ForumMaster

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Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: mugs
Sony owns one of the big 5 record labels and one of the bigger television and film production and distribution companies... that's the best they could come up with? :Q
They're just copying Nintendo as usual. :p

that's just pathetic. nintendo actually made that? sure why not associate this with geeky kids?

Sony is losing money fast. if this stupid idea works and causes a few more ship to buy a PSP, fine. but it's sad that sony has had to go so low.
 

Atheus

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Originally posted by: Lifted
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: simms
Doesn't look like Sony created it:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?...%3A%2F%2Fwww.alliwantforxmasisapsp.com

Even if it is a marketing company.. This is awful marketing.
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Check out their client list.

Wow, their site has some of the worst mystery meat navigation I've seen. For some reason marketing companies suck at the interweb.

Flash devs suck at the interweb - that sh1t is not clever or useful guys!
 

BillyBatson

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Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: Specop 007
Whats wrong with a PSP?
uh...what?

i would like to know aswell. everyone loved it (other than the dead pixel thing at release) until sony started messing up bad this year. just cuz the company looks bad doesn't mean all their products are aswell. also yeah i do like the ds lite it is cool and has better games but hardware wise, screen, etc psp is so much better

oh and that guy in the video needs to be shot
 

slackwarelinux

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Well, I decied to troll the comments section of the blog entrys, under the name 'rootkitman'. At first, I was not very inventive, saying stuff like "lame", or writing bad haikus, but, by the end, I found a niche. Anywys, here are some of the better ones, I encorage all of you to do the same. They have some word censoring, but you just need to take an abstract approach to get around it.

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Consumers, unite!

We must not be fooled by Sony's thinly masked deception! Do not feed the corporate beast, for it will only grow stronger! We must rebel!

We must rebel for Lik-Sang! We must rebel for our rootkit infested computers! We must rebel in order to keep what is ours! For, if we do nothing, our very society will be eroded. The spawn of Sony is taboo, and let their evils be known. Through education, they will fall. Consumers, unite!

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Fellow consumers! We must rebel against the Sony, lest they will continue their evil actions, and nothing will be learned!

To incite a rebellion, there must be a moment at which conditions are so unbearable, that even the uncertain future seems an improvement. Surely, this is the time! Sony's ignorant actions have defiled you, the consumer, with this thinly veiled propoganda! Sony has acted against the consumer, acted against the common good, blindly seeking an advantage against their better foes.

We consumers must not stand for this! If we do not speak against these actions, educating our friends against their evils, then we are no better than those who spread their cause. Those who spread hype must be corrected! If you feed the corporate beast, you will only make it stronger!

Unite consumers! Educate! For if we do not, all will be lost.

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Anyways, you get the idea.
 

yllus

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The problems with the PSP I can think of offhand:

- Movies on the UMD format are almost all horrible, and further nowhere to be found for purchase. Also usually more expensive than the DVD, at a lower resolution.
- The game selection is equally as horrid.

Note: I'm not trying to praise or bash the console, just listing what I can remember as being touted as the problems with the PSP. I don't do handhelds myself.
 

PurdueRy

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Originally posted by: ForumMaster
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: mugs
Sony owns one of the big 5 record labels and one of the bigger television and film production and distribution companies... that's the best they could come up with? :Q
They're just copying Nintendo as usual. :p

that's just pathetic. nintendo actually made that? sure why not associate this with geeky kids?

Sony is losing money fast. if this stupid idea works and causes a few more ship to buy a PSP, fine. but it's sad that sony has had to go so low.

Dude, apparently you're too young to know that was typicaly video game advertising back when that was released

Go watch "The Wizard" or "The Super Mario Bros Super Show" and then get back with me.
 

BillyBatson

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hmmm it now says video removed by the user

haha and main site says

"Busted. Nailed. Snagged. As many of you have figured out (maybe our speech was a little too funky fresh???), Peter isn't a real hip-hop maven and this site was actually developed by Sony. Guess we were trying to be just a little too clever. From this point forward, we will just stick to making cool products, and use this site to give you nothing but the facts on the PSP.

Sony Computer Entertainment America"
 

Conky

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Sony's marketing makes Microsoft look like Linux.

I blew $3k on my Sony 60" LCD last year but I've regretted supporting Sony ever since with the rootkit fiasco and their general lack of respect for their customers.

I've noticed this with many Japanese businesses. They think their reputation is above reproach simply for being Japanese. This is a very big mistake on their part.

People are already figuring out that paying $600 for a PS3(which you can't get anyway) and $60 for every game sucks. Hype only goes so far until reality kicks in. ;)

 

Azndude51

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Originally posted by: Atheus
Originally posted by: Lifted
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: simms
Doesn't look like Sony created it:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?...%3A%2F%2Fwww.alliwantforxmasisapsp.com

Even if it is a marketing company.. This is awful marketing.
Text
Check out their client list.

Wow, their site has some of the worst mystery meat navigation I've seen. For some reason marketing companies suck at the interweb.

Flash devs suck at the interweb - that sh1t is not clever or useful guys!

If it takes me more than 15 seconds to find their damned client list, there's something wrong.

I can put the fake blog in my pile of sh1t I hate about Sony. And to think, I used to be a Sony fanboy.
 

BillyBatson

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Originally posted by: Azndude51
Originally posted by: Atheus
Originally posted by: Lifted
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: simms
Doesn't look like Sony created it:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?...%3A%2F%2Fwww.alliwantforxmasisapsp.com

Even if it is a marketing company.. This is awful marketing.
Text
Check out their client list.

Wow, their site has some of the worst mystery meat navigation I've seen. For some reason marketing companies suck at the interweb.

Flash devs suck at the interweb - that sh1t is not clever or useful guys!

If it takes me more than 15 seconds to find their damned client list, there's something wrong.

I can put the fake blog in my pile of sh1t I hate about Sony. And to think, I used to be a Sony fanboy.

same here, i liked their products and always thought there was quality behind them. even after their mess ups i defended by saying no company is perfect and sony has the experience to change things around but i guess they don't? i still thinkt hey make ok products, they have nice digicams but now there are betetr alternatives
and i think Samsung is the new Sony