Kevin Butler, the persona behind one of PlayStation’s rare successful advertising campaigns, has jumped ship and is advertising the Nintendo Wii. - PSLS
Kevin Butler's advertising campaign did many things right, from properly advertising the products at hand to poking a bit of fun at not only other companies, but Sony themselves, but most importantly, he advocated for a rare but key belief: Unity amongst gamers.
Commercials that actually made my day when I saw a new one release. Who the hell ANTICIPATES and is happy to see ads excitedly? Anyone, who loves Kevin Butler.
-sees MAG in the distance-
The feels...........the feels are all coming back :[
Digibytes writer Christopher Pascarelli, takes look into the Sony Playstation 3 Kevin butler ads, or the dear Playstation ads, and why they are so successful
I think the "Wii would like to play" ads were, by far, the best advertisements the industry has created. It was just the perfect messaging for Nintendo to reach out to that new demographic of "everyone else in the world." Looking at Nintendo's current advertisements for the WiiU (which I didn't even know existed until I saw one on Youtube) it's really hard to understand how they went from one of the best campaigns to... crap in just a few years.
Beyond that, the only other older ads that really stick in my mind are those that were specific to games. I remember always getting excited when the ad for Final Fantasy X would be on TV, but these days--aside from the odd COD or Halo--it doesn't seem like individual games get that much advertising outside the Internet.
Sony has settled its dispute with Kevin Butler actor Jerry Lambert over is appearance in a Bridgestone tyre advert.
"and he admitted confusion was created in the minds of some consumers who believed he was playing Kevin Butler in the Bridgestone ads."
Gee, I wonder why...
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So will he be back to Sony for the PS4 marketing
I say bring him back and make an advert taking the mic out of all this.....laugh it off
Thank goodness! Now I can finally get some good sleep tonight.
Unless, of course, there's a "Kevin Butler is Doomed" article on the horizon...
So that's where he's been.
Edit: Hahahaha, awesome picture!
:'(
Kevin Butler why?
:(
good commercial tho, as always with him
I wonder how much they paid him.
Now I want him in PS all stars so I can take him down.