Sony decapitate goat at God Of War 2 Launch in UK

SirFozzie · 04-30-2007, 07:22 PM

.. and then puts it in the Official Playstation Magazine.

I thought about putting a witty title for this thread, but the truth is just too bizarre to not put in...

hxxp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=451414&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

Are they TRYING to see how far they can piss people off before they lose their jobs

Easy Mac · 04-30-2007, 07:30 PM

meh, I'd eat out of a goat's stomach to have topless girls feed me grapes.

BrianD · 04-30-2007, 07:33 PM

Killing a goat to generate interest in a game...stupid.

Topless girls used to generate interest in a game...brilliant.

adubroff · 04-30-2007, 07:37 PM

I guess Jim will need to use some other methodology to promote TCY2.

markprior22 · 04-30-2007, 07:51 PM

One of the more disgusting things I've seen considering the context. Makes me wonder just how depraved people can get...never mind...I don't really want to know.

BrianD · 04-30-2007, 07:53 PM

It amazes me that this idea made its way all the way through multiple meetings and nobody shot it down as being over the line.

SirFozzie · 04-30-2007, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianD

It amazes me that this idea made its way all the way through multiple meetings and nobody shot it down as being over the line.

And then, days/weeks later, they decided to put in the MAGAZINE! (although that's subcontracted ut to another company)

JediKooter · 04-30-2007, 08:01 PM

Considering this was from the Daily Mail...

dawgfan · 04-30-2007, 08:02 PM

I'm just stunned that this idea didn't get shot down at some point along the way.

Easy Mac · 04-30-2007, 08:07 PM

Someone should have cut that idea off at the head.

rowech · 04-30-2007, 08:09 PM

That's just about the most awful thing I've ever heard to sell something from a reputable company.

cartman · 04-30-2007, 08:22 PM

Maybe they left out the part where they later cooked cabrito on the George Foreman Grill made out of a PS3.

hxxp://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/playstation-3-converted-into-george-foreman-grill-216695.php

Easy Mac · 04-30-2007, 08:32 PM

So I wonder who will be the escape goat

sterlingice · 04-30-2007, 08:33 PM

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KWhit · 04-30-2007, 08:52 PM

I'm not a big animal lover, but that's fucking ridiculous. I really really hope Sony takes a huge PR hit over this. Dumbasses.

SFL Cat · 04-30-2007, 09:15 PM

One of the more vile promotions I've ever heard about. I'm no animal rights wacko, but killing an animal simply to promote a video game is inexcusable.

*I'm almost expecting someone to come out with news that it was all a hoax*

JW · 04-30-2007, 09:28 PM

Sony has now apologized. After the publicity I guess.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...src=rss&rpc=22

Buccaneer · 04-30-2007, 09:55 PM

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In its mea culpa, Sony said: "We recognize that the use of a dead goat was in poor taste and fell below the high standards of conduct we set ourselves."

The company said it has launched an internal inquiry into the circumstances of the event and that it will put measures in place to make sure it does not happen again.

Typical PR flak BS. How can they launch an "internal inquiry" when it was an internal process that came up with this? There is a book in the Business section of the bookstore/library that has scripted PR/Spokesperson/Executive responses to many events that come up, both to the public and to employees.

Young Drachma · 04-30-2007, 09:57 PM

bullshit idea. Morons.

JPhillips · 04-30-2007, 10:17 PM

Makes me feel stupid for fucking a goat just for the fun of it.

Anthony · 04-30-2007, 10:30 PM

i approve.

just because it's an animal doesn't mean all you sissies have to get your nipples all twisted. it was a goat. not a small child. who cares. since when is it so wrong to senselessly kill a goat? i think people these days are just pre-programmed to react to certain buzz words. faggot. racial slurs. killing of animals. these all evoke the same reaction from the public. like people go "oh, i'm supposed to be offended by this. i'm supposed to be outraged by this".

poppycock.

SirFozzie · 04-30-2007, 10:33 PM

Let's see, does Hell Atlantic pre-programmed to react to the buzzwords "Welcome to my Ignore List, you ignorant plonker?"

AZSpeechCoach · 04-30-2007, 10:42 PM

The world according to HA: If it has four legs, kill it...if it has bread, sex it.

Rizon · 04-30-2007, 10:50 PM

SWERVE

Tigercat · 04-30-2007, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Makes me feel stupid for fucking a goat just for the fun of it.

No, thats for the release of the new Harvest Moon game for the Wii. You'd be amazed at what you can do with a Wii remote in that game.

st.cronin · 05-01-2007, 12:36 AM

I haven't read the thread yet, but this is the best thread title I've seen in a loooooooong time.

st.cronin · 05-01-2007, 12:42 AM

Ok, I've read the thread, and that's about as crazy as you can get.

Looking forward to a decent parody thread.

14ers · 05-01-2007, 02:00 AM

Does anyone know if the goat was killed on stage?

The article says "freshly slaughtered", does this mean the goat was alive and walked onto the stage, and then had its throat cut infron of the audience, or was the goat killed backstage, where no one could see it?

Displaying a dead goat on stage may be questionable act, but actually killing an animal on stage for the enjoyment of the audience would be crazy.

Fidatelo · 05-01-2007, 09:11 AM

I'm no Sony apologist, but I got the impression that they simply had a butcher kill a goat, and displayed the dead carcass on stage. I'm assuming that the meat was likely still used as it would normally have been. I don't think it's quite as bad as the thread title makes it out to be.

Izulde · 05-01-2007, 10:16 AM

To be more authentic, they should have slit the goat's throat onstage.

Honestly, this isn't something to be all that worked up about. I imagine the goat meat will still be used for normal purposes after this and besides, goats are slaughtered commercially every day.

Unless there's going to be a mass explosion of vegetarianism, outcry against this does seem slightly hypocritical.

Desnudo · 05-01-2007, 10:23 AM

They did not kill the goat on the stage. It sounds like they got it from a butcher. How many actually read the article, rather than just the title?

Ksyrup · 05-01-2007, 10:31 AM

Apparently there are a few too many Norwegian black metal fans at Sony.

I bet Cattle Decapitation will be all over this one.

NoMyths · 05-01-2007, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

i approve.

just because it's an animal doesn't mean all you sissies have to get your nipples all twisted. it was a goat. not a small child. who cares. since when is it so wrong to senselessly kill a goat? i think people these days are just pre-programmed to react to certain buzz words. faggot. racial slurs. killing of animals. these all evoke the same reaction from the public. like people go "oh, i'm supposed to be offended by this. i'm supposed to be outraged by this".

poppycock.

An alternate theory is that with the rise of the information age, dramatically higher numbers of people are becoming educated about why bigotry and senseless violence are bad things, the media coverage of which generates "buh-buh-but political correctness sucks!" posts from those on whom education is lost.

Fidatelo · 05-01-2007, 12:26 PM

Political Correctness does suck. Sensitivity and understanding towards things outside your personal realm of experience does not. I think there is a strong difference.

Ryan S · 05-01-2007, 12:29 PM

I am not offended at all by this, but I can't understand why Sony thought this would bring them anything but bad publicity.

Izulde · 05-01-2007, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan S

I am not offended at all by this, but I can't understand why Sony thought this would bring them anything but bad publicity.

Unless they're of the "No publicity is bad publicity" school of thought.

Ryan S · 05-01-2007, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Izulde

Unless they're of the "No publicity is bad publicity" school of thought.

Possibly. The UK sales figures must be pretty scary for Sony.

One of the UK's big video game chain stores has recently cut $50 from the price of the PS3 to shift units, and it looks like other stores are following their lead, some cutting prices and throwing in an HDMI cable.

The PS3 will not start moving in the UK until they cut another $200 off the price tag.

Neon_Chaos · 05-02-2007, 12:18 AM

What's so wrong about slitting a goat's throat? Goat stew's the best thing to go with a pitcher of beer.

Desmond · 05-02-2007, 04:27 AM

Good for Sony. The goat would of killed them if given the chance. Effin goats.

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04-30-2007, 07:30 PM	#2
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	meh, I'd eat out of a goat's stomach to have topless girls feed me grapes.

04-30-2007, 07:33 PM	#3
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Killing a goat to generate interest in a game...stupid. Topless girls used to generate interest in a game...brilliant.

04-30-2007, 07:37 PM	#4
adubroff High School JV Join Date: Nov 2006	I guess Jim will need to use some other methodology to promote TCY2.

04-30-2007, 07:51 PM	#5
markprior22 High School Varsity Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: springfield, il	One of the more disgusting things I've seen considering the context. Makes me wonder just how depraved people can get...never mind...I don't really want to know.

04-30-2007, 07:53 PM	#6
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	It amazes me that this idea made its way all the way through multiple meetings and nobody shot it down as being over the line.

04-30-2007, 08:02 PM	#9
dawgfan Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Seattle	I'm just stunned that this idea didn't get shot down at some point along the way.

04-30-2007, 08:07 PM	#10
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	Someone should have cut that idea off at the head.

04-30-2007, 08:09 PM	#11
rowech Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2006	That's just about the most awful thing I've ever heard to sell something from a reputable company.

04-30-2007, 08:32 PM	#13
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	So I wonder who will be the escape goat

04-30-2007, 08:52 PM	#15
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	I'm not a big animal lover, but that's fucking ridiculous. I really really hope Sony takes a huge PR hit over this. Dumbasses.

04-30-2007, 09:28 PM	#17
JW College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Monroe, LA, USA	Sony has now apologized. After the publicity I guess. http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...src=rss&rpc=22

04-30-2007, 09:57 PM	#19
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	bullshit idea. Morons.

04-30-2007, 10:30 PM	#21
Anthony Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Astoria, NY, USA	i approve. just because it's an animal doesn't mean all you sissies have to get your nipples all twisted. it was a goat. not a small child. who cares. since when is it so wrong to senselessly kill a goat? i think people these days are just pre-programmed to react to certain buzz words. faggot. racial slurs. killing of animals. these all evoke the same reaction from the public. like people go "oh, i'm supposed to be offended by this. i'm supposed to be outraged by this". poppycock.

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05-01-2007, 02:00 AM	#28
14ers High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	Does anyone know if the goat was killed on stage? The article says "freshly slaughtered", does this mean the goat was alive and walked onto the stage, and then had its throat cut infron of the audience, or was the goat killed backstage, where no one could see it? Displaying a dead goat on stage may be questionable act, but actually killing an animal on stage for the enjoyment of the audience would be crazy. __________________ I like the company I keep when I am alone. 'The Blonde Bomber'

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Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	I'm no Sony apologist, but I got the impression that they simply had a butcher kill a goat, and displayed the dead carcass on stage. I'm assuming that the meat was likely still used as it would normally have been. I don't think it's quite as bad as the thread title makes it out to be. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

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Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	To be more authentic, they should have slit the goat's throat onstage. Honestly, this isn't something to be all that worked up about. I imagine the goat meat will still be used for normal purposes after this and besides, goats are slaughtered commercially every day. Unless there's going to be a mass explosion of vegetarianism, outcry against this does seem slightly hypocritical. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

05-01-2007, 10:23 AM	#31
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	They did not kill the goat on the stage. It sounds like they got it from a butcher. How many actually read the article, rather than just the title? Last edited by Desnudo : 05-01-2007 at 10:24 AM.

05-01-2007, 10:31 AM	#32
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05-01-2007, 12:29 PM	#35
Ryan S Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, England	I am not offended at all by this, but I can't understand why Sony thought this would bring them anything but bad publicity.

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05-02-2007, 04:27 AM	#39
Desmond Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Hatch	Good for Sony. The goat would of killed them if given the chance. Effin goats.

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