Sony PSP Advertisement Nintendo Parody

The top advertisement by Sony’s PSP where two people representing two handheld video game console stands out to be pretty offensive at the first glance however this advertisement is campaigned over in Europe only where they are less sensitive to this kind of issues. Sony stated that their goal in the advertisement was to focus on the contrasting colors. Nintendo Ctl Alt Del created a Nintendo parody of the advertisement where they announced that the Nintendo Dual Screen Lite is coming. Link and 1 more pic after jump.

Source: Ctrl Alt Del
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July 13th, 2006 at 7:09 pm
[…] The previous post about Sony’s PSP White Advertisement has been pulled off and Sony apologized to those that were offended by the PSP campaign. The controversial PSP ad was campaigned in the Netherlands and it portrays a white woman grabbing the face of a black woman where some people deemed it as being racist. The internet era has enabled people around the world to view in masses and game marketer’s should make sure that their campaign sparks interest on a global basis. […]
July 30th, 2006 at 1:32 am
uh, that’s not actually a Nintedo ad. That’s a parody from the webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Here’s the link: http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/news.php?i=1153
July 30th, 2006 at 10:55 am
Thanks for the correction
July 6th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
That’s very clever. But man that top ad (the actual PSP one) would NEVER be allowed in the USA. People would be up in arms! Protests in the streets! Riots! And probably a boycott of Sony products as well. But I still think its a clever ad. And the parody is good too!
September 16th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
I like the ad I think it’s really cool with the black and white thing but as Shawn says people would be up in arms.I’m from London and it would cause Sony problems. Cool though.