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Sardauk on 13 March 2009

There is nothing wrong with it, just what it is promoting....

Imagine a similar Left4dead campaign or... dead space...



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

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Spankey on 13 March 2009
Sardauk said:

There is nothing wrong with it, just what it is promoting....

Imagine a similar Left4dead campaign or... dead space...

 

or Gears of war 2 or madworld...what about CoD? They didn't get promoted with roses, rainbows and puppies.

Where do you draw the line?



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The Fury on 13 March 2009

@SpartanFX
That's just box art. Eitherway, maybe it's more like this one:
http://www.neonpunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/killzone1.jpg

@Sardauk
It's a bus shelter, not inside the school on the walls. There are movie posters everywhere for 15 and 18 certificate films no one complains, I've seen trailers for Watchmen on TV before UK watershed during a popular family show, that's an 18 film.

Would you remove a big billboard ad just because it might be seen by a kid in a car?



Hmm, pie.

Sardauk on 13 March 2009
Spankey said:
Sardauk said:

There is nothing wrong with it, just what it is promoting....

Imagine a similar Left4dead campaign or... dead space...

 

or Gears of war 2 or madworld...what about CoD? They didn't get promoted with roses, rainbows and puppies.

Where do you draw the line?

 

Same remarks, those aren't LBP or Flowers...

IMO you don't... you have to use specialized media for that.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not for censorship.. it is just that the publicity company is not very clever by using this kind of display...



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

Spankey on 13 March 2009
Sardauk said:
Spankey said:
Sardauk said:

There is nothing wrong with it, just what it is promoting....

Imagine a similar Left4dead campaign or... dead space...

 

or Gears of war 2 or madworld...what about CoD? They didn't get promoted with roses, rainbows and puppies.

Where do you draw the line?

 

Same remarks, those aren't LBP or Flowers...

IMO you don't... you have to use specialized media for that.

 

so media with mature content shouldn't be mass marketed...understood

I don't agree with you, but obviously you're enititled to your opinion



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Staude on 13 March 2009
Sardauk said:
SpartanFX said:
extremely disappointed at sony for listening to that sucker mom.

it's only a pic of an helghast.that's it.

she is actually pretending that helghasts are from iraq or something.


Lame.

 

Read between the line please...

No matter how her response is right or not.. ;you don't promote such things in public spaces... in america

fixed. Here its not a problem.. All stores has it on their.. alarm things. Blockbuster has it on the outside of the store.. the wall is covered in a more scary version than that poster. ... It's not an issue.



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Sardauk on 13 March 2009
Spankey said:
Sardauk said:
Spankey said:
Sardauk said:

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so media with mature content shouldn't be mass marketed...understood

 

 

This is not what I said...



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

SpartanFX on 13 March 2009
The Fury said:

@SpartanFX
That's just box art. Eitherway, maybe it's more like this one:
http://www.neonpunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/killzone1.jpg

@Sardauk
It's a bus shelter, not inside the school on the walls. There are movie posters everywhere for 15 and 18 certificate films no one complains, I've seen trailers for Watchmen on TV before UK watershed during a popular family show, that's an 18 film.

Would you remove a big billboard ad just because it might be seen by a kid in a car?

 

@fury

 

no,,I live in canada ,,,i see the ads in bus stops every day ,,,,it's the one i posted(basically the game's cover art)



 

 

 

perpride on 13 March 2009

That's my city! What a fucking whore! I guess I wont see those adds when I am going to work and stuff anymore. It's too bad I'd always give out a little howl when I saw one.



bouzane on 13 March 2009

Political correctness run amok (when isn't it?). Maybe they'll be forced to advertise on TV the way they should be. I live in Newfoundland and I have never seen a Killzone 2 ad ever (with the exception of the Internet). I have a friend who enjoys FPS games and has a PS3 and he didn't even know that Killzone 2 was out. Attn. Sony: put ads on TV, don't confuse customers, ignore PC whining.