PS3 pretends to be a 360 . . . Again!

[doobiwan]

http://kotaku.com/gaming/with-stupid/pgr-used-in-ps3-promotion-again-261190.php

Remember when Xbox 360 game PGR3 was used to promote PS3 title Gran Turismo? Boy, that was embarrassing! Hate to have something like that happen again. And somebody to get in trouble, too? Horrible. Thank car manufacturer Kia, because it has happened again. The automobile company's Spanish website is running a promotion the compares driving a Kia to driving a Ferrari Enzo on the PS3. (Ha!) Thing is, the license plate clearly says PGR on it — That's an exclusive Xbox 360 game, published by Microsoft even. When will they ever learn? Not before somebody can pull a hat trick, I hope!

 

[useless]

Doobi is having a great week...

 

[Toxin]

Waaaayyy too good.

 

[lord_spaceman]

What do all the PS3 fanboi's have to say about this eh?

 

[LCBXX]

What do all the PS3 fanboi's have to say about this eh?

Uhm....Everybody makes mistakes?

 

[useless]

First time yeah, but for a 2nd time its just on purpose!

 

[Retro]

What do all the PS3 fanboi's have to say about this eh?

What does this have to do with PS3 fanboys??? It's the car company that made the mistake, so you should be asking, what does all the KIA fanboys have to say about this.

 

[GavinMannion]

Yeah I think it was Kia's fault as well, however it is still Sony with egg on the face.

 

[Gatecrasher]

Eish, some of these threads are incredibly childish.

Just think how much better driving that Enzo would have been had they actually used a ps3?

 

[lord_spaceman]

ahem. Clearly the PS3 fanboi's don't know what to say. : )

 

[Retro]

ahem. Clearly the PS3 fanboi's don't know what to say. : )

*sigh* Once again, what does this have to do with PS3 fanboys???

 

[doobiwan]

Kia are obviously Sony fanboys, but their PR company are 360 fanboys

 

[useless]

rofl... is it braai-the-ps3-fanboi time today?

 

[brevity]

could people stop saying fanboi
can't you all be spellingboys instead
or greenpeaceboys
or I've-actually-got-own-opinion-boys
Catch the drift

 

[Toxin]

could people stop saying fanboi
can't you all be spellingboys instead
or greenpeaceboys
or I've-actually-got-own-opinion-boys
Catch the drift

Now I ask you...... where's the fun in that? And in anycase, l337 rUl3z0rZ n00Bb01!!!one

 

[doobiwan]

. . . And again. I'll spare the new thread

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/18/seriously-project-gotham-racing-3-is-not-a-ps3-game/

Alright, this is getting ridiculous. For the third time in almost as many months, a sports model from Project Gotham Racing 3 has becoming an unwitting spokesmodel for Sony's PlayStation 3. Having already been mistaken for Gran Turismo HD and used to promote the PS3 in a KIA ad, Microsoft's exotic car racer now finds itself inside Dutch magazine, Mediamarkt, as posted in the Bizarre Creations forums. The depicted Saleen has likely been in those pages before... just not in an article discussing the PlayStation 3's future.

Is this indicative of some deeply rooted desire for a multiplatform excursion for the series? Perhaps it's some subtle commentary on the lack of distinguishing features in the racing genre? We'll ponder these questions and more once we've finished our race in the Forizmo demo. Or whatever.