PlayStation Move

[Number45]

That looks horribly uncomfortable - his shoulders will be aching after 5 minutes let alone several hours.

[Darwock]

No sound here - is that monstrosity official or somebody's hack job?

[Number45]

Official. :|

[Darwock]

Wow.. well it's tempting but I think I'll hold out for an over-the-shoulder bazooka version. Rocket launchers are always best in Killzone

[nem]

Oh lord, that looks absolutely god awful. You can see how he is struggling with it.

[EvilBoris]

Surely if you are holding a giant plastic gun you don't need to see a gun on the screen?

[Number45]

http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1047465/offensive-playstation-move-ad-banned-asa/

****ing ridiculous. On BOTH counts.

[InvisibleKid]

To be honest, before watching the Sharpshooter video I thought you were all making a fuss about nothing and I was pretty convinced that I was going to get it.

After watching it - yeah it looks uncomfortable, a naff way of playing and no, I won't be buying it.

Damn shame.

Has anyone bought Tron for PS3 yet? Are the Move parts any good?

[Strider]

They banned this ad because of 8 people. Unbelievable.

[rubans]

The ad does seem to be out of place, no need for it and to me it seems correctly banned.
Companies need to more responsible with video games and promotion especially if it's aimed at any age.

[tonyk100]

thought they would have been more considerate of the racisim issue though (after the PSP furore)

[rubans]

thought they would have been more considerate of the racisim issue though (after the PSP furore)

I think the shock and awe promotion was more thoughtful.

[Fat_Bob]

Yeah but the guy isn't black, they've just made him a kinda grey muted colour. Can't see anything wrong it myself.

[JP]

What racism? The ASA clearly mentioned that the two characters had "slightly different skin tones" and that didn't have any bearing on their decision.

The mandated stupidity of us seemingly needing to reduce everybody to merely skin tones and then only being allowed to illustrate conflicts where the skin tones are identical is far more offensive than the advert itself.

The violence in this advert is a separate matter and the ASA notes it as such.

I can understand why some people may believe that it does "condone or encourage violent behavior" but I do also think that even as a child, I would understand that it isn't encouraging me to go around punching people.

If kids are going around punching people following this advert then surely we're all bright enough to understand that it's not the advert that has caused the problem and that violence is a reflection of something that's wrong elsewhere?

[rubans]

What racism? The ASA clearly mentioned that the two characters had "slightly different skin tones" and that didn't have any bearing on their decision.

The mandated stupidity of us seemingly needing to reduce everybody to merely skin tones and then only being allowed to illustrate conflicts where the skin tones are identical is far more offensive than the advert itself.

The violence in this advert is a separate matter and the ASA notes it as such.

I can understand why some people may believe that it does "condone or encourage violent behavior" but I do also think that even as a child, I would understand that it isn't encouraging me to go around punching people.

If kids are going around punching people following this advert then surely we're all bright enough to understand that it's not the advert that has caused the problem and that violence is a reflection of something that's wrong elsewhere?

Really?
For something that is targeted at all ages I think the advert is not suitable for all ages, despite the fact most can work out what's right and wrong. Do you really want your kids to ask you to buy a move kit based on that ad?
Apart from that it's also a really crap ad and false but that's a different matter.