Marcus Rivers

Marcus Rivers
Step Your Game Up commercials  character
First appearance	Marcus meets Kevin
Created by	Sony Computer Entertainment
Portrayed by	Bobb'e J. Thompson
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	PSP publicist

Marcus Rivers (portrayed by child-actor Bobb'e J. Thompson) is a fictional 12 year-old character used by Sony Computer Entertainment America as part of their Step Your Game Up advertising campaign for the PlayStation Portable and PSPgo consoles in North America, much like the PlayStation 3's "It Only Does Everything" advertising campaign commercials with Kevin Butler.^[1] He stars as the publicist of the PlayStation Portable division of Sony, responding to "Dear PSP" queries.^[2] The character was created by Deutsch/LA, the advertising agency responsible for the campaign. The YouTube channel "marcuspsp" that hosted his videos, was closed in June 15, 2011 for an undisclosed reason.

Appearances

Marcus Rivers first appeared at E3 2010 in a promo called "Marcus meets Kevin" where Marcus Rivers claims the PSP needs more publicity, Kevin agrees, and hires Marcus as the new PSP publicist.^[3] After this, the his first "Step Your Game Up" television commercials ensue. Marcus also appears in various YouTube videos titled "Don't Play That" where he talks about games that people shouldn't waste their money on, instead instructing them they should get a PSP.

Like Kevin Butler, Marcus has a different title in each commercial. His first title was "PSP Gamer" before he got hired by Kevin Butler. His first title as the PSP publicist was "Deputy of Gameland Security" in a commercial for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. He is later called "Sibling Conflict Advisor" in a ModNation Racers PSP commercial^[1] and "Deputy of Great Game Deals" in a commercial promoting "$9.99 Games".^[4]

See also

• Kevin Butler

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lee C Kovacs (2010-05-24). "Marcus Rivers Is Kevin Butler for PSP". TheSixthAxis. http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/05/24/marcus-rivers-is-kevin-butler-for-psp/. Retrieved 2010-06-16. 
2. ^ Dille, Peter (2010-07-02). "Step Your Game Up with PSP and PSPgo". SCEA. http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/07/02/step-up-your-game-with-psp-and-pspgo/. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
3. ^ DynamiteJack (2010-06-16). "Kevin Butler hires Marcus to be PSP spokeskid". Huge Gamer. http://www.hugegamer.com/blog/2010/6/16/kevin-butler-hires-marcus-to-be-psp-spokeskid.html. Retrieved 2010-06-16. 
4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T5_wDrk8SY