brendude13 said: I don't see where the PS3 links into the advert. Or is this about not being able to game over 3G? Because that did seem misleading. Will 3G online gaming be available in the future?
I don't want to turn this into a PS Vita vs 3DS discussion, hopefully it can just stick to misleading ads, but I forgot to post this 3DS ad a while ago which pissed me off, it was quite misleading and arrogant.
mind to elaborate?
They brag about amazing graphics while showing 10 seconds of CG, then they shrink the screen so it's very small and decide to show gameplay. Also, you can't exactly prove that a console has bad graphics, but the consensus is that the 3DS's graphics are sub par. I know they aren't exactly going to say "it has mediocre graphics", but if they don't have it, then they shouldn't flaunt it.
Then they brag about monumental titles and then show 2 unreleased games, only one of which had print below it saying it wasn't out yet. This advert was shown around the 3DS' launch, but they might have edited Zelda out back then, I'm not sure. This was also shown around the time that the 3DS's was being criticised for having "no gaemz" and a horrible launch line-up. Once again, they aren't exactly going to trash their own system, but if they don't have it, then they shouldn't flaunt it.
Then they brag about "breakthrough hardware", while games and graphics are subjective, this is something that be disproven.
break·through/ˈbrākˌTHro͞o/
Noun:
A sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development, esp. in science.
A significant and dramatic overcoming of a perceived obstacle, allowing the completion of a process.
They brag about breakthrough hardware, despite the fact that all of the important components are years old, the graphics chip is from 2005 and the technology used in the 3D screen, which is what they seemed to be hinting at, has existed for years now and had already been applied in some phones.
Basically, that advert just goes through almost every aspect of the console and says "Yep, it's pretty much perfect", which isn't only arrogant, but also far from the truth, especially at the time the advert was released. The main focus of the advert was on the hardware, which is easily the 3DS's weakest aspect, and yet Nintendo keep making the console out to be something it's not. It might not seem so bad now that Nintendo has dropped the price and people are now satisfied with the games, but this advert was shown just after the 3DS's launch and it built up a very misleading image of what the console was.
It's like advertising a Citreon as a supercar, you can't exactly prove that it isn't a supercar as the term "supercar" is objective, even if you know it isn't one, and even if it might do other things well.
Anyway, enough about the 3DS's commercial, I just forgot to (or didn't feel comfortable) making a thread on that advert and thought this would be a good time to slip this in.
