Sony in trouble for using slaughtered goat April 30, 2007
Posted by grhomeboy in Games & Gadgets.trackback
Electronics giant Sony is in hot water after using a decapitated goat as a party centerpiece in Greece at The God of War 2 launch showcase held in Athens, Greece, on 1st March 2007, to promote the launch of a video game.
The meal greatly upset animal rights advocates, the British Sunday Mail reported. The party, held in Athens, reportedly used the beheaded goat as the centerpiece of a celebration of the launch of “God Of War II” for Sony’s PlayStation console, the London newspaper said. Guests were even allowed to reach inside the goat’s stomach to eat offal meant to resemble the animal’s intestines.
The party also featured topless girls and a chance for guests to pull live snakes from a pit. Images of the party were reportedly printed in the company’s official PlayStation magazine, and the company has since apologized.
Animal rights advocates were not the only ones upset. The Mail reported Sony received many complaints about the message such use of a slaughtered animal sends to youngsters. “God Of War II,” known as a very violent game, features characters from Greek mythology.
UPDATE >
It’s a slow news day so back to that bizarre Sony press event in Greece. The company has furnished Kotaku.com with its side of the story. Predictably, it turns out that the goat was not slaughtered onsite and games journalists were not invited to eat offal from its still warm body cavity. The goat was apparently ’sourced’ already dead from a local butcher. I wish I could have heard that phone conversation.
Read more at > Sony responds
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