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[Danjin44]

Good times!

 

[Nikana]

I got two words for you...

Mon-tage.

 

[DeepEnigma]

"You're adopted"

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

I miss when Sony was "Fun"

 

[AGRacing]

If I was in charge of marketing at Sony he'd be getting a phone call for the PS5 launch. I'd have a multigenerational nostalgia trip ready to go.

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

No that marketing is awful

 

[Barakov]

The GT5 commercial still gets chuckles from me.

No that marketing is awful

 

[Danjin44]

No that marketing is awful

 

[Rest]

PEW PEW PEW

 

[Danjin44]

PEW PEW PEW

That one was clear shot at kinect.

 

[Kagey K]

So much cringe, the only thing worse then the commercials were the people that thought he was a real person.

 

[Rest]

No that marketing is awful

Go get a better opinion.

 

[DeepEnigma]

"Yeah I'm gonna file this under, not an issue."

 

[Danjin44]

I would be curious what type of Kevin Butler commercial we would get for Bloodborne.

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

Go get a better opinion.

No

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

those were legit good

I remember the uncharted 2 one where the guy's problem was his girlfriend thought the game was a movie.

"I'm gonna file this under not an issue."

 

[Ten_Fold]

It was fun marketing, when Sony was down, they really started to add fun marketing, now it's just ehhhhhhh.

 

[FranXico]

Some went overboard, but the simpler ones were funny.

 

[16bitwarzvet]

Whatever happened to the guy who played him? I personally liked most of them...they sort of reminded me of Sega back in the Genesis days with their "attitude" commericals.

 

[FranXico]

Whatever happened to the guy who played him? I personally liked most of them...they sort of reminded me of Sega back in the Genesis days with their "attitude" commericals.

He did a commercial for the Wii U playing either the same character or a very similar one, and Sony sued him.

That's right, KB was the weapon Nintendo used to backstab Sony a second time.

 

[Rentahamster]

That was a good marketing campaign but it didn't make me buy a PS3.

URNOTE did though.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

That was one of the bestest publicity campaign to ever grace the face of the planet.

 

[sublimit]

It was fun marketing, when Sony was down, they really started to add fun marketing, now it's just ehhhhhhh.

At the time those Kevin Butler commercials were coming out i couldn't understand their appeal. But a year ago i have watched some of them again and they finally clicked with me and i realized it was a brilliant marketing campaign. I wonder what Jerry Lambert is doing nowdays.Judging from his wikipedia page he doesn't seem very active.

This commercial at the start of the PS4 generation was also very clever taking advantage of their legacy and history to target the player's nostalgia. I'm surprised why Nintendo hasn't done something similar with a history and nostalgia that far exceeds that of Sony's.

 

[its_Ditz]

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[Optimistic Gamer]

Hmm it's weird missing commercials.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

This was my favorite one

 

[Radical_3d]

This was my favorite one

"Insignificant other" LOL I didn't catch that one the first time.

 

[Aion002]

This was my favorite one

This would piss so many people off today.

 

[ScarletSpider]

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[DeepEnigma]

This would piss so many people off today.

I was just thinking that. Half these commercials would not fly with the new IdPol "purity" religion, and these were very mild compared to the 90's, etc..

 

[RavenSan]

I loved these then, and I love them now.

Mabye MS can poach him and change the name, like Sprint did with the "can you hear me now" guy that did all the Verizon commercials.

 

[zombrex]

He did a commercial for the Wii U playing either the same character or a very similar one, and Sony sued him.

That's right, KB was the weapon Nintendo used to backstab Sony a second time.

 

[Drunkensamurai]

Is this thread inspired by the one on Era lol.

 

[FranXico]

I was confused there. Was not Nintendo. Thanks. But yeah, they totally exploited that people would just recognize the "games guy".

 

[UnNamed]

I remember Sony 2013 E3 with Jack Tretton, absolutely boring, and the only fun part was his 5 minute speech they mixed some time later for a song:

 

[Insane Metal]

Oh yes these were funny as heck.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Is this thread inspired by the one on Era lol.

Free Thought Edition.

 

[dolabla]

Didn't he have a falling out with Sony?

 

[EverydayBeast]

Passion, emotion and command sort of what made the Kevin Butler commercials so great.

 

[iconmaster]

Didn't he have a falling out with Sony?

Kevin Butler actor settles with Sony over Bridgestone tyre ad

Sony has settled its dispute with Kevin Butler actor Jerry Lambert over is appearance in a Bridgestone tyre advert.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[PuppetMaster]

Forever may he reign!

 

[Shin]

With a stick!

 

[JohnnyFootball]

"Insignificant other" LOL I didn't catch that one the first time.

This would piss so many people off today.

Thanks for coming. I LOVE that part!!!

 

[Danjin44]

Is this thread inspired by the one on Era lol.

Actually this video kind of inspired me to make this thread.

 

[Sintoid]

Motion gamers... Sitting Gamers... one of the best E3 Sony Press Conferences ever

 

[bucyou]

Is this thread inspired by the one on Era lol.

what the fuck is an era? never heard of it

 

[Werewolf Jones]

We never got him in the UK so he's an American exclusive. It was a really fun time, I still think about them sometimes. That one time they got him to appear at E3 was wild.