Penny Arcade doesn't like the Switch campaign

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  • Reply 21 of 24
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    An opinion from a non-Mac Fanatic:



    (This is what my mom said after seeing the Sarah Whistler and Mark Fraunfelder ads. She's a long-time Mac user but she's not a fanatic.)



    She said that the ads were dumb for showing off all the losers who use Macs. Sarah and Mark, while they may or may not be losers, really seem like them from the ads. Who wants losers endorsing their products? Would any company want Tonya Harding endorsing their product? Didn't think so.



    Then again, if we portrayed people from creative fields (such as Sarah and Mark) in the way that people often see them, it'd be equally bad because they'd be elitist bastards that we love to hate (imagine some film artiste going on about how the Mac helps him express himself better). The current people we just love to pity.



    I noticed that Apple's print ads are cool. They show off how good the computer is, not how bad the competition is. Why doesn't Apple make some TV ads that are a lot like their print ads? Or at least bring back Jeff Goldblum. I'd rather listen to him than the switch people.
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  • Reply 22 of 24
    So this guy says we are elitist then goes on about how much better he is than the people in the commercial. Who's elitist again?
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  • Reply 23 of 24
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Jesus, you Maclots are whiners.
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  • Reply 24 of 24
    As long as they don't use Sinbad in the commercials, I'll be fine with celebrities.



    *ponders the notion, and shudders*
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