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Aj_habfan on 11 September 2009
MrNathanDrake said:
Aj_habfan said:
I watched all of that game, saw no 360 commercials and about 4 PS3 ones. They were the "Rumour control" ones and the "exclusive Joker" Batman ones. I think I was watching the TSN feed (the ESPN of Cananda) for it though, not the NBC one, so my experience might just familiar to the Canadian viewers.

 

 

I'm also in Canada, and the game wasn't even shown on TSN. It was only on NBC

It most certainly was on TSN, I think I would know what channel I was on. I switched to NBC at one point because of an annoying commercial but then switched back.

http://www.channelcanada.com/Article3437.html

Read the first line of the 3rd paragraph if you don't believe me.



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loy310 on 11 September 2009

Sony just need to stay competitive in the U.S, one commercial is good enough for an event such as this, let Microsoft spend their money on 5 ads, they are in a better position to do so in the states anyway.

I've noticed more effort from Sony in Japan, and the Others region, I expect them to push big ads there than in the U.S, because they have a better chance of being successful against their competition there.



XeNoStRatoS on 11 September 2009

Look what I found guys... Very nice vid indeed ;)

http://www.ps3insider.de/index.php?section=news&newsid=3042 Just klick on "Hier geht es zum Video" and have fun ;)



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joshin69 on 11 September 2009

Just a thought, who has seen the ads during a top Japanese sporting event?



 

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mesoteto on 11 September 2009

i do have to admit i dont like racing games but that Need or speed footage...dam that is pretty



 

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MrNathanDrake on 11 September 2009
mesoteto said:
i do have to admit i dont like racing games but that Need or speed footage...dam that is pretty

Yup.

 

It's probably cheap for MS to advertise, because it's basically a EA Sports commercial with a 5 second "Xbox 360 now $100 off" with a picture of the Elite at the end of the commercial.

 

Very smart on MS part though, I'm sure the majority of ppl watching that don't know it's a multiplat, and MS certainly is doing good imbedding their brand in everyones head



dli2k3 on 11 September 2009

If one commercial isn't enough to drive the point across, I doubt 6 will lol. Don't you guys get tired of watching the same commercials over and over? I can count on one hand the number of commercials I don't mind watching over and over. I'd rather put one or two commercials to let people know you're there and spend the resources elsewhere. 6 over one channel inside 3 hours is just too much.



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Tridrakious on 11 September 2009

Monday Night Raw (shut up people) is the most watched show every monday. Over 8 million people in the first hour and 6 million people in the second hour. Nearly every week.

 

During both hours I saw a combined 5 "It Only Does Everything" ads during the show last week and 5 this week.



wholikeswood on 11 September 2009

America is such a mountain for Sony to climb now.



Zucas on 11 September 2009
Smashed said:
Yet it outsold every console last week.

Well it has done it before going all the way back to when the Europe launch took place. 

Nah I'm just kidding it was nice for PS3. 

As for this... I don't think commercials in sports events involving video game companies relate in any way to Sony's well being with the "casual" market.  That would be a non sequitur fallacy.  Try again.