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Hey, Whatever Happened to Marcus, the PSP Mascot?

Marcus still anchors the front of Sony's official PSP page. But he hasn't done a commercial for the device in six months.

saint_john_paul_ii5212d ago

those commericals didnt do well. they sucked acutally. they cant be compared to those KB commericals either. KB's humor is what gets people to look at those commercials.

Hopefully sony does a better job handheld commercials during NGP's Pre-launch and Post-Launch, as this handheld is the successor to the PSP.

ATiElite5212d ago

I actually liked marcus. thought he was funny. I just think they got a hold of Marcus when the PSP was already DOA!!

hopefully Marcus will be back right at the beginning of the NGP when it comes out.

Get Ya Game Up!! Bitches!!

Fred-G-Sanford5212d ago

With the amount of piracy going on with the PSP, Sony should just start making commercials that say "Buy a PSP and get all of its games for free!!". lol

AAACE55212d ago

What ever happened to Marcus?

They realized he was a stereotypical insult who didn't help boost sales!

Everytime I watched a PSP commercial, I felt offended! Why can't they get normal african american people to do ads? Seems like they always put the stereotype on tv. I hate it cause people always expect to see the image from tv when they meet you.

Nitrowolf25212d ago

Yup, i think part of the reason is also NGP coming out and all, and i am betting the first few commercial of arcus Sony wanted to see how much of an impact they had on sales which prob. wasn't so good, thus the reason for them stopping.

BX815212d ago

Hells yeah. I thought the lil bastard was annoying as hell. I like him in the movie roll models!

Focker4205212d ago

Hated the Marcus ads. I thought he was a snotty little twerp.

RankFTW5212d ago

Yeah pretty much sums it up.

Spitfire_Riggz5212d ago

Hes always seemed like that. Thats why no one likes those commercials hes annoying actually

ATiElite5212d ago

Most nine year old kids walking around with $300 worth of electronics on them ARE snotty little twerps.

karl5212d ago

i agree with saint...

that was a big mistake.. they were lucky it didnt backfire that much

that kid was just a huge stereotype... he was just weird...

Theonik5211d ago (Edited 5211d ago )

The entire PSP campaign in the US was retarded actually.
Hey, i'm playing nut!
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Xilef5211d ago

Who the f**k came up with that video

Theonik5211d ago

SCEA's Marketing department. Egoraptor actually made a parody of this ad lol
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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Shok5212d ago

He failed. Bad marketing technique right there. Seriously, nobody cared for that kid.

Just use KB Sony.

TheGameFoxJTV5212d ago

Wasn't a bad technique, considering it's the same thing they're doing with KB. They just created a character that was just offensive and annoying.

Shok5212d ago

Ninja Feral!! Lol.

Exactly, it was the same thing they were doing with KB, except with an annoying black kid. That made the technique go bad lol.

FactofMatter5212d ago

The main reason for him leaving is to pretty much stop marketing for the psp in general.As sony plans on releasing a new handheld in the near future it would be more beneficial for forwarding potential consumers to sony's new handheld because that is there new focus. It's a trend in the indistry when ever a new generation releases the company generally stops supporting and marketing the older generations and models.

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jznrpg8d ago

Not on the US store right now which sucks

andy857d ago

Im definitely going to import it if possible. Hopefully PlayAsia will have it

jznrpg7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

@andy85 so you can get it from PlayAsia no Tarrifs but shipping is 23$ at least ,but it is an option. A little less than 50$ with shipping. I had to have it

andy857d ago

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