The following is the response to an email sent to SONY by one of Amebor correspondents.

My name is Devon from Sony Style.com and I manage our feedback form. I wanted to reach out regarding your submission relating to one of the PS3 advertisements. I’d personally like to apologize and I shared your feedback onto the PlayStation team. This team recently released an announcement regarding your feedback that I wanted to pass along. This message is also being posted on the PlayStation website.

“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.”

I appreciate you taking the time to come to SonyStyle.com and share your thoughts.

Here’s a statement released by the senior director of corporate communications at Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), Patrick Seybold.

“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.”

Here’s the infamous Ad

Here’s the New Ad

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