PlayStation Portable Graffiti?
December 28, 2005 5:46 AM   Subscribe

Art or commerce? Sony PSP ads make the news, and not in a good way. As seen in Wired, and the odd PSP Blog. Inspired by The Philadelphia Inquirer.
posted by fixedgear (13 comments total)

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posted by furtive at 5:48 AM on December 28, 2005


D'oh! Please remove this double, thanks.
posted by fixedgear at 5:50 AM on December 28, 2005


I saw a similar thing in Italy 4 years ago. Stenciled Nike swooshes all over the city including many ancient buildings/churches.

A black swoosh in Pompeii. Awful.
posted by jammed at 6:27 AM on December 28, 2005


Portable nut!
posted by mikeh at 6:53 AM on December 28, 2005


Maybe they can hire thugs to kill people who use the products of their competitors... and leave their graffiti-covered corpses in the playgrounds of day care centers and elementary schools.
posted by Witty at 7:12 AM on December 28, 2005


look at this They cover up a pretty impressive mark with a bunch of those stencils.
posted by delmoi at 7:19 AM on December 28, 2005


Habitforming's photostream is pretty cool, IMO.
posted by delmoi at 7:26 AM on December 28, 2005


I used to love graffiti, at least the good graffiti. But now I think differently. I agree with Guiliani, graffiti suggests lawlessness. Our neighbors empty buildings have become a target for graffiti. It's not pretty, nor does it make me feel any safer knowing that someone can go undetected for hours and undeterred to deface someone's property.

It made me realize that someone looks in my car everynight, checks to see if our basement door is locked, looks in our windows, etc. Yes, it's reality, but a new attitude in our area and I don't like it.
posted by tomplus2 at 7:36 AM on December 28, 2005


Portable nut!

I thought this might be about those commercials, which are very funny. "Whaaaaat?"

The little fuzzball things that sound like Cheech are a laugh as well.

"PSP...hells yeah."
posted by First Post at 8:05 AM on December 28, 2005


I've been considering getting a PSP, and I swear Sony's marketing for it has to be among the worst I've ever seen, anywhere. Outside of this graffiti fiasco, I haven't seen any advertising for it. And when I go to a store to try one out (call me a fool for wanting to actually hold it before buying it), they don't have any demo PSPs.

Sad, because everything I've read about it says it is a really impressive device.
posted by QuestionableSwami at 8:47 AM on December 28, 2005


2005 might be known as the year Sony jumped the shark.
posted by clevershark at 8:49 AM on December 28, 2005


A really impressive device, QuestionableSwami, but a not-so-impressive gaming experience. Unless you're into crappy ports of games that are better played on your big ol' teevee.
posted by we3bus at 9:27 AM on December 28, 2005


I found a bunch of these PSP stickers all over my neighborhood, probably to shill at the middle school across the street. After gathering up all the discarded sticker backings, I sent 'em to Sony Computer Entertainment America. No response yet, but I did get something from an email I popped off:

Hello Adam,

Thank you for writing us.

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has launched a street art advertising campaign as an
innovative way to engage consumers while showing the icon status of the PSP(TM) portable
entertainment system.

The various elements of the campaign, including 'street art' style outdoor executions, are designed
to reach a segment of our audience, the urban nomad - consumers who are enjoying their entertainment
on the go in an artistic and creative way.

We can assure you that this is not illegal street art advertising. The wall space, billboards, bus
shelters, etc. are all legally purchased media spaces. This street advertising was just an art style
that we chose to facilitate our message. The owners of the advertising space may decide to take
down the street advertising campaign when the space is re-purchased, or at their discretion, or in
some instances the street art may remain.

If you have further questions regarding this message, please refer to your email case
number:XXXXXXX.

Michael J.
Multimedia CSR
Sony Computer Entertainment America
Consumer Services Department


I shot back a response saying that, no, this was litter, and I'm pretty sure the city didn't give Sony permission to dump their crap on my street. Got another response saying they'll inform someone. All the more reason to buy a Nintendo DS instead of a PSP.
posted by RakDaddy at 9:50 AM on December 28, 2005


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