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[Grildon Tundy]

This was Modern Warfare 2’s commercial back in the day:

Wtf this was actually funny lol

 

[Housh]

They try to emphasize in the marketing that it's a massive popular culture phonemom by featuring current artists and influencers.

They always done this and really alienates us olds.

 

[Represent.]

I haven’t a clue who basically anyone is in this commercial, I’m old though.

Lil Baby, Nicki Minaj, Pete Davidson to name a few. Those are the biggest names in here

 

[TheGodfather07]

Yeah, I couldn't even get through 10 seconds of that cringe.

 

[NeonGhost]

it so cringe I’m gonna ignore this thread

 

[SatansReverence]

Did you watch the trailer? That BF 2042 one is a masterpiece compared to the MW2 one.

I did watch it.

The 2042 trailer is several hundred times worse.

 

[balls of snow]

Was that Bukayo Saka in there. At least its not wonderboy Haaland.

 

[twilo99]

Lando Norris !

 

[KingXtreme81]

”Cringe” though it may be, I find the use of “cringe“ nowadays to be just as cringe.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

Lando Norris !

Nice catch, sir!

 

[Justin9mm]

Did you watch the trailer? That BF 2042 one is a masterpiece compared to the MW2 one.

Yeah and they ruined that statement forever.

They needed a fancy trailer to mask the smell of the pile of shit that followed. lol

 

[Die Namek Ability]

As someone in the military that was indeed cringe. The add ran again during SNF and i had to mute it. Playstation really shouldn't associate with it, its that bad.

 

[Danjin44]

”Cringe” though it may be, I find the use of “cringe“ nowadays to be just as cringe.

Cringe!!!

 

[Jesb]

Did you see how amazing the graphics were.

 

[Three]

The like to dislike ratio not looking good.

 

[SJRB]

”Cringe” though it may be, I find the use of “cringe“ nowadays to be just as cringe.

Ok grandpa

 

[LegendOfKage]

Wow, just about all the you tube comments are saying it's awful. After the multiplayer reveal trailer, I thought maybe they were done making trailers this bad.

 

[tmlDan]

These are some of the biggest artists in The world right now. It sells. Good marketing

I think using famous people is effective but the ad has to at least complement the product. This does not, hence this:

 

[Dutchy]

These are some of the biggest artists in The world right now. It sells. Good marketing

Like actual? Artists these days have no sense of pride lmfao

 

[MidGenRefresh]

 

[CYRU5_DA_GR34T]

That's nothing compared to the battlefield 2042 "what a time to be alive" trailer.



I can't even handle watching that again, I will literally die.

Looks like fun, too bad about that game tho.

 

[CYRU5_DA_GR34T]

I prefer some of the old trailers and commercials but then again I am old

Everyone is doing it

 

[mxbison]

Made it to 23 seconds.

 

[IDKFA]

Got this in my mailbox.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Activision be like:

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Lil Baby, Nicki Minaj, Pete Davidson to name a few. Those are the biggest names in here

 

[Interfectum]

Jesus what the fuck did I just watch.

 

[Spaceman292]

gosh, how urban

 

[Haggard]

What`s supposed to be the target audience of that abomination? 12 year old ghettodwellers?

 

[jezhumphrey75]

i feel like its supposed to be a bit cringe to, definitely needs more white representation.

 

[ungalo]

The last two at the end are french streamers/youtubers.

 

[D-ray]

Didn't think they could make something worse than this.

Well at least that was a funny kind of "cringe".

This one is just:

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

This video should have a triggered warning at the beginning. Just like cigarettes have over here in Mexico.

 

[SuperBabyMethod]

God awful trailer, and I just saw that Battlefield what a time to be alive trailer for the first time now - don’y know which is worse!

 

[hangdang69]

Video game? This trailer is for a video game, right?

 

[Lunarorbit]

Came on several times during football and I just ignored it. Didn't even know what it was for until I saw the name in the corner. Call of duty is hit or miss. Just depressing it always sells well when its so played out

 

[gaming_again]

I’m closer to 30 than 20 and y’all always make me feel young. Celebrity endorsements work, even if you don’t know them.

Edit: this ad actually dope af. See a lot of my casual friends talking about it. Effective.

People over the age of 35 should straight up be banned from commenting on pop culture and haircuts.

The kids are doing it wrong if the generation above aren’t outraged.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I feel like there's a 'How do you do, fellow kids" joke in there somewhere

Pretty much how I feel. To me it screams a bunch of out of touch types doing what they think zoomers will think is "cool." It's a shame considering I'm sure this game will be pretty solid (at least one of the better recent iterations) and still do well, cause COD.

 

[Fbh]

Yeah that was bad.
Before they did at least have some game related concept in these forced celebrity ads.

 

[Games of Today]

Didn't think they could make something worse than this.

Oh my lord. But this actually made me laugh.

 

[Games of Today]

I prefer some of the old trailers and commercials but then again I am old

This is also when they marketed the game to everyone not just black people, wanna be black white kids and fortnite players.

 

[Catphish]

God-Tier Idiocy

 

[SmokedMeat]

Yep, I outgrew CoD years ago. It’s a zoomer game now like Fortnite.

Give me the boomer shooters

 

[twilo99]

Nice catch, sir!

I think he plays warzone

 

[Koenigssee]

The skreets gon fxck wit dis heavily.

 

[Uiki]

Hard to do worst than need for speed.

 

[Roman Empire]

Had to open a virtual machine, run Tor, run a few scripts, and run with a VPN to make sure this doesn't get tracked and suggested back to me. OP is right, this is peak cringe for my taste. I can't believe a whole marketing department approved of this, and then the higher-ups said "Ok, we'll go with that".

 

[Fake]

Cringe as shit...

 

[indigo-cyclops]

This thing is absolute TRASH!

 

[Roman Empire]

Video game? This trailer is for a video game, right?

No, it's about modern-day politics.