NullPointer
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PS4 + Star Wars Battlefront ad
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abolisher6812
Member
I was on the fence on buying the game, but that ad just sold me.
DarthWalden
Banned
Really?
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Kenzodielocke
Banned
If the beta got one thing right, it's the feeling of Star Wars.
Baroquemantic
Member
Yeah, that is indeed an awesome ad.
meanspartan
Member
Oh, so that's why Sony isn't worried about lack of exclusives. lol
gbpackers25
Member
Definitely a great commercial. This time of year is always great for games
JustinBbad
Member
I usually HATE live action ads for video games. That ad was spectacular.
With marketing deals like this, the PS4 can make up for a lack of exclusives this holiday.
With marketing deals like this, the PS4 can make up for a lack of exclusives this holiday.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Awesome ad, but that guy is way to young to be having those nostalgia trips. I could've done without him throwing the chair out the window, and just start gameplay footage when he spots his friend.
Well done though!
Well done though!
DriftingSpirit
Member
Forget flying, man. This is going to reach a whole new level.
SkoomaSuckinSwit
Member
Epic commercial, such nostalgia..
Had that R2 figure, naturally. Can hear the plinking sounds it made when you twisted the top. Loved my SW toys.
DAMMIT, I said I wasn't going to buy SW:BF!
Had that R2 figure, naturally. Can hear the plinking sounds it made when you twisted the top. Loved my SW toys.
DAMMIT, I said I wasn't going to buy SW:BF!
dragonyeuw
Member
Welp...IF I wind up with a Ps4 this xmas...that just sold me on the bundle.
How so? He looks thirty-ish. I'm 31, and that ad hit me right in the nostalgia feels. I grew up on Star Wars, even if I wasn't alive when they came out.
Giriath_89
Member
Imagine PS4 Battlefront commercials in cinemas before The Force Awakens. The credits will roll and people will be out the door, speeding to the nearest retailer.
Dat would be awesome ^^
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
Actually its the same as the Halo 5 ad, both trying to sell you a system and game.
I don't think anyone grew up playing with titan fall toys or watching the movies.. This is on a whole other level.
NullPointer
Member
Mostly, but nobody had nostalgia for Titanfall.
And I can respect that there's no implied promise to be some esports level competitive game here, or even to tell a coherent story. The ad is purely about being in that world with your buddies and recreating moments, and that's enough.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Excellent ad. This is the year of Star Wars.
Bear Force One
Banned
PS4. Hotcakes. 
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Don't sass me kid! Shoulda been someone in their early forties who grew up during that period! Now get off my lawn ; )
They're selling you on the feeling of Star Wars so not really. Graphics are good enough that it'd still work (if this was PS2 Battlefront then absolutely not) but it doesn't matter really.
Affeinvasion
Member
X-Wings don't do well atmospherically on Hoth. It's too cold. They could barely get the snowspeeders running.
I also wish that the game had a map that supported the number of players shown at the end...or even half that many.
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I also wish that the game had a map that supported the number of players shown at the end...or even half that many.
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Discotheque
Banned
best playstation ad I've seen tbh. pretty much hit the nostalgia pandering that this star wars resurgence is all about exactly.
infiniteheteroskdasticity
Member
Disney + EA are going to print money off the Star Wars license for the forseeable future. It almost doesn't matter how good/bad the movie ends up being. Not only will it attract a new generation of fans but the older fans represented by the character in the ad now have significant amounts of disposable income. For the first time in a long time, I expect COD to be outsold in the Holidays and attaching Star Wars to Battlefield is what looks like it will take to do it.
Grabbing marketing and bundling rights for both games will likely keep the PS4 ahead of the Xbox One throughout the holidays, notwithstanding a fantastic looking Halo 5. With this sort of marketing push on all things Star Wars, I can totally see why SCE decided not to release any major first party games this Holiday season.
Grabbing marketing and bundling rights for both games will likely keep the PS4 ahead of the Xbox One throughout the holidays, notwithstanding a fantastic looking Halo 5. With this sort of marketing push on all things Star Wars, I can totally see why SCE decided not to release any major first party games this Holiday season.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I almost shed a tear. Seriously that was my childhood.
Would've been cool if they slipped in an old Atari console by the TV.
Edit: I wish they used actual gameplay. That shit looks amazing at times.
Would've been cool if they slipped in an old Atari console by the TV.
Edit: I wish they used actual gameplay. That shit looks amazing at times.
dragonyeuw
Member
They'd be WELL-advised to do exactly that.