Circuit City resorts to irony to move PS3 units

Oh is it really? Wait here, let's check. Nope, no dice. Maybe Circuit City got a Super Special Shipment with PS2 controllers instead.

[Via PS3 Fanboy]

[quotaPop Posted Dec 2nd 2006 2:55PM]

Hah, "READY TO RUMBLE!"... Thats just mean.

[Pirateinmymind Posted Dec 2nd 2006 2:56PM]

How old is that add, anyway. I never saw it in my paper. But if it was a recent or upcoming add it would say out now not out November 17. Although the Irony is quite funny.

[JonnyK429 Posted Dec 2nd 2006 2:57PM]

We all know they mean "rumble" in the sense that they could have used with any other product. They could have said that about a TV or speaker system. "Rumble" is simply a term used to stir excitement.

The irony is there though and it is kind of funny that they would use that word :)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 3:07PM]

thanks captain obvious

[Raziel66 Posted Dec 2nd 2006 3:23PM]

Wow... I'm speechless. New to Engadget?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 3:41PM]

Ohhhhhhh I GET IT!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 5:03PM]

Sir, you are AN IDIOT!

Everybody knows that, you are pretty damn stupid, in your attempt to sound smart.

CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!

[Cheeseburgers09 Posted Dec 2nd 2006 2:57PM]

hilarious

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 3:20PM]

I don't think they have to do much to sell a PS3, they could have just ran an ad that had a picture of the PS3 with the words "we have them" under it and they would be sold out in ten minutes.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 3rd 2008 3:18PM]

Lol, you meant the nintendo Wii, right?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 3:28PM]

hahaha

[samrum Posted Dec 2nd 2006 3:44PM]

Pirateinmymind,
It's in Circuit City's Holdiday Guide. It was in the newspaper a few weeks ago, I think.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 3:49PM]

Yesssssss! that's hilarious. And they ahve a reference to the "dali clocks" ad and the "george foreman grill" thing. The guy who made this is or a genius or a lucky idiot.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 4:04PM]

Yeah, ummm....I would say the ad is fake. I never saw that ad, and I get the newspaper and look for the Best Buy and Circuit City ads. Whatever.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 4:08PM]

How ironic, the very system that doesn't have rumble in its controllers is said to have that [italics] very [/italics] feature in this ad.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 4:29PM]

I am a digusting spammer, please spam me back: [e-mail]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 5:37PM]

I am having trouble viewing what I assume is an image above the text. You have a lot of firefox users, many of which use adblock, and "ps3-advert" might not have been a great choice for a name.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 5:20PM]

Might be considered good advertising,

Look how many places linked to this Circuit City ad and how much attention an otherwise forgotten ad would have gotten if it wasn't for that one line, and it does it all at the expense of Sony not themselves.

So great job Circuit City advertising department. . .

[aughscreennames Posted Dec 2nd 2006 6:07PM]

Why would a company waste money on advertising a product like the PS3? Are they afraid that theyll be overstocked?

[spyder91 Posted Dec 2nd 2006 6:48PM]

They could post a picture of a PS3 with the title "Eat shit and die!" and it would still sell out in 10 mins...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 7:59PM]

- "They could post a picture of a PS3 with the title "Eat shit and die!" and it would still sell out in 10 mins..."

Dude, I would totally line up overnight to get one of the first PlayStation ESADs when they're released.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 7:30PM]

Lol, that's like saying "you will actually enjoy this"....

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 9:08PM]

Yeah... that's rich... I guess... but... I don't get it. What's the joke? I don't know anything about the PS3. Why is Ready To Rumble so ironic?

[lettcco Posted Dec 2nd 2006 9:47PM]

because PS3 at first was suppose to have vibration controller but got sue and lost.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 9:56PM]

What truly makes me sick is the $100 Monster "for PS3" HDMI cable. All parties involved should thoroughly rot...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 10:11PM]

Does the "d" key on your keyboard not work?

-or-

oes the " " key on your keyboar not work?

[lettcco Posted Dec 2nd 2006 9:49PM]

I think in a sense there's some truth to it, although it's apply to people who tried to get one.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 4th 2006 11:20PM]

Its No Fake. I just got this in the mail. It wasn't in the newspaper, it came today in a little mini circuit city catalog. Right about in the middle.
Rumble.. funny funny har har