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So Shamrock have you gotten a PM yet?
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Whats this? Has MS found a female Jeff Bell?
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Luckyman said:
Wait, hold on... I've not played Xbox 360 UNO, so I'm a bit confused. How do people all in the same room play UNO together, when everybody could see each other's cards?
Edit: I also hate how people are talking like this is a brand new piece of hardware or something. Dvorak totally botched talking about it on last week's TWiT, and then this lady pulls out the great, "Oh yeah, all of your old Xbox 360 games will play on it."
Luckyman said:
Man it just gets worse and worse.
-we have the xbox 360 it comes ready to play out of the box. (I hope so)
-My whole family loves to play uno in the living room. (How exactly do you play a card game with your family on the same TV? That would be a lot of fun seeing each others cards:lol )
-My son likes the pink controller (poor kid going to hear about that at school.)
It would of been classic if the the interviewer caught that uno lie and said "but don't you see each others cards". I would of love to see the response to that.
-My 15 year old son wants to play games with me now when before he wouldn't talk to me.
Holy shit :lol
legend166 said:I've said it before, but I'll say it again. There is no sadder sight in the world than Microsoft trying to act cool.
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Luckyman said:
Oh man, that was awesome.
From the "yeah, of course, you can still play your old 360 games on this" to the part where she had like no clue how to get the game to work, that was pure gold :lol
legend166 said:I've said it before, but I'll say it again. There is no sadder sight in the world than Microsoft trying to act cool.
MS trots out a middle aged mother for an interview, that's trying to be cool? You have a strange definition of cool...
shidoshi said:Wait, hold on... I've not played Xbox 360 UNO, so I'm a bit confused. How do people all in the same room play UNO together, when everybody could see each other's cards?
Edit: I also hate how people are talking like this is a brand new piece of hardware or something. Dvorak totally botched talking about it on last week's TWiT, and then this lady pulls out the great, "Oh yeah, all of your old Xbox 360 games will play on it."
This is the first and only time I've ever heard Xbox 360 being described as "not only for moms" :lol
"Has the console changed at all?"
"No, it's the same Xbox 360 we know and love"
- The red ring jokes write themselves
"Can play your old games on this?"
"All your Xbox 360 games will play on it"
- I think she was talking about Xbox1 games...
At least it's a great value at $279! I like how they show it with the HDD, yet don't even mention it and expect people to get one at $279. How disingenuous.
fly high ~ayunite~
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"Right, it's the new board game. Xbox Live arcade is replacing alot of the board games"
Really?
Really?
Yeah, I forgot where I read it, but one analyst guy put it this way.Dante said:Jesus they are totally trying to push it like the Wii, which isn't a bad strategy I guess, they just don't seem to be doing it nearly as well as Nintendo.
The Xbox is known for the teen market/shooter demographic, yet they keep trying to lose that image unsuccessfully. It's like if Victoria's Secret tried to sell men's clothes, sure they could and they might even be good at it, but it seems like a waste to spend so much time trying to detract from an already popular image. Nobody would associate Victoria's Secret with men's clothes, just like nobody would associate Xbox 360 with family gaming.
Dante said:Jesus they are totally trying to push it like the Wii, which isn't a bad strategy I guess, they just don't seem to be doing it nearly as well as Nintendo.
They're not doing it well at all. Really, without a Wii Sports/Wii Play casual killer app they just come across as a Wii wannabe without the hook. The ad campaign helps Nintendo more than Microsoft.
Barnolde said:Yeah, I forgot where I read it, but one analyst guy put it this way.
The Xbox is known for the teen market/shooter demographic, yet they keep trying to lose that image unsuccessfully. It's like if Victoria's Secret tried to sell men's clothes, sure they could and they might even be good at it, but it seems like a waste to spend so much time trying to detract from an already popular image. Nobody would associate Victoria's Secret with men's clothes, just like nobody would associate Xbox 360 with family gaming.
Agreed wholeheartedly. The worst thing Microsoft could do is lose the market they DO dominate trying to go after the market that is hopeless for them this gen.
InterMoniker
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Luckyman said:
"My Son likes the Pink controller just as much as the Blue!"
:lol :lol
God that whole interview is just soooooo fake.
"Teenagers can still get into this it's not just for the Moms" What THe Fuck?
Talamius said:They're not doing it well at all. Really, without a Wii Sports/Wii Play casual killer app they just come across as a Wii wannabe without the hook. The ad campaign helps Nintendo more than Microsoft.
Yeah, I was kinda putting it nicely. Frankly, this and the Scene It ad were some of the most cringe worthy things I've seen recently.
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InterMoniker said:"My Son likes the Pink controller just as much as the Blue!"
:lol :lol
God that whole interview is just soooooo fake.
"Teenagers can still get into this it's not just for the Moms" What THe Fuck?
:lol :lol :lol
But let's face it, the people she was talking to don't read GAF, so they will buy the Mom's game machine.
Dante said:Yeah, I was kinda putting it nicely. Frankly, this and the Scene It ad were some of the most cringe worthy things I've seen recently.
The best one I saw was the MS ad marketing Bioshock as a casual game. I can imagine little Timmy getting this at Christmas (as if parents even look at the rating) and playing it in front of the whole family, right up to the point where he gets to kill his first Little Sister. The looks on everyone's faces would be priceless.
Yes, Bioshock is an awesome game. But family friendly it ain't :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BOKQdI5IXk <--ad in question
Panajev2001a
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Ghost said:They could do a whole series of these.
"My child used to spit into my mouth when I slept, but then I tried XBOX 360! He didn't stop spitting, but hitting him with the power brick makes me feel a lot better. THANKS XBOX 360."
"Playing XBOX 360 and popular, life affirming titles like Spongebob Squarepants, helped me connect with my son in a way I never thought possible. Next week we're going to hang outside of wendies and shoot fireworks at passing cars, THANKS XBOX 360!"
"My son had severe weight problems, then I bought him an XBOX 360 with XBOX LIVE, 3 months later, the verbal battering he had recieved from members of the online community had destroyed his self confidence and turned him into a nervous wreck, which made it much easier to stop feeding the tubby little shit. THANKS XBOX 360."
:lol. Great job, awesomely great job :lol.
Talamius said:The best one I saw was the MS ad marketing Bioshock as a casual game. I can imagine little Timmy getting this at Christmas (as if parents even look at the rating) and playing it in front of the whole family, right up to the point where he gets to kill his first Little Sister. The looks on everyone's faces would be priceless.
Yes, Bioshock is an awesome game. But family friendly it ain't :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BOKQdI5IXk <--ad in question
i hate that commercial. :lol
Yeah that whole ABC interview thing makes anyone kinda not want a 360, reminds me of that Rock Band AD in Target with the kids playing it.