[QUOTE=AfroNick;37940591]Sony Press Conference at E3, I think?[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure he did ads after that. He was great at E3 though. I still remember what he said about staying up all night to get a trophy that doesn't exist, [sp]but does.[/sp]
This lawsuit is great for Nintendo. Free publicity and Sony ends up looking like a bully.
[QUOTE=Fangz;37940625]Nintendo should put him in a Wii U commercial just because of this silly drama.[/QUOTE]
He holds up a mug "Sony's fucking stupid"
So I would assume this means the end of Kevin Butler,Kinda sad he was a great spokesman for them.
Oh, and they removed Jerry Lambert from the original commercial. :v:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9WRGjODZDQ[/media]
So what I get is he signed a contact which He can't be in adverts for other systems. It seems the contract is still in effect or something.
The whole thing with suing him is stupid anyhow.
I loved his Sony commercials
[QUOTE=Wiggles;37939264]For those who are unaware, Kevin Butler was a character created for Sony adverts.
[IMG]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/magkevinbutl.jpg[/IMG]
Now his actor has done an advert for Bridgestone which shows him playing a Wii. That is why Sony are suing.[/QUOTE]
Oh MAG, I shall miss your 256 player servers and mindless FPS shooting. Fun times
[QUOTE=Wiggles;37939264]For those who are unaware, Kevin Butler was a character created for Sony adverts.
[IMG]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/magkevinbutl.jpg[/IMG]
Now his actor has done an advert for Bridgestone which shows him playing a Wii. That is why Sony are suing.[/QUOTE]
but why can't we just agree that kevin butler enjoys all video games
and you should too?
Kind of goes against the whole "It's about the gamers and the games they enjoy, not about swearing allegiances to a specific title or platform!" thing his character promoted. That was what really made the character great.
But seriously, they dropped him, so they should just suck it up. He seems like a really cool guy.
He and Sony probably had a contract that said that he wasn't allowed to promote competitors.
Looks like Marcus PSP will make a come back.
[QUOTE=Ezhik;37943606]He and Sony probably had a contract that said that he wasn't allowed to promote competitors.[/QUOTE]
They're not suing for breach of contract (or such) though, they're suing over trademark infringement.
And even then, they're suing a tyre company, they wouldn't have a non-compete contract or so.
[QUOTE=TheJoey;37943397]but why can't we just agree that kevin butler enjoys all video games
and you should too?[/QUOTE]
Because that doesn't make money for sony
He should star on an Xbox commercial now just for laughs.
[QUOTE=Crash15;37939278]Kevin Butler is fucking funny[/QUOTE]
probably one of my favorite company spokespersons in recent memory. most, if not all the commercials starring him with Sony were pure gold
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCoMZxCMJQ8[/url]
When they said they needed the test cars back I said muahahahaha
The statement from Sony is making it out like Bridgestone used the character of Kevin butler to promote their promotion which they didn't
[QUOTE]Sony Computer Entertainment America filed a law suit against Bridgestone and Wildcat Creek, Inc. on September 11. The claims are based on violations of the Lanham Act, misappropriation, breach of contract and tortious interference with a contractual relationship. We invested significant resources in bringing the Kevin Butler character to life and he's become an iconic personality directly associated with PlayStation products over the years. Use of the Kevin Butler character to sell products other than those from PlayStation misappropriates Sony's intellectual property, creates confusion in the market and causes damage to Sony.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=cqbcat;37944329]Looks like Marcus PSP will make a come back.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxlt487cmqY[/media]
Oh god not those commercials.
Anything but those.
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