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Wow... that was incredibly chauvenistic (however you spell it). I like how they even tried to throw a bit of fan service in at the beginning with the girl removing a layer of clothing. GENIUS! Haha, right. This was an awful ad, and even though the product looks kinda cool... maybe... I can't get passed the blatant "sex sells" motif in this commercial... and they didn't even commit to it >_< Hahaha
So, what move is there in Street Fighter where you can go left right left right left right and press all the buttons on the controller at the same time? I admit I'm not a hardcore SF player, but they didn't seem to grasp the concepts. They were just grasping... The shaft... I guess. Is this controller actually good or is it just a marketing scheme with innuendo?
Huh, actually looks like a decent size joystick. When I first saw a picture I was expecting something the size of the classic controller.
Totally agree about the video. They should have just skipped the innuendo and had the girls manipulate the joystick with their vaginas. Heck, looking at how they were using it with their hands their gaming abilities might have improved. I'd almost recommend skipping on this product just to teach them a lesson about making shitty ads. :p
Totally agree about the video. They should have just skipped the innuendo and had the girls manipulate the joystick with their vaginas. Heck, looking at how they were using it with their hands their gaming abilities might have improved. I'd almost recommend skipping on this product just to teach them a lesson about making shitty ads. :p
"In future, you may not want to draw a thinly veiled sexual connotation over your product as not to alienate the entire female gaming population"
I think the only females turned off by the concept are the Ellen Degeneres demographic ⌐_⌐
I think the only females turned off by the concept are the Ellen Degeneres demographic ⌐_⌐
@Curious - I'm clearly not a lesbian and it infuriated me. Neither are any of our other female writers, so let's see what they think.
Just because of that commercial, I refuse to buy it.
Not that I was even considering buying it. It looks terribly designed.
Not that I was even considering buying it. It looks terribly designed.
They should've designed the bottom of the thing a little less flat, so you can hold it on your leg or lap without it sliding all over the place.
Or maybe they WANT your shaft to slide all over women's legs. I have no idea what's going on anymore.
Or maybe they WANT your shaft to slide all over women's legs. I have no idea what's going on anymore.
Man, I'm a guy and I still wanna punch them both in their stupid faces. Didn't realise people with down syndrome could get jobs in commercials.
Stupid shit like that is offensive and dumb to everyone. It's just the result of some cheap crack-pot marketing team of the mind that sex sells. Well, it does, but you have to be sly about it; you can't just throw tits in our faces and scream "BUY OUR PRODUCT!"
This is what you do when your product isn't good enough to speak dor itself. It's just like that upcoming ps360 game "Wet".
This is what you do when your product isn't good enough to speak dor itself. It's just like that upcoming ps360 game "Wet".
Looking into the camera at the end of the ad? HAWT! Especially that look of confused annoyance. Whoo. Stop, you're getting me all twisted.
I really want a joystick for my NES games, since I had an Advantage, but MAN is that the totally wrong name for that product.
Owning that just screams, "I HATE SEX!" to any woman that sees it in your home.
I really want a joystick for my NES games, since I had an Advantage, but MAN is that the totally wrong name for that product.
Owning that just screams, "I HATE SEX!" to any woman that sees it in your home.
From the Q&A section of their website.
Q: How big is the Shaft?
A: The Shaft is an Arcade-Style Controller, so it is approximately 6 inches x 11 inches.
Q: How big is the Shaft?
A: The Shaft is an Arcade-Style Controller, so it is approximately 6 inches x 11 inches.
Oh, right, they're also full of shit.
HORI has an arcade joystick as well.
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=802721
HORI has an arcade joystick as well.
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=802721
They must be having fun, because they were pushing each other and laughing. I want this product.
That was the stupidest thing... Why is it fucking huge, too? Dammit, I hate the way the gaming industry uses women. And by gaming industry, I mean shitty little companies desperately trying to drum up interest in their shitty products. Fuck it.
That was the stupidest thing... Why is it fucking huge, too? Dammit, I hate the way the gaming industry uses women. And by gaming industry, I mean shitty little companies desperately trying to drum up interest in their shitty products. Fuck it.
um Ms Bennes, I happen to know chicks LOVE the shaft.... even more so than being objectified.... Now with a woman president, the days of burning your bra are over... relax, sit back and let it happen, you know you want it
PS: the video is not running, Im using Opera browser, is that an issue?
PS: the video is not running, Im using Opera browser, is that an issue?
Do I have to be female? I can deal with the sex stuff, but putting together a piece of crap commercial like that and thinking it can be effective is just stupid...
While I have no experience using either, I'm sure the Hori stick is vastly superior, even without innuendos.
Just another lame gaming commercial, really...anything to be "infuriated" about? Come on, Colette. A couple of Dtoiders overstated the "sex appeal" attempt--yeah, the girl took off her shirt...to reveal a SPORTS BRA. WHOOOOOOAAAAAAAA, sexy. Strip away (pardon my bad pun) that part and the name of the product and it's just another "casual gamers looking stupid whilst having simulated fun" ad. Certainly nothing to get that worked up about, eh?
I will hold you to that, Colette. You may be happy to hear that I constantly carry a blunt object in my inventory, Final Fantasy style. Hopefully I'll never have to use it, but if the situation arises...
As much as the commercial sucked i guess i'll never understand why this pisses you off so much. Whenever people make fun of my demographic i laugh (especially when they are stereotyping something about me and completely miss, just like this commercial tried and failed to do for you)
What's the big deal? So it belittles you, roll with the punches. I just don't understand what is so upsetting. Yeah it might be annoying, but that's as far as i could see it going. Maybe i just need to pay more attention.
What's the big deal? So it belittles you, roll with the punches. I just don't understand what is so upsetting. Yeah it might be annoying, but that's as far as i could see it going. Maybe i just need to pay more attention.
"The Shaft: Now in tasty fruit flavors! Feel free to fellate your peripheral without fear of that horrible, 3rd party after-taste!"
I think the 'panning up over girl wearing undies' part at the beginning cemented that this was a dumb way to try selling a decent looking product. Honestly, it reminds me of the old NES Advantage. Totally retrotastic. But they'll never see my money because if they don't understand how not to be a-hole marketers, they probably don't know how not to short out the friggin' wires in their controller.
Ace move.
Ace move.
I'll start rolling with the punches when bullshit like pictures of guys jacking off on Jade Raymond's tits stop showing up in the gaming universe.
Wow a larger classic controller. There actually is a real acade stick for the Wii, forget this trash
Hmmm...I haven't seen any pictures of guys jacking off on Jade Raymond's tits. Am I not looking hard enough? I probably would not continue to visit a site where I would see such a thing. If you look around enough, there's something on the internet to offend everyone.
Also, I always find it amusing that so many male gamers all of a sudden are offended by something like that commercial when they realize (or are prompted to realize) that they *should* be by a girl gamer.
Also, I always find it amusing that so many male gamers all of a sudden are offended by something like that commercial when they realize (or are prompted to realize) that they *should* be by a girl gamer.
I mean, this commercial is obviously crappy and sexist, but it does seem like there is a little bit excessive indignation here. I mean, this is definitely not comparable to "guys jacking of on Jade Raymond's tits". Just seems like a shabby company trying to sell a shabby product in a shabby way. Nothing worth sowing your vagina shut for.
I'm with collette on this one. no freaking wonder its hard to find a girlfriend who games, bull shit like this keeps them in hiding. Oh well, as long as we have guys with the mindset of a gr.7, we'll have things like this. Now everybody jiggle your joysticks!
That's partially my point Colette. You're applying the reaction from Ron's stupid comic to this commercial when they are nowhere near the same level. This commercial was lame, but your reaction to it seemed way overboard IMO.
Yeah I can't see the big deal either. Its no different from the millions of other ads out there that target all demographics of consumers IMO.
You watch and ad for laundry detergent without having girls plastered all over the place on TV these days...
You watch and ad for laundry detergent without having girls plastered all over the place on TV these days...
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