What Is Sony Thinking?!!??


Angel posted on Jul 12 2006 at 08:55 AM said:
but i seriously doubt that Sony themselves didn't expect this to happen when they created the ads.
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No doubt in my mind about it. There is no such thing as an honest mistake in business world.
 
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Angel posted on Jul 12 2006 at 05:55 PM said:
but i seriously doubt that Sony themselves didn't expect this to happen when they created the ads.
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Ha! By fact you are discussing it you just did what Sony wanted.

I will not discuss if it tasteless or not but "choking" isn't done by get a grip on someone's neck rather than a chin??
 
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I cannnot believe this people are saying that the ads are not racist.

It is ridiculous to claim the colour of the person's skins is only relevant if you make it relevant. The fact is that Sony purposefully chose the models because of their skin colour- They made it an issue.

The ad portrays the white model in a dominant pose coming to take over from the black model. ie- White PSP is here- why bother with black? If you don't agree with this then why juxtapose the models?- Why not focus on the arrival of the white PSP with no mention of the black PSP?

If you genuinely believe that Sony had no intention of provoking this sort of controversy, you must be very naive. The fact that we are all talking about it has done it's job- I wouldnt have even known about there being a white PSP if this controversy hadnt arisen. Sony can also get even more publicity by pulling the ads, claiming ignorance and agologizing thus restricting any possible PR damage.

They have succeeded.
 
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declaration posted on Jul 13 2006 at 12:28 PM said:
It is ridiculous to claim the colour of the person's skins is only relevant if you make it relevant. The fact is that Sony purposefully chose the models because of their skin colour- They made it an issue.
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You mean they purposely chose nearest-matches to the COLORS OF THE FSCKING PRODUCT?! OH NOES!!!! I BET THEY DIDN'T EVEN PAY THE BLACK MODEL TO BE IN THOSE SHOTS! TO ARMS, TO ARMS! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!!

Jesus, people like you seriously need to stop breeding. The world is pussified enough as is.
 
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GeminiDomino posted on Jul 20 2006 at 09:55 PM said:
Jesus, people like you seriously need to stop breeding. The world is pussified enough as is.
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Don't forget that you came out of a pussy into this world like the rest of us. :p
 
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itsme posted on Jul 21 2006 at 04:30 PM said:
GeminiDomino posted on Jul 20 2006 at 09:55 PM said:
Jesus, people like you seriously need to stop breeding. The world is pussified enough as is.
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Don't forget that you came out of a pussy into this world like the rest of us. :p
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I didn't. I was born by cesarean section, and I bet a lot of people here were too.
 
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GeminiDomino posted on Jul 21 2006 at 12:55 AM said:
You mean they purposely chose nearest-matches to the COLORS OF THE FSCKING PRODUCT?! OH NOES!!!! I BET THEY DIDN'T EVEN PAY THE BLACK MODEL TO BE IN THOSE SHOTS! TO ARMS, TO ARMS! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!!

Jesus, people like you seriously need to stop breeding. The world is pussified enough as is.
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In case you haven't noticed by now, he's a fucking die hard ninty fanboy. He HAS no opinion :rolleyes:


LHC posted on Jul 21 2006 at 11:53 AM said:
itsme posted on Jul 21 2006 at 04:30 PM said:
GeminiDomino posted on Jul 20 2006 at 09:55 PM said:
Jesus, people like you seriously need to stop breeding. The world is pussified enough as is.
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Don't forget that you came out of a pussy into this world like the rest of us. :p
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I didn't. I was born by cesarean section, and I bet a lot of people here were too.
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I was!
 
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@LHC- yeah great, so they took more than one photo. They still chose to use this one.

If any of you really believe Sony was totally totally oblivious to the controversy that choosing to use that particular photo would cause, and in using skin colour to sell a product would cause in general, you must be deluded. DCM need not apply.

The ad was designed to be controversial. They achieved their goal, Sony apologised, withdrew them and got loads of free publicity.
 
declaration posted on Jul 26 2006 at 06:11 PM said:
@LHC- yeah great, so they took more than one photo. They still chose to use this one.
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Do you have any evidence that they didn't use the others? The original link only reported on the 'racist' ad, because the others weren't relevant to the anti-Sony sentiment.
 
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They knew they were manufacturing controversy.

They probably only took the other photos to make their pleading ignorance more convincing after creating free publicity.

It worked. After all, here we all are.
 
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