Hip Hop
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That's why he said some, not all. And yeah, I agree with him. You can definitely sense it in Microsoft/Xbox threads.
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Major Nelson Strikes Back
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His determination trying to beat aceybongos score in geometry wars 3 was what made me buy it to see if I could beat him. Ive never played geometry wars before. On my first go I beat him by 40 million.
Hes not good.
Of course not, but it's still rather insinuative.
Yeah, kind of. Just because someone dislikes the video doesn't mean they hate Xbox or Major Nelson.
Admiral Woofington
Member
people don't hate it because it's Microsoft or have a problem with him.
I hated it because it's cringe inducing. It never reached so bad it's good territory
Welfare
Member
Nah dude it's just a "persecution complex".
king grimlock
Member
yes because making an ad and putting it on the UK xbox channel which is currently just above 70k subscribers is really gonna bring in those sales...
Clairvoyance
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I doubt he wants to deal with console warriors. Oops, there goes 99% of those "hard questions".
Dreadx_Jecht
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Seems like he's indirectly calling people a bunch of Sony fanboys. Not a good look on his part.
Err, he said some of those who hate it is because they are biased, not all of the ones that hate it.
How did you get to that?!
Dreadx_Jecht
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If you look on his Twitter, he's good friends with several pro Xbox console warriors, just saying.
rokkerkory
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Thought it was so cheesey
Mad Season
Banned
Awful
Yeah, they'll save that for the "Buy an Xbox One, get a free game, any game" sale the week Star Wars Battlefront ships.
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Hip Hop
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Oh no, he's friends with fans of his products, the horror!
You can say the same thing about any Sony or Nintendo PR people on Twitter.
Only the 1% mattered and even then....but the past is ugly, the present and future is much greener.
For us Enterprise users MS is still MS - and in fact is more Gates-era MS with some of the deep ties in the stack between W10 & Server...but I digress into areas konsole kids know little of...
This video makes me think 'cool teacher' for some reason, but whatever, you can't ascribe a culture change across a whole corporation the size of MS from one wacky piece of what used to be called guerrilla marketing by a single regional division of a small part of MS' overall portfolio.
Dreadx_Jecht
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You don't understand, some of those guys are insane with how far they take it.
Clairvoyance
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I don't see how that's relevant? If anything, Sony and Nintendo are the ones that need to be answering some hard questions.
To be fair, that goes for some diehard fans of every product.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Sony never has negative discussion in any of their threads amirite?
Hip Hop
Member
The same thing can be said about Sony or Nintendo "fanboys" communicating with companies on Twitter, I understand perfectly.
Dreadx_Jecht
Banned
Most others don't seem to openly encourage those that display that kind of behavior though. I could be off on that however.
I think he gets what he wants - almost everytime.
Didn't say that trust me woof whatever the shitty microsoft threads far outweigh the shitty Sony ones. Dont play stupid.
Viral marketing or whatever it's called these days.
Produced cheaply, spread for nothing over forums by brand ambassadors/MVPs/fan people & they reach and audience far in excess of subbed channel numbers on YT and for a fraction of the cost of both producing & buying airtime on TV.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Summary of threads where Major posts. lol
Ville Pukema
Member
That was lot of fun. 
Knightmarre
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This thread does have a strange vibe to it. Most "funny youtube video" threads are just full of reactions but some posters are taking the negative responses personally.
Also a "I am your father" joke in 2015 is pretty cringe inducing.
ohImlaughin
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I know im a junior, but whats with the serious anger in this thread. Its a silly commercial, its harmless, funny or stupid it shouldnt be inciting this kind of reaction to be honest lol
Marketing works differently on the internet.
It doesn't depend on the base subscriptions, it depends on the evangelicals like statham to spread the word. Nintendo's been doing it for years, and Sony started doing it majorly towards the end of the PS3 and all of the PS4.
It's ain't a new thing.
I'm not talking about this video, just the PR hate that I have seen on here before. As long as someone isn't lying or being a viral marketer or something I don't see an issue with PR.
Admiral Woofington
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I'm not playing stupid. Negative xbox threads came at a time when xbox did some stupid shit. Like all of the near release E3 decisions that they back pedaled on specifically due to fan reaction, the indie game fiasco, and even the tomb raider issue.
I don't frequent gaming side so often i can give you statistics, but if I see a negative thread/comment here nowadays it tends to be about PS + not being worth it, PS4 not having any more exclusives till 2016, PSN shitty download speeds/service, making fun of stability updates, the Shenmue 3 publishing issue, etc...
Microsoft had their gamescom conference and that seemed to have received largely positive reviews.
I am not going to ignore that within the new generation that MS has been an easy target, but nothing I've seen was unwarranted.
I don't think too many xbox fans post around here anymore. Probably why this thread is mostly filled with those you would see in Sony topics. I mean would you really want to post here when every topic basically devolves into this?
Brad Grenz
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Declasse. Microsoft's desperate need to circumvent these exclusive marketing deals is pretty gross. Last gen Sony never lowered themselves to trying to do an end run around Microsoft's contracts.
Console wars must be taken completely seriously. Stand up for whats right and never let anyone disrespect your plastic video game box on the internet.
It was someone doing an ad for Battlefront without being able to do a proper ad for Battlefront.
Yup exactly
Beerman462
Member
Major Nelson will forever be a douche nozzle to me. Nothing he does seems genuine.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Being somebody who owns all three consoles, I am not going to not complain when one of the big three does something shitty. And there's enough of a community to survive OTs and shit. Sunset Overdrive OT had plenty of activity when that came out
Well, they didn't go after specific marketing deals. I do remember their Kevin Butler ads making fun of the competition, though.
ohImlaughin
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to be honest shouldnt this place be above that? i dunno maybe im crazy
Ohh god...
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