Kevin Butler To Continue PS3 Promotion Throughout 2010

There was a time when Sony's PlayStation commercials were just plain bizarre and didn't really resonate with a mainstream audience.

But thanks to last year's huge price drop and the hilarious Kevin Butler, all that has changed. Funny man Butler started plugging the "It Only Does Everything" campaign in the latter part of 2009 and I think we all remember a lot of those commercials. My personal favorite is the Uncharted 2 ad with the hot girlfriend where Butler finishes by saying, "...yeah, I'm gonna say this isn't a problem." And if you're a fan of such commercials, you'll be happy to learn that Butler will continue to spearhead these TV ads throughout 2010. According to an IGN interview with PlayStation Network director Peter Dille, Butler will be coming back and Sony is quite pleased with how everyone has responded to the campaign. Said Dille:

"It's been tremendously successful. Consumers love it. It's great to hear people like you guys love it. And the results are really in the sales because it's really been flying since this coincided in September with the launch of the new PS3."

He further commented that we "can expect to see Kevin Butler inject a lot of life into the PlayStation brand between now and the rest of the year." Not surprisingly, they'll roll out a few new ads when that highly anticipated motion controller comes out this fall, and we wouldn't be surprised to see some mini Butler comedies focusing on PS3 exclusives like God of War III and Gran Turismo 5. We've been seeing that MAG commercial a lot lately. So anyway, it seems we've got our spokesperson for a while longer.

2/2/2010 9:01:36 PM John Shepard

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BikerSaint
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 9:58:39 PM
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Great news, those commercials are really funny & you still remember them long after they're done.

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michiganfan1983
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:01:30 PM
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I would have to say that that commercial is my favorite as well. Kevin is doing a great job in these commerials. He was even funny in the MLB09: The Show commercials. Keep them coming Sony.

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Scarecrow
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:01:38 PM
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He started kicking it with Dustin Pedroia and MLB 2009: The Show ;)

Ever since, he's the voice of ps3 (in the US)

Great to see him stay, cool guy

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BikerSaint
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:15:01 PM
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I think my favorite one so far was grandma had a stick.....
a stick

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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:22:07 PM

haha

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xnonsuchx
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:34:01 PM

..."STICK!" ;-) I think that's my fave too.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:21:25 PM
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Awesome, I think the MAG one is really good too. What IS difficult to believe is that it actually took them this long to start advertising properly. It's good to know all of us browbeating them last year has paid off :)

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St_Jimmy
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:21:52 PM
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great i love this guy, he just fits. Great commercials and i am actually excited to see it come on tv aside from normal commercails which i dispise.

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Superman915
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:22:14 PM
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I cant wait to see his Heavy Rain and GOW3 commercials.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:23:06 PM

Somehow I expect to see him crying in the Heavy Rain commercials.

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COBB
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:19:23 PM

So why haven't we seen any promo's for those PS3 games yet...Sony is still dropping the ball on their best games, have been since KZ2 this time last year, you can't advertise a game 3 weeks before it release's or at the time of and think buyers outside the gaming circle will go right out and snatch it up, in reguards to the NFL promo, "Com On Man".....Oh wait thats not a promo, thats NFL Sunday Countdown..with Berman, Ditka, Johnson, Carter and Jackson

Last edited by COBB on 2/2/2010 11:29:10 PM

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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:22:43 PM
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Anybody know who or what Kevin Butler is or was before doing these commercials?

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Highlander
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:34:50 PM

He was Vice President of Rumor Confirmation at Sony wasn't he?...

Perhaps not...but he is very, very good at it. Perhaps Sony should hire someone in that position?

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BikerSaint
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:59:18 PM

Or he trys to make cute little origami butterflies

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Banky A
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 4:17:58 AM

Butterflies? What is he, 15. Secret mentor of the origami killer?

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Hezzron
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 10:44:43 AM

He used to be a part of some funny Holiday Inn commercials.

Search for "The Business Guys Ted's Tan" at YouTube for one of the better ones. There are plenty of others too.

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Mr Bitey
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:23:19 PM
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The commercials are great. Boom to the power of boom.

But I'm not sure that style would be best for GOW3 or heavy Rain. I think they should just show gameplay for the more intense mature games. I think it would maybe work better.

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inkme101
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:33:29 PM

yeah but that guy in some kratos gear and makeup would be........ TWO WORDS.......... HI LARIOUS !!!!! LOL

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COBB
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 12:10:57 AM

Vin Diesel, should be the guy to play Kratos in the como...Dont ya think?

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maxpontiac
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:42:19 PM
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The best commercial is the one with the guy interviewing for Butler's job.

Good stuff!

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chedison
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:43:11 PM
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These commercials are incredibly funny. I never get tired of them. Good news indeed

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Clamedeus
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:43:48 PM
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My favorite commercial was the "Rumor Confirmation" one, Loved it.

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fluffer nutter
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:20:07 PM
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My favorite is when he's with the dude's wife and kids.

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StevieRV
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:32:47 PM
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in australia all the ads are about singstar or buzz, no ads about uncharted 2i asked my mate if he got UC2 and he had never heard of it, the US ad campain may be working but the australian one definately is not

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Naztycuts
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:42:16 PM

Sony realizes what it's consumers like and respond accordingly nice to see them pushing the advertising again. You have to admit it must have been embarassing for them to hear some people were thinking that the ps3 slim price cut was actually the launch of the console.

Sorry stevie dont know why this listed as a reply to you, i didnt click it.

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xnonsuchx
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:36:11 PM
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BTW, Josh, I think the actual quote is, "Yeah, I'm gonna classify this as 'Not a problem.'"

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Nick Maim
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 3:11:41 PM

lol.

Both of you guys got it wrong.

"I'm gonna file this under not an issue"

details, details...

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xnonsuchx
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 3:29:38 PM

I thought it was "issue" at the end too, but another place I found online quoting the ad apparently had it misquoted too. I just knew it didn't sound right. Thanks!

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Superman915
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:48:50 PM
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the best one was easily the Uncharted 2 one. It even had women who had never played a video game quoting the candles line and the "whatswrongwifhim?!?!?!"

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xnonsuchx
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:57:49 PM

Oh yeah, I forgot that one...maybe the "Stick" one is #2. ;-)

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BTNwarrior
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 12:06:52 AM
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Its a shame they didn't start this ad campain earlier.

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Robochic
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 12:23:59 AM
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I love these commercials, we watch them on youtube all the time just for a good laugh. Best Advertising to date for any gaming console. Love the unchartered 2 commercial loved it. Can't wait for the GOW III and Heavy rain Commercials they are going to be hiliarious.

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___________
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 12:36:57 AM
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still yet to see any of those ads, not that im complaining.
im so sick of adds on foxtell im about 2mm away from saying fu** it and axing it altogether!
its fu**ing ridiculous!
im paying 120+ bucks a month to watch fu**ing adds.
as if the money there making of me is not enough, they need more revenue coming in from other companies.
if i see one more life insurance add im going to go on a serial rampage!

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sunspider13
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 2:04:15 AM
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It's been a long strange trip for the PS brand and promotion on tv. Went from something new to strange to normal and at the beginning of this gen, really weird (that crying baby? wow...). however I think PS hit the sweet spot with Kevin Butler. All of the tv spots have been pure gold.

I wouldn't mind however if they would have a GOWIII spot like the bloody rain one for the first game, with Linda Hunt narrating for old times sake. End rambling, over out.

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Banky A
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 4:16:05 AM
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Definitely better than the Xbox and PC ads. Though the Wii ads have that sort of clean cut cool-style you'd expect from an originally Japanese company too.

But nobody touches Butler!

:D

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gumbi
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 8:42:48 AM
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This is great news. I love these new adds. I still think my favourite is the 'two words, mon-tage' one. Where at the end he's done up in hair and make up rockin the guitar solo in the confetti. Awesome.

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telly
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 9:38:08 AM
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Very, very effective ad campaign. Conveys the excellence of the product in easy-to-understand, hilarious bits. Definitely looking forward to seeing more of these!

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archs13
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 9:54:11 AM
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i'm looking forward to the gran turismo version because i have no idea how they'll make comedy out of it haha.

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rogers71
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 10:20:47 AM

Me: Dear Playstation, I heard that there was going to be a GT5 coming out for the PS3. Is this true?

Butler: Where did you hear that?

Me: I read about it all the time on PSXExtreme.

Butler: I will have to get back to you on that one. I haven't heard anything about a GT game coming for the PS3. Sorry.

Just kidding of course. I love these commercials and I hope to see them even after this year.

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fuk u
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 11:33:31 AM
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right on- great commercials and with more to come? thats great news.. they are funny and maybe there will be a fresh one during the SUPERBOWL I know there is a big Dantes Inferno one.

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Deleted User
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 11:55:24 AM
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I approve of Kevin Butler. His Sony PS3 commercials hit the spot. I think we'll be seeing a lot of him for years to come. I can't wait to see his upcoming MLB 10 advert with Joe Mauer. He's going to prove that a man who won the AL MVP Award, the Gold Glove Award and the Silver Slugger Award in 2009 is flawed.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 1:12:26 PM

makes me vomit how much the women here in MN swoon over Mauer, he is rather average looking to me.

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BikerSaint
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 1:41:10 PM
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Anyone else here remember the best PS commercial Sony ever made(during the early days of the PS2 era)????

It was a commercial for the future of the Playstation......

"The PlayStation 9"

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rogers71
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 2:28:15 PM

I vaguely remember that one. I cannot remember the specifics but I do remember seeing the PS9 logo at the end. It was cool.

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dlte
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 2:30:32 PM

that commercial was pretty awesome.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 2:34:45 PM

a classic. Still somewhere on youtube I think.

Last edited by WorldEndsWithMe on 2/3/2010 2:34:57 PM

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fuk u
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 1:58:48 PM
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I dont recall that one..

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Razgriz916
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 5:36:12 PM
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"with a stick!" XD
oh and " Boom to the power of boom!"

hooray, more hilarious commercials!! (:D

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Danny007
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 6:51:03 PM
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Hell Yahh Kevin Butler Rocks!!

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BikerSaint
Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 4:22:35 PM
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For any the guys/gals who have never seen the original Playstation 9 commercial(or for a moment of nostalgic times), this commercial was done during the early years of the PS2 so Sony was really thinking outside the box.

And it's completely mind-blowing what Sony was thinking about back then, to even put inside of the futuristic PS9.

Some quick info on the commercial....

In the year 2078, the PS9 is a crystal sphere.

You open it up & out pops, Electronic Spores that go straight to your Adrenal Gland......

Retinal scanning
Holographic Movie Surround Vision
Mind Control System(not sure I'd like this one)
Telepathic Personal Music
Tele-portation

Here's the link to the commercial
(FYI, hit the "FULL SCREEN" button so you can feel the full immersion of the PS9 commercial)

The Playstation 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdh4TqWFfX4&fmt=6

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BikerSaint
Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 4:25:28 PM
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Also, for those wanting to know about Keven Butler's past, here's a bunch of amusing commercials he did for both, "The Business Guys", and for "Holiday Inn".......

Ted's Tan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOeZ9VLvkKQ

Whale Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8au2Aeqqm4&feature=related

Screwball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRhZdKzLJpY&feature=related

Holiday Inn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RfXVCSu9l0&feature=related

Headphones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTvckORHDE&feature=related

Pillows for all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EVCNtb1O-U&feature=related

Quack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeU1GFn50_k&feature=related

Hot Tub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBHZkQw0EfY&feature=related

Toothbrush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzEtcaC53bg&feature=related

Cagefighter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Du6S_gTBI&feature=related

Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTPTvZcG6V4&feature=related

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Brklynty1
Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 8:38:31 PM
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Everyone is saying the stick one, did you all forget "Whats wrong with him?!" LMFAO! Also the the ratchet amd clank one was pretty good, his face when they told him the money is in the account was priceless
XD I could just see him now for GT5, hes like ricky bobby in talledega nights XD

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mad pony
Thursday, February 04, 2010 @ 9:34:53 PM
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2010, and Beyond hopefully. Pretty funny on Twitter as well, @TheKevinButler.

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BikerSaint
Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 1:27:19 AM
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I think the "Desperate Dad" commercial's a pretty funny one too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5tErLbfmhQ

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