lol. i'd like to see an Australian one as well, now that you mention it.

joelface

@PapaBear434:

[www.joystiq.com]

Bite me.

muppetsausages

LAWL!

This one would work so well in any language. Heck, I'd love to see an Australian ad the same as this.

Sabre_Justice

Okay, so here's the rankings for Sony's best marketing campaigns

1. Japan
2. North America
3. Europe (Did you see the one with the poodle? Good.)

e_rich

@Rondogg: Different strokes...

There are better than half a dozen successful racing franchises out there. Don't like it, don't buy it. Play something else and get over yourself.

O-Z

That face of the salesman was the best thing I've seen all week.

Youlikeyams

@muu: uhh...thank. I guess. I'll take your word for it. Not like I'm going to Japan anytime soon.

Netnavi

Great, but instead of showing it on a $3000.00 1080p Bravia, why don't they be honest and show it on a 32" Vizio, since that is more likely to duplicate the "in-home" experience for most consumers.

bornonce

GEIMMU?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!

JeffPaine

@Iberianpower: OR..you can just make a japanese account maybe? Then you can download hot shots 5 too and others... anyway...yeah Im not really judging the entire game, just in my opinon ive never really enjoyed the series, and if I had to back down a few notches Id say, I liked the forza 2 demo a lot better than I like this one!

JesseLacey

I have that TV, the Bravia XBR4. I don't know about the PS3, but the 360 looks great on it. Cute commercial too.

onrampofframp

which one is the mother?

Torokun

@Rondogg:
Sorry for the double post, but oh god, I know what you mean. I've been wanting to play GT4, but everytime I do, I just never feel like doing any of the license tests.

I just want to have fun with racing the cars, but the tests make you tediously work for it. I hope that they'll make it optional this time around.

Mikolai

@Witzbold:
Imagine how blown away he will be when displayed on an LCD HDTV with 120Hz... ;)

Actually, I don't think I've ever seen a game on 120Hz HDTVs. I'd love to see how it looks...

Seeing Ghost Rider and Planet Earth playing on those TVs are like being in the movies (everything was super smooth, like watching everything happen in front of you). I'd imagine the gaming experience would be so much more vivid as well. Especially for a game like GT5, where it boasts about the in-game graphics.

Mikolai

Great..

More hours wasted passing rediculous 'License' Tests and putting around with 80hp cars to EARN the right to have fun in a game you just paid $60 for..

Rondogg

I just got back from Japan. This commercial, along with a few other PS3 ads were regularly airing. This one cracks me up though...the sales dude just popping up and the dad's expression. HA!

sascha23

@ashcraft:

Touchy touchy.

OtisElevator

My parents thought NFL2K1 was a live football game on TV.

Dreamcast > PS3

D00mM4r1n3

The thing about that ad is that it is actually true! My parents have reacted the same way to previous GT games (GT 4), but in HD it looks even better.

reddevil

@JesseLacey: keep in mind you just compared a demo to a full released game.

OniMirage

Now if they'd only get ads right over here. It's nice to see they finally advertise it as a games console though.

Winterbringer

Good advertising, sooooooooo getting this game (the king of racing simulation.)

Streeks1984

Why's dad always the dummy? Why can't Mom be all "That's one of them VIDEO GAMES?! HOLY COW!"

At least bad commercials and Bill Cosby's comedy are apparently timeless. Poor Dad...

The Gorgon's Gaze

That was a perfect thing to wake up to after dreaming I was back in Japan. Except in my dream, before I could get on the train to Shin-Osaka, an attendant lady was standing in the doorway, asking for more money. I tried to explain that I had bought a ticket and put it through the machine. She then took my ticket and left. I knew I'd get stopped on the way out of the station since I had no ticket, but it was cool because I was in Japan again.

kidko

@JesseLacey:

Funny ,specially when nobody can download this until thursday .Are you sure you arent ,you know ,just a Xtroll ?

Iberianpower

I always found it funny how japanese anime was always better acted than any of the dramas or comedies I watched. Of course, to get the utter cheesy effect, you have to watch korean dramas dubbed in japanese for the win.

sj4iy

@Capt-Fury-: Forza is a driving simulator.

Sony that's how to advertise. Simple, get to the point, nothing weird.

Kinburn

@muppetsausages:

Uncanny Valley refers to PEOPLE. Not cars, buildings, or other inanimate objects.

Quite annoying when people try to toss that out every time they want to sound insightful, when they really don't even know what the hell it means.

PapaBear434

Haha, that commercial is awesome.

hansamurai

HiVision FTW

joebobo3500

lol I can totally relate. My dad's face was just like that when he saw GT4. He couldn't believe it was a game.

Goldwings

@JesseLacey:

You can't compare Gran Turismo and Forza...one is a driving simulator the other is an Arcade racer....

Capt-Fury-

@Netnavi: Uhh, no. They don't.

BTW, congratulations to Japanese PS3 owners for having to wait till Christmas for online multiplayer, and GJ to Polyphony for actually taking it off their website instead of backhandedly replacing it like Sony, lol!

muu

Besides Metal Gear Solid 4 & Final Fantasy XIII, I found another reason to want to get a PS3....

GuyinGA

@muppetsausages: Yes, the car in my living-room will be repulsed by the just-less-than-real car models...

MrSoursop

Oh man I want to visit Japan soo much! I'm willing to bet it's not that overacted as we think. Some Spanish soap operas seem overacted until you go to a family get together and hear all the aunts and uncles play their salsa music loud and get into arguments over stupid crap. I imagine this is a universal thing (cept fro the salsa music)

I wonder if Japanese people actually talk like that when they are surprised. GAME!!!???!!! *boooiiiinnng* So funny.

Netnavi

Reminds me of my Dad when i was playing CoD4

Ruisu

hahha I lol'ed.

Reminds me of when my Mum saw G-Police way back when I got it for PC. Still maintains it was the best looking game.

muscrat_01

@Elixir:

Close.

It's "Praystayshon sree".

GET IT RIGHT DAMMNIT!

:p

BD

If Sony can make more of these ads over here and less of the 'ooh! PSP! mind if I stand over your shoulder and drool all over it?' ads, I wouldn't mind. Infact I'd prefer it.

DarkTetsuya

when my mom saw me play HL2 and doom3 she was quite impressed with the looks and atmosphere too
She thought it was animated movie at first

Spds

@Elixir:

More like plair-stair-shong sree.

Zero_

that xbr4 looks really good. i want one. gt5 also looks good, but on a tv like that what wouldn't look amazing? please exclude the gameplay vid for time crisis.

saruxiii

Interesting, but not as good as the all-doing, godly octopus PS3 depicted in previous ads. *sigh* why did Sony let them go?

DigiMish

I'm starting to like these new ads Sony Japan have been cooking up lately. Now if only they can do the same over here instead of the "shock and awe" tactic they are trying to pull with their commercials.

Zharay

The same thing happend with my dad... I was playing the demo thingy for GT and my dads like wow thats cool how the camera follows the car like that. I said its a game.
he couldn't believe it. Then again he hasn't ever played a game or rather turned on a computer in his life. A very simple guy.

Allcars

more revelatory than the coming of christ....

giant_historical_crabs

Playstayshon sree.

Elixir

Woah. Got this one right! 0.0

ミスター X

So they have "clueless dad" style commercials in Japan too. I wonder if every culture in the world does this.

HateFate

@ssjmichael: No you dont want to live here. Its expensive and crowded.

Oh wait so is NYC. ;D

----

Yeah that commercial is totally the average reaction of somebody who knows little to nothing about games. My father was impressed by GT4, I can only imagine what he will say if he saw a demo of GT5 running.

Witzbold

Cute ad.

Gotta say I'm much more a fan of the Japanese game ads over their American counterparts these days.

weasl

I lovee this commercial I think it's perfect. It totally gets you wanting to see the game yourself and it's basically the same reaction that many people will no doubt have. It's funny too.

I wanna live in Japan so bad :(..BAshcraft wanna trade locations? NYC is nice :)

ssjmichael

@ashcraft: Zing!

But in all seriousness, I do like this commercial a lot. It makes sense to market related Sony products based on their best abilities; Bravia TVs for their clarity, PS3's for the graphics and so on and so forth.

Kiriphii

Dad looks so sad he doesn't get to buy a new car.

cactaur

I wasn't paying attetion, to focused on that pretty white PS3.

Aflack

@JesseLacey: Wait for the complete game to come out, then you can properly judge which is better.

Shijirou

Tuck and roll, grandma! Tuck and roll!

durrem

'GAME!?'

I like this one better than the one posted earlier. More universal.

shiwasu

Good ol' corny Japanese ads. What's not to love?

GLaDOS

BOY-OY-YING!

V1L3

You know, something just like this happened to me earlier where my mother thought I was watching a movie instead of playing Uncharted. When I told her I thought the guy was hot, she agreed and asked what actor he was. Things like this are amusing, go Sony~!

Though let me add that the sales clerk was kinda creepy... <<;;

Kanashimi

Man why is it all the good ads i see are in japanese, *feels left out*. That japanese dad is priceless. I always figured it was easy for racing games to look real, not a lot of processing or scenery or explosions to hog resources right?

fun times with the japanese. fun times.

K-Squad

That was a pretty good add.

Witzbold

That was an excellent ad! Proof positive that the "advertising art of the 80s" isn't entirely dead. Did anyone else feel that? I was taken back to 1985 -- just with way better graphics. Hopefully we'll get something similar over here in the United States.

Sloopydrew

@vecha:

Apparently! But yeah, Back on topic. That works. I hope they don't end up over pricing this because honestly it doesnt' really cost 40. Around 20 or something. BUt yeah either way i might be a sucker and buy it.

shindokie

So the japanese best buy employees are creepy and chime in just like I do at hilarious moments when an old fogey gets something wrong?

wish i could have that guys enthusiasm about the pstriple though.

manjikengo

Toot toot, all aboard. First stop: Uncanny valley.

muppetsausages

@Lrr:

is it so hard to type JAPANESE?

vecha

@Lrr:
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUMB???!!!?! lrr comments, so vapid.

ashcraft

very good spot
funny too

Yoko_Yasha

Ive downloaded and played the demo - and imo doesnt stack up against Forza 2 very well..

JesseLacey

GHEHMMMM???!!!?! jap commercials, so silly.

Lrr

I thought it was kinda lame, but it's a good point GT5 does look real as hell.

ticalmc2k2

That is a good spot. I've already had something like that happen when I was playing NBA 2k8. My father in law thought I was watching a game.

DigitalHero