PS3 internet ad banned
Copy "could be seen to condone or glamorise violence or anti-social behaviour"An advertisement for the PlayStation 3, which prompted several complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority, has been banned by the watchdog.
The ad, which featured a character called Kovac holding a knife and a gun, contained text which read "You on my side? Listen up I've killed for less, the music plays Puccini in my head."
The complaints protested that the images, taken together with the text, sent out an inappropriate message to young people.
Read the full article here...Phil Elliot
August 8, 2007
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GamesIndustry.biz