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Sep102009

SONY apologizes to Nigeria for Playstation 3 ad

The senior director of corporate communications at Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), Patrick Seybold said that sony pulled the ad off air after receiving complaints. Sony released this public apology to Nigeria:

"It has come to our attention that a recent TV advertisement for PlayStation may have offended some members of the Nigerian community. We never intended to create a situation that would upset anyone, and we have taken action to immediately remove the advertisement from the air. We apologize to anyone this may have offended."

Kotaku

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