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PS Vita 'lifestyle' shots are derptacularly douchey photo

Longtime readers will know that I love so-called "lifestyle" galleries. This is when a company shows you how to enjoy a gaming system in real life by making a bunch of people dress like derping douchebags while striking forced, insincere poses. Because real life looks like that. 

The PlayStation Vita has gotten its own selection of images, full of tight denim jackets and glazed, grinning expressions. Interestingly, there are no women in these galleries, indicating that the Vita is just for men. Smirking, airbrushed men in bright yellow hoodies and red jeans. F*cking pricks. 

As usual, I have taken to naming them in order of appearance. Janson "I Have A Guitar" Smarmy, Retardo Crotchrot, and Sniffing Peabody. Aren't they a wacky bunch?

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Epic-Kx's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:22
Epic-Kx
Videogaemz.
BkV's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:24
BkV
"I pretend to be so dee......"
What¿ I didn't understand that.
Gunner226's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:25
Gunner226
All DOUCHE BAGS. What's new here?
Dancing Mad's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:27
Dancing Mad
Nice purple hoodie, Prince.
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:28
TheToiletDuck
Just finger the back of it and the Vita will release a cool down spray.
Fugly Duckling's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:28
Fugly Duckling
I didn't think these were as bad as the Ninendo ones...until I got to the asshat sitting in a coffee shop, sipping at his coffee while watching Uncharted being played upside down.

What a douche.
JaHawk2009's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:29
JaHawk2009
Why the fuck have they gone to play football if all they're gonna do is stand around playing Vita. Or sitting by the net like a fucking hobo.
Also, I'm a guy, but it annoys me that there are no women anywhere. This reinforces the stereotype that immature man-children play videogames instead of socialising IRL.
Godammit Sony, you sure know how to kerb my enthusiasm just a little bit with every new thing I hear about Vita!
seeafish's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:29
seeafish
What Epic-Kx said
N7's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:30
N7
@TheToiletDuck Dear lord that makes me wonder how long it'll take for Japan to have a game on it with chicks sitting down in skirts and you "massage" them.

It'll happen.
JaHawk2009's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:31
JaHawk2009
http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/219764-ps-vita-lifestyle-shots-are-derpy-douchey/10816PS_Vita_Lifestyle_Shoot_Solo_Play_%2821%29-620x.jpg

That one REALLY fucks me off, not because he has both a cup of tea AND an orange juice, but because the Vita is upside-fucking-down!!!
Nitex's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:31
Nitex
You lika da crown eh Jim?
naninani's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:33
naninani
@N7
Dream Club Zero Portable already lets you feed them bananas with the touch screen. I know. I own it XD
BalloonFighter's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:36
BalloonFighter
They look like Sony fanboys. Exactly what I picture in my head.
nfm1337's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:40
nfm1337
Why no women? This is seriously creeping me out.
indigit4l's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:51
indigit4l
It's soccer dude. And you know better.
Jinx 01's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:52
Jinx 01
I don't think I'm metrosexual enough for a Vita.
Hugh G Rection's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:55
Hugh G Rection
All these guys got their watches from a cereal box.
Ross's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 09:57
Ross
Look at all those dirty bastards fingering their Vitas.
Danilo Nishimura's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:02
Danilo Nishimura
Really? what about nvidia's idea of player a racing game on a rollercoaster?


source: nvidia.com.br
Danilo Nishimura's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:05
Danilo Nishimura
Ok the image was damn big =/
Here it goes:


(can anyone delete the previous post?)
SayWord's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:07
SayWord
I can get super angry about pictures as well!
Gravityboots000's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:17
Gravityboots000
They don't need to market to nerds like us. Be glad you're not a douchebag ;_
Drachula64's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:17
Drachula64
I don't get the issue. In America people do, in fact, dress like this. Their "douchiness", however, is an entirely different. So it's not a question of "who" dresses this way, but more "why".
Pajolero's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:20
Pajolero
Oh Jim, never change.
DrDonkenstein's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:24
DrDonkenstein
Advertising is and has always been incredibly stupid. But it also works, somehow. It's awful.
jorbams's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:33
jorbams
Listen, commenters and Jim, Sony is trying to help you. If you dressed in 20-something garb and held your video game player the way no one does, you could then score all that mediocre gash you've been dreaming about.

Man, seriously, either that dude grew up in a residence that could only be described as a "compound," and has never touched a video game in his life, or he is driving the worlds most panty-soakingly amazing invisible future car.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:36
Maurice Tan
Lifestyle shots, or viral marketing for the upcoming Vita/PSN title "Interactive Squirting 101"?
SirNinjaFace's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:37
SirNinjaFace
Yes, Football! You beautiful British man.
Camiwaits's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:39
Camiwaits
The PS Vita is a sausagefest
Gorescream's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:42
Gorescream
how can they be so dreadful at making commercials...I'm also looking at nVidia, or actually the whole industry as a whole (especially nintendo, the fuck man I expected more from you reggie)
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:47
mix
This means I can bring my Vita into the nearest Starbucks and play it like a champ!
BalloonFighter's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:51
BalloonFighter
Nintendo thinks we all have white rooms to play our video games in but I don't own a white room. Not even a brown room.
Dixon Cider's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 10:59
Dixon Cider
Are these pictures serious? They look like ass.
Red TheHaze Veron's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:16
Red TheHaze Veron
These are as bad as those 3DS people feigning enthusiasm over the 3D effects. What is it with companies thinking that these actually look good? These things are for anyone who doesn't play or like videogames.
TXYeti's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:19
TXYeti
Oh the sweet irony of Jim Sterling, of all people, making fun of how others look.

Stay classy. Always.
Space Moose's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:21
Space Moose
It looks like they are watching Pornos. lol
Jinx 01's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:22
Jinx 01
This just in:

PS Vita to be sold exclusively at Abercrombie & Fitch in the United States. Free cologne with pre-order.
Jinx 01's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:25
Jinx 01
@indigit4l:
"Soccer" is called "football" outside the US.
JynxShot's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:31
JynxShot
Great, a bunch of generally white guys playing FIFA on a soccer field, talking about how cool the new American Pie movie is gonna be.
Fearzone's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:32
Fearzone
I need to go take a shower.
Adam Duffles Duffield's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:35
Adam Duffles Duffield
@indigit4l yeah because a game where you play with a ball with your feet shouldnt be called football
Much more appropriate to call a game that plays with a egg with only their hands (and where only one person is designated to kick the ball) am I right?
Handegg is more appropriate
Samhain's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:37
Samhain
I love the Jim's ''lifestyle'' series
Maester's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:47
Maester
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THISISSPATA's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:47
THISISSPATA
I'm sick of all these motherfuckin douchebags on this motherfuckin sony ad
Jinx 01's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 11:56
Jinx 01
Actually, doesn't this guy look just like Nathan Drake?
indigit4l's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 12:02
indigit4l
Nah, it's soccer. How dumb you are that you didn't know that. Is Destructoid based in San Francisco? Which is in what country? Yeah... soccer.
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 12:14
HEL105
Whatevs, I like that yellow hoodie.
nfm1337's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2012 12:17
nfm1337
In Sweden we call it "fodtenboudten".
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