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[Calverz]

Well now we have seen the unboxing videos for all versions of next gen consoles, its safe to say xbox presentation is much better. The way the box opens, the console wrapped in a small parcel with “Power your Dreams” tag.
Its simply....

Steve Jobs would be proud lol

 

[HubertX]

omg the packing..... ps5 preorder canceled

 

[cormack12]

OP what have you done. This will turn serious by post 20

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Good, but Apple actually deliver product wise (iTunes has music on it, it pushed the iPod, the mac has applications on it, etc.)... Just another example of MSs' fixation on the wrong thing.

A nice box should be only the beginning (and I don't watch unboxing videos, this is a matter of principle).

 

[TBiddy]

It's probably not going to move any customers, but there's something satisfying about unwrapping something that feels premium. Looks like the XSX definitely delivered on that point.

edit:

Three posts in and the idiotic "LOL NO GAMES" army have arrived. Jesus.

OP what have you done. This will turn serious by post 20

You're optimistic. 20 posts?

 

[diffusionx]

"power your dreams" - how did MS know my dreams were playing 13 year old Xbox 360 games with HDR?

 

[lock2k]

Who cares about unboxing? I just rip the box away whenever I buy new shit.

 

[Thirty7ven]

OP what have you done. This will turn serious by post 20

The op is serious.

 

[BlueXImpulse]

 

[JimiNutz]

Yeah but the PS5 box is bigger and your cat will enjoy playing in that more.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Congrats on the box, Xbox.

Funny you mention Jobs, I do think there was some influence there, the Surface line was grown as a premium alternative to macs, and they learned how to do a nice feeling unboxing experience from that. That team is working with the Xbox team, so that's probably the direct line between them. The PS5's does feel more like a standard electronics device box.

 

[notseqi]

Serious CardboardFlaps advantage. Any cat would prefer to game in an Xbox-box.

 

[XGon'GiveItToYa]

Yeah but the PS5 box is bigger and your cat will enjoy playing in that more.

That's a good point, I shall get a PS5 box off ebay for my cats to play with.

EDIT: Just though of adding: PlayStation, it's for the gamers cats.

 

[Calverz]

Damn that was a nice one to unbox.

 

[ethomaz]

X-fighter deleted his account for this exactly weird talk lol

 

[Aguero9320]

If Sony had gone for premium style packaging it would have added $50 - just think of the cost of materials to nicely wrap something that size...

 

[Mr Hyde]

Has anyone gotten a dildo yet?

 

[RoboFu]

Bloodworth thought it was special

 

[Dnice123]

I don't think packaging is all that important, but I've bought tons of Sony products over the years and I know for a fact they could've done better than this.

 

[Thabass]

So this is where the we are now...

This console war shit is so dumb, I swear lol

 

[OnThePathToWisdom]

"Well now we have seen the unboxing videos for all versions of next gen consoles"

 

[dorkimoe]

I don't think packaging is all that important, but I've bought tons of Sony products over the years and I know for a fact they could've done better than this.

Geez

 

[The Leaked Truths]

I don't think packaging is all that important, but I've bought tons of Sony products over the years and I know for a fact they could've done better than this.

Yeah, this looks unworthy and cheap for a $500 dollar product.

 

[splattered]

"power your dreams" - how did MS know my dreams were playing 13 year old Xbox 360 games with HDR?

Because your avatar is a Nintendo character so you obviously have bad taste in games. MS saw you coming from a mile away

 

[Andodalf]

I don't think packaging is all that important, but I've bought tons of Sony products over the years and I know for a fact they could've done better than this.

Yeah, this is groady. The PS4 wasn't crazy, but at least it opened from the front which was slick.

 

[LordOfChaos]

I don't think packaging is all that important, but I've bought tons of Sony products over the years and I know for a fact they could've done better than this.

Yep, you have to admit that. Just seems like any old standard electronics box unboxing meant to get the device to you in an economical fashion, and while it's not 1% of my next gen consideration, watching the videos it did seem like the unboxing just didn't tell you "you're getting something special here".

 

[Ulysses 31]

PS5 packaging didn't just die... it was murdered.

 

[Flintty]

I don't think packaging is all that important, but I've bought tons of Sony products over the years and I know for a fact they could've done better than this.

Jesus, I hope that’s a sturdy box. Some UK postal firms would fucking destroy that.

 

[The Fartist]

 

[Nickolaidas]

I think it's safe to say that console warring has reached an all-time low.

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

Sony just slung it in a box and shipped it

 

[mckmas8808]

I think it's safe to say that console warring has reached an all-time low.

Seriously! LOL!

 

[Twinblade]

Serious CardboardFlaps advantage. Any cat would prefer to game in an Xbox-box.

Cats more likely to sit and claim the series x.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

So PS5 is the only console with a next gen controller and Xbox Series X is the only console with a next gen box?

 

[Orta]

I don't think packaging is all that important, but I've bought tons of Sony products over the years and I know for a fact they could've done better than this.

No choice as they are likely losing so much money on each console.

 

[NullZ3r0]

Unboxing experience matters for anything you spend $500 on thats why MS, Apple and Google obsess about it.

PS5 is packaged like a cheap toy.

 

[Plantoid]

No surprise the superior console has the superior box

 

[Calverz]

Looks like some people taking this thread a little serious. No fun allowed?!

 

[PharaoTutAnchAmun]

Good, but Apple actually deliver product wise (iTunes has music on it, it pushed the iPod, the mac has applications on it, etc.)... Just another example of MSs' fixation on the wrong thing.

A nice box should be only the beginning (and I don't watch unboxing videos, this is a matter of principle).

And Sony is delivering the PS5 with a game on it

 

[existensmaximum]

Good for them! It's the only thing they will win this generation, so enjoy it while this magnificent win lasts!

 

[FunkMiller]

In memoriam of X Fighter.

He came, he saw, he got recycled.

Never forget.

 

[FunkMiller]

I don't think packaging is all that important, but I've bought tons of Sony products over the years and I know for a fact they could've done better than this.

Oh god. I’m actually going to be serious about this. Why do I do it to myself?

Less packaging is better for the environment, which Sony are keen on proving they are thinking about. They’re not going to ship the Ps5 in a box they know doesn’t do the job. These people are not fucking idiots.

The better question is why Microsoft aren’t making more effort, given how important environmental concerns are to consumers these days.

 

[hemo memo]

Yeah it look really premium compared to the PS5 boxing which looks plain white and cheap like a refurbished Macbook.

 

[EverydayBeast]

I automatically throw the box away anyway.

 

[Elcid]

Honestly I liked the Xbox opening until they put batteries in the controller, that is just mind boggling in 2020.

 

[turtlepowa]

This couldn't have ended well anyways, but damn that was fast even for the blue boys.

 

[Endless Fluff]

I don't think packaging is all that important, but I've bought tons of Sony products over the years and I know for a fact they could've done better than this.

Looks like a cheap knockoff alibaba product.

 

[lock2k]

Honestly I liked the Xbox opening until they put batteries in the controller, that is just mind boggling in 2020.

Sometimes I think they have some sort of collusion with battery companies going on. lol

 

[Geki-D]

The Wii "draws" was better:

 

[hemo memo]

This couldn't have ended well anyways, but damn that was fast even for the blue boys.

Seriously the packaging feels Apple like. Both consoles offer the same price so it is a fair comparison. It shows you how Microsoft is looking into even the smallest details.