Sun, Jul 04, 2010 | 17:47 BST

Sony steps up its game with PSP ads

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Sony has released its new look Marcus Rivers PSP ads via the PlayStation Blog. Watch them below the fold.

Marcus Rivers is the PSP version of PS3′s Kevin Butler. He’s a kid; the ads are funny.

Sony has also released its own YouTube channel for Marcus, so you can catch up with all the latest ads.

The new PSP “Step Up You Game” advertising campaign was first revealed last month, before becoming official at E3.

33 comments

#1

Razor
04/07/10, 5:50 pm

Urgh, hideous.

#2

blackdreamhunk
04/07/10, 6:00 pm

yea seen the sony adds they are really funny lol but I like blizzards better with mr t

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAibYnDUH6c

blizzard sure knows pc gamers lol

#3

Bulk Slash
04/07/10, 6:30 pm

The ad seems to be as lame as the old S.A.P.S. campaign…

I must be really good at avoiding adverts as I had no idea who Kevin Butler was during Sony’s E3 press conference.

#4

threadzilla
04/07/10, 6:44 pm

These ads suck….stick to KB

#5

asdfasdf
04/07/10, 7:06 pm

lol

#6

Erthazus
04/07/10, 7:18 pm

PSP Adverts are too forceful compared to the Kevin Butler ones.

#7

Johnny Cullen
04/07/10, 7:18 pm

They’re alright tbh.

Not as awesome as the Butler ads, obviously.

#8

YoungZer0
04/07/10, 7:21 pm

Larry, what the fuck is this shit?

#9

Erthazus
04/07/10, 7:22 pm

@7 They are not. It’s like Sony is trying to use force on consumers to buy their children PSP.

“Step your Game Up” – If you don’t have PSP you suck. Thats basically the slogan and it won’t work.

#10

cookiejar
04/07/10, 7:53 pm

#11

itwa5medicks
04/07/10, 8:07 pm

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#12

revsoul
04/07/10, 8:16 pm

@11…

The name of the young man you are talking about is Bobbe Thompson and

..He has had more success at the age of 14 than you will ever have in this life or your next.

#13

Patrick Garratt
04/07/10, 8:21 pm

@11 – Another comment like that and I’ll delete your account. I can put up with a lot, but take that fucking shit elsewhere.

#14

Yoshi
04/07/10, 8:29 pm

They won’t appeal to the 18+ but they’ll sure appeal to the younger audience and that’s exactly what Sony wants i’m sure.

#15

Detale
04/07/10, 8:55 pm

I must be odd, I thought they were quite funny…

Is that the kid from the Role Models movie? He was funny as fuck in that film.

#16

KAP
04/07/10, 9:01 pm

Hey patrick, do the honors mate, i dont appreciate @11 comment.

#17

Phoenixblight
04/07/10, 9:02 pm

@15

Correct. Bobb’e J. Thompson.

Yeah Please Pat atleast delete the comment.

#18

Patrick Garratt
04/07/10, 9:04 pm

I’ve edited it. Please mail me at patrick [at] vg247.com if you see anything else like that on here again.

#19

Moonwalker1982
04/07/10, 9:45 pm

I don’t get something though. Why are they showing off the old PSP? Isn’t there the PSP-Go? A while ago i sold my PSP cause i simply never used it. But if i was to buy it again, i’d go for the PSP Go. For the improvements…except of course that UMDs don’t work on it.

#20

Haseef
04/07/10, 10:46 pm

I’m 18, and I found those quite funny (especially the second one) …but I wonder if its too little too late!

#21

macris
04/07/10, 10:50 pm

20 Haseef + 100 SE VREMENT trop trop trop trop tard ! POUR LA PSP IL AURAIT DIT FAIS SA AVANT

#22

Psychotext
04/07/10, 10:52 pm

Awful… but then I guess I’m not in the target demographic.

#23

mathare92
04/07/10, 11:21 pm

Don’t know about the second one,but the Peace Walker ad ain’t bad.
Too late to be honest for Sony to be pushing the PSP. Especially with the 3DS around the corner.

#24

Yoshi
05/07/10, 1:11 am

I really wish they didn’t have the “Step your game up” at the end, it feels odd. XD

#25

RETARDED VIKING
05/07/10, 3:43 am

that ad makes me not want to buy a psp.

#26

Crysis
05/07/10, 4:27 am

Sony is still the seelling the psp-3000 as it’s main model, the pspgo is just an alternative for those who live in the 21st century, but they both really need a price drop, atleast here in Aus where it’s almost double the US price not to mention the currency difference is usually about 10% & GST costs an further 10% but that’s still not excusable for the over inflated prices, if i could pick up a new PSP for $100 i would not even pause brfoe i get it, the point of being portable is an cheap on the go gaming system, noone wants to pay almost as much as the home console varient (pspgo costing the same price as the ps3 here, wtf is up wit that?)

#27

KAP
05/07/10, 6:28 am

After watching this ad, i LOVE my PSP again.

This is KAP, “STEP YOUR GAME UP!”

#28

Blerk
05/07/10, 9:03 am

Good grief!

#29

Mauller
05/07/10, 12:15 pm

I can’t stand the new run of PSP commercials. They’re just too arrogant and in your face. In truth, if I didn’t already own a PSP that’s only used to play SNES games, I wouldn’t want one after seeing this series of ads.

#30

Tonka
05/07/10, 1:12 pm

It\s leaps and bounds better than this> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G0LlXv-nyI

#31

Patrick Garratt
05/07/10, 1:16 pm

@30 – Good grief. I’d forgotten about that.

#32

No_PUDding
05/07/10, 2:04 pm

Jesus. Did tht actually happen? Wow.

#33

g00nerz
06/07/10, 3:30 pm

I thought these were pretty darn funny. Can’t please some people huh?

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