I miss console ads being this weird

That's a lot of ecstasy.

Rockstar used to go pretty hard.

Honestly, it puts me off completely. I'm a woman and this is what gaming used to be: women are sluts. The ad isn't even trying to be clever or anything. Like wtf is this this trying to say?

I miss that era. Companies didn’t mind a bit of edginess and weren’t afraid to market to adults. The console culture itself also isn’t what it used to be.

These days, gaming consoles all need to be safe enough for five year olds to play on them. And it’s caused everything to be just too bland and safe, both in marketing and the console itself. Can’t really have things like Xbox 360 Uno with the live camera feed and no moderation. Or the wholly uncensored COD lobbies.

Everything reminds me of her..

I feel like it means: we are not like Nintendo, we make video games for adults (and children who want to play like adults).

Not much can top the 3DFX VooDoo graphics card boxes.

We had this in the UK for PS 1

PS2 is retro now? Damn, getting old really does sneak up on you.

This isn't a real PS2 ad. It's a fake created a few years ago by an influencer named Shy Smith.

90s SEGA was the OG of this, we need 90s SEGA back

Can someone make a version of this photo, but its acetaminophen and the girl is just up-aged to how old she'd be now?

There were some bizarre ads from around the late 90s to early 00s.

The Dreamcast Barber comes to mind.

"Only Happy When it Rains" automatically begins playing in head

SEGA!!!

"Live in your world. Play in ours."

Welcome to the Third Place (David Lynch)

https://youtu.be/6ICS6IV6ELY

https://youtu.be/EacZguvbZ5s

These were made for the UK market to promote the PSP.

This is dumb.

Sovl.