Gamestation Defends "Sexist" Ad

[zidine100]

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[TheDrunkNinja]

I equate this with any other "Take my wife" joke that I have heard over my twenty year period on this earth. This jokey attitude is a norm, however unfortunate it may seem, and I don't condemn people who are just following norms that they and everyone else have lived with their entire lives.

You really should. Change doesn't happen in a vaccuum.

If change should happen, it should be the society that changes. So if the blame should go anywhere, guess where it will do the most good. We need to keep ourselves in check on this kind of shit instead of pointing fingers and cursing like a bunch of hypocrites. Point out the problem, state your opinion, live as an example. Don't set the dogs of war loose on them.

 

[Korne]

I'm all against any kind of discrimination... but seriously, the girl needs to get over. That would like me getting mad if a movie had the slogan, "Edward is better than your boyfriend" and me getting offended by it because I like movies. And it's a joke anyway.

She has a point though if she was sexually discrimatory towards a man in her job she would be fired so why is the advertisment section allowed. Double standards ftl.

I don't really think this is discriminatory towards women. It just sounds like someone getting mad so they can get attention.

 

[ReiverCorrupter]

I feel like if your going to make something openly offensive, you should at least make it so witty as to make up for the fact. This is not witty. This is really a rather bland and insipid cliche. The kind you'd hear from that one blond guy from Office Space.

 

[Venereus]

I hate feminazis that don't get what feminism is really about...

 

[Dr. Crawver]

you're canadian (I actually looked up you're profile this time), so don't assume your interpretation is better than those of british citizens of a british company. I don't know how the slang works in your country, but here it's a very viable thing to complain about. I've seen a few canadians say it's a cost thing, not a sexist remark, so I think you're missing something, as brit slang is quite different

Actually, this is rather plain english. They're saying that it costs less overall to buy the game then it does to take a girl/woman/whatever on one, or more dates.

The most you could really accuse them of is being overly conservative. The idea of the man paying the whole way, really. Who does that?

what kind of excuse is that? I haven't seen any of the ads you mentioned, but I'll assume they exist, and they're wrong too. The only difference is women have been in an inferior position for centuries, and this will undoubtedly hit a chord with some (don't forget, there are people who will even remember when feminist activists killed themselves to get rights, the scars are still very visible)

So you're saying that women are either inferior and need to defend themselves from every POSSIBLE slight, or have an inferiority complex? Who's the sexist now?

It's plain english to you, but you miss the indiums, every country has them, and just because you can't see them doesn't mean they don't exist, it more means you're not part of that culture, and as such will be incapable of seeing the double meaning. Seriously, this has a very strong meaning over here. calling someone cheap is near on par of calling them a whore, you may not see it, but then the add is not in your country, is it?

And no, I'm a feminist myself, and once again, it's stronger in its' meaning than you seem to recognise, and no, women are different, there's a whole range, but it's not right to prey on some as this ad does

 

[Dr. Crawver]

no, I accuse you of not understanding the slang involved. It must not mean it in canada (I mean seriously, it's the canadians here who aren't seeing it), but I am british, and I can tell you that it is far too easy to be taken as your girlfriend being "easy" or a whore. It's slang, and they chose their words knowing full well what it can mean. It's a british add, so I'm not surprised you missed it, but trust me, this isn't harmless

I checked the first page of replies, and you're right. O_O

I guess this means that Canadians have cleaner minds...?

Anyways, I'll take your word for it, although I'm not convinced it wasn't just a failure in communication.

finally, one who accepts a lack of dialect understanding. I also feel we have to take a hard line on discrimination, make sure they are more careful in the future if it does happen to be an innocent mistake

 

[Eijarel]

I see no sexism, only cold, hard facts...

 

[Merkavar]

i dont see the problem with this ad?

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I'm all against any kind of discrimination... but seriously, the girl needs to get over. That would like me getting mad if a movie had the slogan, "Edward is better than your boyfriend" and me getting offended by it because I like movies. And it's a joke anyway.

She has a point though if she was sexually discrimatory towards a man in her job she would be fired so why is the advertisment section allowed. Double standards ftl.

I don't really think this is discriminatory towards women. It just sounds like someone getting mad so they can get attention.

Oh so the minute a woman gets offended by somthing its her being an attention whore? :/ Sorry that excuse is kind of wearing thin. It suggests that women aren't welcome to be a part of the gaming industry and even the guy defending it has confirmed that 'women are the minority so we can treat them how we want.' That seems sexist to me.

 

[Dr. Crawver]

i dont see the problem with this ad?

it uses british slang, saying someone is cheap is saying they're a whore, and as such has an intentional double meaning that was bound to cause offence

 

[Stuntkid]

Freakin' idiots. That's why I hate people so much, yes I do hate people and you should too.

Way ahead of ya. I follow Murphy's Law: Friends come and go but enemies accumilate. Also: It is morally wrong to let suckers keep their money.

I'm joking, I'm joking! But for the record The people who doesn't have Black Ops yet isn't going to buy it. And the people who want Black Ops, most likely have it by now. So no harm done.

 

[DanDeFool]

***** please. Beside the fact girls can have girlfriends, would she be upset at an ad that says "cheaper than your boyfriend"? Didn't think so.

This wins the internet.

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[TehKnifeh]

She doesn't even understand the ad, it's not saying girls are cheap, it's saying they're expensive, and buying that game at that price is less expensive than your girlfriend. So she just fulfilled another stereotype in my own eyes.

Got to this post and concluded that it pretty much sums up my thoughts! Good job squire!

 

[Cenequus]

Dunno why people are bitching about it. It's an add for COD what we're you expecting. It's for man-children and their "funny" make me a sammich jokes.

 

[OutforEC]

i dont see the problem with this ad?

it uses british slang, saying someone is cheap is saying they're a whore, and as such has an intentional double meaning that was bound to cause offence

Interesting view on the topic. Of course, a cursory glance at your avatar could be misinterpreted as someone in blackface, a racist caricature of African-Americans. Would you be able to defend your own interpretation of your avatar yet still be able to turn around and decry someone else's interpretation of this ad? I wonder...

 

[MarsProbe]

Ah Gamestation, your marketing so often manages to be backward and juvenile, trying to drag us all back into some rather embarrassing dark age of gaming we'd rather leave behind.

This reminds me of a Gamestation brochure, in which a speech bubble coming out of the mouth of a grinning nutjob of an employee claimed that he played the game "until his eyes bled". Really, did you? Is that even possible? And if so, how long did it take?

Also, for those saying that the employee missed the point of the ad. Well, you could say the ad was stating that Black Ops is cheaper than having to spend money on a girlfriend, but really, that would just be naive. It's blindingly obvious what they are trying to get at with this ad. I personally wouldn't give them the benefit of the doubt that they were aiming any higher.

Also, Gamestation stores are a bit scruffy and, thanks to the type of gamers they attract, often incredibly smelly.

 

[Dr. Crawver]

i dont see the problem with this ad?

it uses british slang, saying someone is cheap is saying they're a whore, and as such has an intentional double meaning that was bound to cause offence

Interesting view on the topic. Of course, a cursory glance at your avatar could be misinterpreted as someone in blackface, a racist caricature of African-Americans. Would you be able to defend your own interpretation of your avatar yet still be able to turn around and decry someone else's interpretation of this ad? I wonder...

well, seeing as I am black myself, I'm hardly going out of my way to put down a separate race to my own (Nigerian decendance if you're curious), so yes, I think I can thank you very much

 

[hudsonzero]

Dear Gamestation,
"Our customers love this about us."
What? No. What we love is that you're occasionally cheaper than the average Game. What we love is the no-nonsense trade-ins and preowned stuff. You're not a close friend or valuable business partner, you're a distributor. If somewhere else sold the games for cheaper, we'd all go there, no matter how "edgy" you are.
This? This is just childish.

have you tried granger games?

 

[Dr. Crawver]

Ah Gamestation, your marketing so often manages to be backward and juvenile, trying to drag us all back into some rather embarrassing dark age of gaming we'd rather leave behind.

This reminds me of a Gamestation brochure, in which a speech bubble coming out of the mouth of a grinning nutjob of an employee claimed that he played the game "until his eyes bled". Really, did you? Is that even possible? And if so, how long did it take?

Also, for those saying that the employee missed the point of the ad. Well, you could say the ad was stating that Black Ops is cheaper than having to spend money on a girlfriend, but really, that would just be naive. It's blindingly obvious what they are trying to get at with this ad. I personally wouldn't give them the benefit of the doubt.

Also, Gamestation stores are a bit scruffy and, thanks to the type of gamers they attract, often incredibly smelly.

hi five for actually understanding the demographic it's aimed at