Today's hottest game video: PS3 pitchers

by Zack Stern { Nov 9th 2006 at 12:00AM }

The Red Steel ad is today's most watched YouTube game video. We go to number two on the countdown to find this European PS3 ad, touting high-definition pitchers, or at least that's what it sounds like to these American ears. Oh, she's saying "pictures."

Accents aside -- we know our accents sound like gears grinding in a failed transmission, stop saying so -- the ad doesn't seem too special. At least it doesn't have any dolls, and instead features lots of non-sequitur explosions. See the video after the break.

Tags: ad, HDTV

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

The Rev @ Nov 9th 2006 12:10AM

wow...well microsoft still has the best commercials

Epsilon @ Nov 9th 2006 12:11AM

Why? Why is everything exploding? Do these "high definition pitchas" make the mundane beautiful and the beautiful explode? Then with that sense the mundane ALSO explodes? Screw PS3, the Wii is for Mii.

bobby @ Nov 9th 2006 12:13AM

whats up with sony and odd explosions???

nodnetni @ Nov 9th 2006 12:14AM

Its official XBOX has the best commercials. Bang Bang.

Endejas @ Nov 9th 2006 12:14AM

Ah shit! I think the PS3 just over-heated!

Epsilon @ Nov 9th 2006 12:16AM

I can see it now, demonic babies that become so "beautiful" they explode, shooting multi-colored blood all over the walls.

Avinash_Tyagi @ Nov 9th 2006 12:21AM

So the PS3 will blow up your living room?

digitalFrequency @ Nov 9th 2006 12:28AM

omg, roflmao... that commercial was pretty funny. after seeing that exploding cube, i can't believe i totally didn't see the more uber explosions coming in.

what's the deal with the random zebra/giraffe shot?

the commercial sounded more like an ad for their picture viewer (which is pretty cool) moreso than the games. in which case if it was for the picture viewer, they should've thrown in shots of it.

AwesomeSauce @ Nov 9th 2006 12:38AM

I'll admit, the PS3 commercials are REALLY cool within themselves.

The only problem? They don't make me want to buy the actual product.

Either way, it's going to take more than HD to make me buy a PS3. Wii FTW. =)

mountain_rage @ Nov 9th 2006 12:49AM

So from what I understand from this add the cost of a ps3 is going to break the house(aka exponential increase people under the poverty line)

Witbyt @ Nov 9th 2006 12:56AM

I was waiting for the GRANDMA to EXPLODE!

Revo @ Nov 9th 2006 12:57AM

Experience high-definition exploding pitchers from the comfort of your exploding living room couch!

Me @ Nov 9th 2006 1:11AM

Their commercials are crazy, but cool.

Mister Disco @ Nov 9th 2006 1:12AM

Question: Why has the actual hottest game video been passed over twice in a row for a PS3-related one? Yesterday was the Robot Chicken Mario video, today was a Red Steel commercial. Both times passed over for a PS3 video, with no explanation given as to why. In addition, you label the second-"hottest" video as the hottest, which doesn't seem very accurate to me.

Random Insanity @ Nov 9th 2006 1:25AM

# 14
Answer (I think): For Joystiq's "hottest game video", they pick the top viewed game video from youtube. The past 2 days, they already covered the video in a seperate story.

Does that answer your question, or did you already know that? :P

Zack Stern @ Nov 9th 2006 1:33AM

Hey Mister Disco, both of those videos had been subjects of previous posts. (Both were also linked in the "hottest" posts.) So Random Insanity is right; we've been going to lower numbers if the true number one has been covered.
Zack

Mister Disco @ Nov 9th 2006 1:49AM

Ah, okay then. I was wondering if there might have been some favoritism abounding. Thanks for clearing that up.

Ritz @ Nov 9th 2006 2:01AM

Note to the editors? Maybe just explain in passing why you're going for a different video than the number 1, when it happens, just for clarity sake.

Brandon phunk @ Nov 9th 2006 2:19AM

I don't understand why this makes me want to buy PS3...

Sony needs to stop with all these underlying-tones and just make a simple, straight-to-the-point advertisement.

Core_12 @ Nov 9th 2006 2:35AM

What's hilarious is the speak of high definition, followed by a shot of some zebras that look like they're being rendered by an N64.

niels @ Nov 9th 2006 2:55AM

Be careful with that axe, Eugene!

Danno @ Nov 9th 2006 3:01AM

PLAYSTATION 3: IT'LL BLOW UP YOUR GRANDMA! GIRAFFE!

Aex @ Nov 9th 2006 3:34AM

The Zebras and Giraffes come from the game.... I think it is a game at least... called Afrika I believe.

I liked the commercial. Like it was said before tho, MS has the best commercial with the finger pistols. Too bad it got banned by the moms of america.

Frexy @ Nov 9th 2006 7:24AM

Does NO ONE even thinks about the PS3 not coming out untill MARCH next year in Europe??

No one?

Well.... ok then...

This is just to take away some hype around Nintendo, I guess...
If Nintendo even is a hype in Europe, they've always had quite a hard time over here, against Sony (I for one know VERY few people with N-consoles, and TONS of Sony fans; who all know about PS3... Wii, not so much...)