Sony pits PS3 against the all-purpose onion

Japan gets a lot of flak for its nonsensical advertising campaigns, but the new effort pitting Sony's PlayStation 3 against a bunch of green onions surprisingly isn't one of them. Despite the non-sequitur comparison of a high-tech game console to a batch of sarcastic scallions, the results are subtle and enjoyable, even if you don't speak the language. Similar to the "Get a Mac" ads, Sony's spots begin with introductions, the onion describing himself as "Banou-negi," or "the all-purpose green onion."