"PS3" Is Russian For "Huge" - Kotaku Comments

"PS3" Is Russian For "Huge"

makemoney — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:58:06 MDT

That looks pretty cool! Also, why all the hate?? You guys act as if it's SONY causing your 360's to brick..

U know.. Thinking about it, since MS doesn't manufacture it, who knows.. maybe they can manipulate the manufacturer to make it brick..

it's a conspiracy!!

makemoney

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Garcian — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:27:59 MDT

Kiyll de Fashisct

Garcian

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NoMoreTrolls — Mon, 28 May 2007 21:57:12 MDT

... I love how every board that has a remote connection to the PS3 or Sony turns into a long-winded flame war. Look, if you don't like the PS3, I understand. But that doesn't mean that you have to constantly deride it. If you never like what you hear or read about it, then why do you keep invading all of the posts?

NoMoreTrolls

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ShepherdDog — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:21:36 MDT

Okay the play station 3 and Russia truly are a good fit. They are both far to large and completely devoid of content.

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ShepherdDog — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:16:34 MDT

That sign will go great with the homosexual beatings and the ruffing up of peaceful protesters by skinheads while the police watch... o then they arrest the protesters.

I usually don't go so offtopic, but ya fuck russia.

ShepherdDog

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E2K — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:41:14 MDT

@Volcan:
Right, because pevious consoles always determine the success of a company's next one. Just like how the N64 was a huge success because of the NES and SNES before it.

Or, you know, you could be pulling those numbers out of your ass, seeing how there's no current indication that the PS2 will sell anywhere near that amount in it's lifetime.

Yeah Volcan, we had this conversation in the year 2000.

E2K

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Volcan — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:44:45 MDT

@E2K:
Right, because pevious consoles always determine the success of a company's next one. Just like how the N64 was a huge success because of the NES and SNES before it.

Or, you know, you could be pulling those numbers out of your ass, seeing how there's no current indication that the PS3 will sell anywhere near that amount in it's lifetime.

Volcan

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E2K — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:19:17 MDT

This is for a console that will sell 100.000.000 units in less than 6 years. You could argue that this ad is too small.

E2K

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StolenName — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:09:47 MDT

I do usually appreciate Sony's advertising schemes, including the evil baby dolls, but there's just something about this that's a little too in your face. Reminds me of, oh lets say Blade Runner. Freaks me out.

StolenName

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DNess — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:19:57 MDT

that looks pretty damn sweet at night. I don't see what you people are bitching about. Ps3 has as many good exclusives as all the other consoles and more coming out for it. Cool ad though.

DNess

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SliceWarriorX — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:55:26 MDT

That's fucking huge.... O.O

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DONNYchiban — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:23:34 MDT

And now for a different type of comment: I wonder how much it cost?

DONNYchiban

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Volcan — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:09:11 MDT

If only this was in Germany, then we could compare it to the Berlin Wall.

Volcan

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TheIrishNinja — Mon, 28 May 2007 12:20:10 MDT

@RiceBandit: My bad, that was the 90's for me, then.

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sanjiyan — Mon, 28 May 2007 12:11:42 MDT

DAAMN, looks like an ad that would be more at home on a race track or something...

Or maybe Spaceball One.

sanjiyan

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IgorVarnavsky — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:57:26 MDT

Russia is the only country in the world where PSP sales is growing up. Sony hopes it'll be the same thing with PS3. That's why they put in tons of money in ads.

>It looks like you need a boat crossing that river >there with a big sign that says "XBOX 360 *HEARTS* YOU"

When I saw this banner for the first time (I made this photos), I thought exactly the same thing. Ships go past every five minutes in this place.

>Are HDTVs becoming common in Russian?

No. Most of 360/PS3 owners in Russia use PC monitors. They find no sense to buy HDTVs. As for me, I have Samsung 26" 720p.

IgorVarnavsky

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Spartan1308™ — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:55:19 MDT

@Gringo: Thanks, I was curious.

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Mrakor — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:25:06 MDT

@Altima NEO: Size of this:
15m x 397.5m
Area: 5962.5 m2

Boat from MS will look tiny.

Ah, by the way:
http://www.citymayors.com/economics/richest_cities.html
Moscow is #45.
So let's stop with this "So they actually pay" and
"one person in Russia who can actually afford to buy" comments.

Mrakor

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MaxS — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:21:11 MDT

@.digiwalsh: If I'm not mistaken, this billboard is smack in the centre of Moscow, just across the river from Kremlin. That's where all the money in Russian is, and that's where most of the buyers will be.

MaxS

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nya-chama — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:16:00 MDT

The Microsoft boat on it's own would have been annoying like this pointless billboard.
But the fact it was out there out of spite made it funny as hell.

When planes start crashing into this, be prepared for more anti-Sony comments.

nya-chama

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Altima NEO — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:09:44 MDT

It looks like you need a boat crossing that river there with a big sign that says "XBOX 360 *HEARTS* YOU"

Altima NEO

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hypernova — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:56:01 MDT

I can just see the novelty t-shirts:

'I'm big in Russia'

hypernova

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EliasAlucard — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:54:29 MDT

So they actually pay for a PlayStation 3 in socialist Russia? I thought it was common ownership, you know, Communism, everything is free. But hey, they actually pay for the PS3 in Russia. Hypocrites.

EliasAlucard

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SnprSlick — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:25:03 MDT

And here comes the XBOX360 boat. lol.

ATTACK ITS WEAK POINT FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE!

SnprSlick

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RiceBandit — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:29:41 MDT

@TheIrishNinja: "anybody remember before it was cool being a fanboy, when games were a bit more of a niche..."

Uh, no...?

RiceBandit

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Krytha — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:53:47 MDT

Marry the PS3 for her 'UGE TRACKS OF LAND!

Krytha

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Witzbold — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:52:59 MDT

@BigChiefSmokem: Ah yes the love boat from MS.

That was excellent.

MS should go drive a bunch of X360 white and green buggies by those posters. Now that would be swank.

Witzbold

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lynxij — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:50:10 MDT

If only a XBox 360 screenshot of PGR3 was posted in the ad...

lynxij

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skobar — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:29:04 MDT

Just got my ps3 yesterday. I love it. Payed 500$ca which saves me 150$ and 14% tax.

skobar

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BigChiefSmokem — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:13:39 MDT

you all are pretty stupid to hate on Sony over a sign that has nothing to do with anything

anyways, it reminds me of that boat Microsoft had during the PS3 launch in Europe

BigChiefSmokem

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DoomedSeraph — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:25:45 MDT

That road was in PGR2 ... I love that fucking road. There's an awesome chicane just after that bit on the left.

DoomedSeraph

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Ketsuban — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:17:52 MDT

@Garcian: That's because Russian has no definite article. If you knew Russian at all you'd know that. :P

Ketsuban

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Gringo — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:05:55 MDT

@Spartan1308: personally I have Sony Bravia W series and Sony Home theater with HDMI, but I can say that HD television is still not welcome in Russia. There is no such thing as Sky HD and etc.

I can show you my setup photos, but I don't think that it will be appropriate here.

Gringo

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opposer — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:00:14 MDT

I'm from Russia also(Moscow). HDTVs are becoming pretty common- everyone who buys new TV usually takes HDTV. Mostly 720p. Mine is Samsung 32', 720p. Gears Of War looks totally awesome on it. But HD-DVD and Blu-Rays are very difficult to find- and the players too. So I plug my PC with DVI-HDMI cable into TV and enjoy 720p-rips, which I download from the Internet. I never watch movies translated to Russian- official translations basically suck!

opposer

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FlyLikeAMouse — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:58:54 MDT

Actually, I think the Russian for "huge" is Огромный, although that might be "enormous". Am I taking this to literally?

FlyLikeAMouse

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Mrakor — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:36:46 MDT

> the one person in Russia who can actually afford to buy a PS3.

Even here, in Ukraine, not in a biggest city, ps3 selling like hot cakes.
For euro price + additional 100-200 USD to sellers.

And, yeah.
Poor russians and ukrainians owns hdtvs.
In Moscow especially.

Mrakor

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Spartan1308™ — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:33:42 MDT

@Spartan1308: ahh...Russia not Russian

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Spartan1308™ — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:32:47 MDT

@Gringo: Cool, so you are there in Russia. I had a few questions listed above, but the main one I want to know about is the HDTV situation. Are HDTVs becoming common in Russian?

Spartan1308™

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Infradead — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:27:12 MDT

Somone from russia. Just happens to be called Igor.
These are the end of times.

Infradead

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Garcian — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:12:13 MDT

Ahem, what does 'Game open spaces of Russia' ACTUALLY MEAN?- what are sony trying to say? that Russia is just a barron wastleand where anything is game? I speak russian and there is no 'the' in игровые просторы России.

Garcian

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creid — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:57:02 MDT

Why aren't the games' titles translated into Russian?

creid

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.digiwalsh — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:31:53 MDT

Obviously they've dedicated this advert to the one person in Russia who can actually afford to buy a PS3.

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Gringo — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:05:51 MDT

It is nice to have this big one in my city.
Still the only one beta trial member from Russia.

Gringo

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TheIrishNinja — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:58:23 MDT

anybody remember before it was cool being a fanboy, when games were a bit more of a niche and youd be happy to see a video game ad of any kind? Good times.
Id rather see this thing than half of what circles through time square.

TheIrishNinja

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Spartan1308™ — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:43:04 MDT

Did they build the wall of billboards just for this, or was it already there? What's on the other side of the billboards? Are HDTVs becoming common in Russia?

Spartan1308™

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ridleysaria — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:41:09 MDT

In soviet russia the PS3 doesn't buy you!

ridleysaria

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Rukusa — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:24:03 MDT

In Russia you see giant PS3 ads, in Poland you see inflatable Xbox360 and Masterchief's.

These kind of ads arent really that effective either.

Rukusa

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Big_Jock — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:13:55 MDT

How obnoxious.

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glamnesia — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:05:41 MDT

Apparently "Resistance: Fall Of Man" has been renamed in Russia.
It's now called "Resistance: Is Futile. And if you try we'll take away your passport and put polonium in your Weeties".

Boom boom.

glamnesia

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BPMο — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:00:28 MDT

@icepick314:
[rimshot]

BPMο

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BPMο — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:59:49 MDT

At least it isn't anything confusing (i.e. evil baby doll), or talks down to people (i.e. "Cell processor is so fast, it might even be smarter than you.")

But, wow... Really? They thought it was necessary to plaster that ENTIRE WALL with a PS3 ad? Even though all previous advertising attempts have failed to spark PS3 sales?

BPMο

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icepick314 — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:58:26 MDT

what the picture doesn't show is "Actual Size" at the corner...

i like the nightshot...makes the billboard actually stand out....

icepick314

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cactaur — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:52:17 MDT

In Putin Russia, Playstation3 plays you

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Grind_Axis — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:48:40 MDT

It looks like Sony is quite desperate.

Blah, I hope Sony recovers.

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Witzbold — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:34:13 MDT

@magiczero: What were you expecting in a post like this?

Its only obvious it aint gonna be a garden of roses. ;D

Witzbold

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flclkris — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:32:38 MDT

Something about that sign makes me officially hate PS3.

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magiczero — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:31:31 MDT

"Blah, blah, blah PS3 is TEH SUX Blah, blah."

I forget why I read people's comments on this site anymore.

magiczero

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Witzbold — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:18:50 MDT

Its ok Russia, I still love you.

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QuickPick — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:17:55 MDT

Look how big the games are...oh wait, that's the entire libary...

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DaveKap — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:11:28 MDT

Gosh that's ugly...

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excalibre — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:10:56 MDT

Compensating for something are we?

excalibre