Nigerian Government Demands Sony Apologize for PS3 Ad

[Zersy]

Nigeria should grow up.

 

[RelexCryo]

Why should they check their speech?

It's a RPG term. When you try to use speech to convince a NPC to do something, you have a speech check (Actually, any skill based challenge has a skill check appropriate to the challenge.)

Lets say you want to convice the King to let you sleep with his Daughter, his Wife, and the woman he is cheating on his wife with. You would need a speech check.

 

[rprince]

Maybe the Nigerian should stop making complaints and make more of an effort to stop their country being the source of 411 scams?

 

[Dasher]

Oh, please.

The Nigerian government official demanding the apology is in all likelihood looking for a bribe.

Send two dozen PS3's to their offices and watch the indignation evaporate.

And good luck getting an apology out of me for that one.

 

[Chibz]

Oh noes, the tiny country of Nigeria doesn't like a commercial.

That's it, Sony is going to go under.

Yeah it's not like Nigeria is the 8th most populous country in the world or anything, or twice the size of California

Oh wait, it's both those things.

Anyway I'm not sure what to make of this. I mean yeah it was a dig but on the other hand...Nigerian Banking Scams

Also it's incredibly hard to get Sony to ever admit they fucked up. Hell when people called them on the bullshit that was "All I want for Christmas is a PSP" they said "You caught us. I guess our dialogue was too funky!"

You're right. But, Nigeria is also in Africa. And everyone knows africans are so close to death, as to be walking corpses.

Their opinion: Totally valid.

 

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[danosaurus]

It's an ad.
It incorporated a contemporary piece of humour.
It reached and connected with its intended audience.
Nigeria are now widening its reach beyond the initial target market.

Advertising - Sony's doing it right.

 

[Citrus]

Just saw this commercial on TV, and it looks like Sony changed it.

"You can't believe everything you read on the internet; that's how World War I was started."

Oh for the love of God.

Now all the veterans are gonna get in a fuss. Although, I would think that the elderly market is infitesmally smaller than the entire Nigerian market. Hm, we'll just have to see.

I'm fairly certain that anybody who was in World War I has died by now. If not, they'd be around 108 years old at this point, and I doubt there'd be more than two or three of them. And I don't think Sony has to worry about two or three 108-year-old men getting upset over something like that. They're in the clear.

 

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[yosophat]

Where's the like button? I want to see Sony make another commercial addressing this issue.

 

[Antzon]

If a country gets furious because of a TV ad then what good is it. ITS Advertising!

Guess China have to sue the US for MADTV's Bobby Lee....

 

[Bernzz]

Oh my GOD! My name is Bernie!

That is all.

OT: You gotta admit, it is true. I've received several Nigerian emails in my 4 years on the internet.

 

[ReverseEngineered]

Dear Nigeria,

We're offended by ubiquitous email scams emenating from your country and the severe lack of investigation and enforcement you have dedicated to stopping these cyber conartists. We, the world, demand an official apology and want to see more done to stop this money-sucking nuisance.


Seriously, if they don't like other countries making references to Nigerian scams, maybe they should do something about stopping the scams. It's only a stereotype because it's true.

 

[tehbeard]

I loled at "it does everything".

It does not.

Does it Play 360/wii/pc exclusives?
Does it cook toast?
Does it overheat and cause a china syndrome? (not racist, wiki it fools)

 

[Delta 3 Actual]

Oh noes, the tiny country of Nigeria doesn't like a commercial.

That's it, Sony is going to go under.

'Oh noes', the ignorant American doesn't care about other smaller countries that aren't bathing in gold and don't have Nuclear weapons. People like you are the reason that the world is in deep sh*t.

And speaking of ignorant....

So I don't care about Nigeria....that makes me ignorant? I like how everyone jumped all over me trying to defend Nigeria. According to all of you, they're big boys...they can take it.

And yeah...they aren't all that important. Certainly not important enough for Sony to care whether they object to that commercial. Guess what, those Nigerian email scams exist, and poking fun at them is NOT in any way poking at Nigeria. But no, the 8TH LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD*snicker* is attempting to garner a little credit by taking Sony to task and perhaps trying to put relevance into their country.

And yeah, they don't have nuclear weapons......that's kinda a big indicator of importance in the international arena. Look at the UN Security Council, they all have nukes. Rest of the nations.....eh, not so much. Maybe a few here or there they picked up cheap from Russia or America.

So countries without nuclear weapons are unimportant? You do realize that anytime a country tries to acquire weapons, the United States stops them. So essentailly, you're telling me that America keeps other countries from being important. And no, not caring about Nigeria does not make you ignorant, not caring about them because they're not wealthy and don't have weapons of mass destruction does.

Oh noes, the tiny country of Nigeria doesn't like a commercial.

That's it, Sony is going to go under.

'Oh noes', the ignorant American doesn't care about other smaller countries that aren't bathing in gold and don't have Nuclear weapons. People like you are the reason that the world is in deep sh*t. [cliche rant]

If Nigeria has a problem with it, maybe they should be attacking scammers who use NIGERIA'S NAME, in order to proliferate their schemes. This has nothing to do with America, as Sony is a Japanese company....dar. Oh yay, another non-American tossing the 'America's Evil' card. Bet you stayed up all night thinking that one up right?

Because Nigeria is known for having the world's largest internet police right? The scammers claiming to be from Nigeria are infact American, so if they were to attack the scammers, they would be attacking us. We leads me to my next point, I am an American. I just don't like my ignorant countrymen who give off the "Americans-are-stupid-and-ignorant" stero-type.

 

[clericwithnolife31]

the true response is..... bomb nigeria?

 

[Delta 3 Actual]

Because Nigeria is known for having the world's largest internet police right? The scammers claiming to be from Nigeria are infact American, so if they were to attack the scammers, they would be attacking us. We leads me to my next point, I am an American. I just don't like my ignorant countrymen who give off the "Americans-are-stupid-and-ignorant" stero-type.

Your point is worthless, Sony is a Japanese company, not American. And taking the oh poor Nigeria route, isn't going to fly with me. Every country has it's problems, and it's their responsibility to take action against it. Period. If they don't _like_ the use of their name, in such schemes...they should be doing more to stop it. Period. Otherwise, roll over and turn a blind eye, just as they've been doing up until someone made a joke about it (a Japanese company...made a joke about it). But, yeah, by all means, throw the America's evil card, you'll get a great response and welcome from these forums for it.

Truth be told, I don't really care about Sony's Nigeria joke, its the responses on this forum that disturbs me. The lack of empathy for "poor Nigeria" is offensive because it shows how incredibly self-centered America's youth is. As Americans, we should be helping the people of the world not ignoring them because they're the 8th largest country or because they don't have a lot of money or weapons of mass destruction. I find it depressing that this new generation cares nothing about the other people of the world, and I do not look forward to elections two or three decades from now.