Say There, Is That An Awkward Product Placement Starring A PS Vita?

8 responses to “Say There, Is That An Awkward Product Placement Starring A PS Vita?”

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   tarinedier

   March 14, 2013 at 6:47 am

   I like this type of advertising – it is nothing more than a slight diversion and it at least involves the characters we are interested in watching; preferable to a jarring ad break that destroys immersion and sets an artificial structure for the episode to fit in around.

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   badger

   March 14, 2013 at 8:20 am

   This sort of thing is showing up more these days, but it’s not really new. There’s a reason soapies are called soapies.

   White Collar has some pretty overt product placement.

   *cut to random car scene, an orange light turns on*
   “What’s that?”
   “Oh, that’s my new Ford’s blind spot indicator. It lets me know there’s someone in my blind spot.”
   “Nice”
   *end scene*

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3. 

   jimu

   March 14, 2013 at 9:25 am

   Wow.

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4. 

   nicolii

   March 14, 2013 at 9:26 am

   This is a little bit hard to understand without the context of the earlier episodes, that part of the conversation actually fits quite well with his character and isn’t out of place.

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5. 

   shackas

   March 14, 2013 at 9:43 am

   Yeah watching this scene on it’s own is a little awkward, but seeing the previous episodes you understand why this moment happened and what it means. It’s actually not about the Vita at all. Amazing show by the way.

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6. 

   single_malt

   March 14, 2013 at 9:59 am

   To give some context, Kevin Spacey’s character in the series is a gamer, often playing at night to unwind after a tough day in office – this is featured in several scenes in the series.
   Personally I think they seem to be pretty democratic about the devices used in the series – they features Macs, iPhones, Blackberries and Dells to name a few.

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   nicolii

   March 14, 2013 at 10:22 am

   It’s a brilliant show, but I can’t remember it having the awful Windows 8 plug that every other show seems to have had, where they show the metro UI being used for about 3 seconds with no reason for doing so.

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8. 

   michael_debyl

   March 14, 2013 at 10:41 am

   Say there, is that an awkward phrasing of the title.

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