PS3 ad: Honey, it’s a “movie download machine”

Still trying to convince your girlfriend that having a PlayStation 3 in your apartment won’t cause cracks and tensions to your relationship? I know girls, while they’d love to give their boyfriends whatever will make them happy, don’t exactly find the idea of having a PS3 around as healthy. Simply put, it’s competition. And it’s not even human. But maybe there’s a way you can make your girlfriend like the PS3 – but not as the console that it is. Check out the ad after the jump.

Still trying to convince your girlfriend that having a PlayStation 3 in your apartment won’t cause cracks and tensions to your relationship? I know girls, while they’d love to give their boyfriends whatever will make them happy, don’t exactly find the idea of having a PS3 around as healthy. Simply put, it’s competition. And it’s not even human.

Well for you boyfriends out there, maybe this will do the trick. Instead of introducing it as a third wheel gaming console, tell her it’s a “new movie downloading machine” (basically adopt what Sony‘s doing to sell the PS3 to non-gamers). That way you’ll still get to spend quality time with her and your PS3.

Although… that may not necessarily work in your favor, either. Here’s how it could go wrong: