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[Rossco EZ]

Kinda glad they are doing this, it would be better on the back. makes the front less crowded.

 

[Aceofspades]

Lol

 

[Lestat Phoenix]

Lol

Why is that funny?

 

[saintjules]

Funny, I was thinking of making a thread on that this morning.

Too much clutter so good move. Even the stuff at the top right could have been pushed to the back.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Wait, so people complained over this? You guys are weird.

 

[VincentMatts]

Why is that funny?

its funny cause hes a console warrior

 

[cormack12]

Makes sense, there's little effort involved and they listened to feedback. I think they should have made the retail boxes the shape of the badge, now that would have been a statement

 

[Dee_Dee]

The rest of that stuff in the upper right can go on the back as well. No need to have a bunch of shit all over the front.

 

[AV]

Obligatory

 

[Lestat Phoenix]

its funny cause hes a console warrior

O I see I'll just block him. No time for bottom feeders.

 

[Reindeer]

Or they could have made it smaller, but I guess that was too hard... If they gonna keep it that size though (for whatever reason) then it should be on the back, yes.

 

[Freeman]

Keep it classy, that badge was cringe.

 

[Breakage]

I can't believe they thought it was a good logo in the first place. It looks awful..

 

[R6Rider]

Why didn't they just add it to the banner? So many more visually pleasing ways than the giant logo that resembles stickers on the plastic wrap.

 

[Reindeer]

I can't believe they thought it was a good logo in the first place. It looks awful..

Another genius marketing move by Aaron Greenberg.

 

[Starlight Lotice]

Should have added it on the Spine of the Box at the bottom, then you are reminded on the Shelf that it is "optimised".

 

[Reindeer]

Seriously, Xbox division should just hire me or anyone here on GAF for their marketing, surely can't do worse job than whoever is working there now.

 

[GreatnessRD]

Or they could have made it smaller, but I guess that was too hard... If they gonna keep it that size though (for whatever reason) then it should be on the back, yes.

It amazes me that a billion dollar business don't have common sense. Literally amazes me.

 

[Dee_Dee]

I can't believe they thought it was a good logo in the first place. It looks awful..

Sometimes I wonder if Xbox team has like a Quality control or focus group team to review stuff before it is made public

 

[MasterCornholio]

Cover looks better now in my opinion. I always found that huge badge in the front a bit silly.

 

[Breakage]

Sometimes I wonder if Xbox team has like a Quality control or focus group team to review stuff before it is made public

It's hard to believe that they have three consoles under their belt. You expect this sort of stuff from a company just entering the arena.

 

[THEAP99]

Lmao Greenberg is looking even dumber now

 

[DaGwaphics]

Always seemed like it should have been on the back. It was just too large for the front.

 

[Reindeer]

Sometimes I wonder if Xbox team has like a Quality control or focus group team to review stuff before it is made public

It's like bunch of farmers running an art museum.

 

[Hudo]

Now, can we get Sony to actually use white or black plastic for their boxes instead of the blue that clashes with the PS5 branding?

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[Grinchy]

I feel like every game should just come with a reversible cover by default. And the reverse side should just be the same cover but without any of the ratings, logos, review scores, ect. So they could fill it up with all that horseshit for the store shelf, but the user could flip it around and get it all gone after buying it.

 

[LittleBusters]

That Dirt 5 image looks hideous.

 

[Mmnow]

"HAHA! Xbox reacted positively after we complained about something. What absolute IDIOTS."

Who hurt you people? These threads always end up reading like we're being inundated with thick teenagers.

Good move, Microsoft. It looked ugly as hell.

 

[TheDude108]

Good that it cleans it up, but adds even more confusion to the general consumer about why they should get a Series X over an Xbox One if they don't know that games will work better on the latest and greatest.

 

[LittleBusters]

Craig will personally bless all XBox Series X games! He absolves you, he absolves you all!

 

[MiguelItUp]

Well, that's a good move. That thing was HUGE!

 

[existensmaximum]

That's a good call. Much cleaner!

 

[WelshBluebird]

I still don't understand what the point of it is. Given they already have the "Xbox Series X" text at the top along with the 4K HDR etc text, what is the logo supposed to represent? From what I can tell, it just means it uses the power of the Series X. But doesn't the "Xbox Series X" text at the top of the damn box say that anyway?

 

[yurqqa]

The manufacturer who reads the feedback is eventually good. Arrogant manufacturer is bad forever.

 

[killatopak]

I still don't understand what the point of it is. Given they already have the "Xbox one X" text at the top along with the 4K HDR etc text, what is the logo supposed to represent?

People are stupid and the Xbox naming doubly so.

Just need to look at Wii to Wii U. People thinking the Wii U is just a Wii accessory.

 

[CamHostage]

A sticker on the shrinkwrap would have been fine. (And that might have been the actual plan? I'm not seeing any change in the packaging layout where they made room for this big banner, on the DIRT packaging at least. ) I wouldn't have liked it to have permanently been slapped on the cover, but if they need to sell cross-gen games as being optimized for the new console, that's worthwhile messaging temporarily.

*Little Correction: The packages did change, but just to add more of the legal and regional branding bugs that often aren't on preliminary packart images in the first place. The artwork is still the same layout. I'd like to think they always meant for there to be just stickers and not permanent banners, but I'd like to think a lot of things about good boxart being valuable in this market...

 

[turtlepowa]

I thought it was just a sticker on the plastic wrap. Good choice then.

 

[iJudged]

Guys, they're listening.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

It's cool that they listened. It was an eyesore.

A sticker on the shrinkwrap would have been fine. (And that might have been the actual plan? I'm not seeing any change in the packaging layout where they made room for this big banner, on the DIRT packaging at least.) I wouldn't have liked it to have permanently been slapped on the cover, but if they need to sell cross-gen games as being optimized for the new console, that's worthwhile messaging temporarily.

Yeah this would be the best IMO. It would still be easily seen at retail, but also doesn't actually affect the box art. It's not like it matters once you've opened it anyways since you already know.

 

[R6Rider]

Imagine if all the discs had this logo on them as well.

 

[LeftThumbstick]

Imagine if all the discs had this logo on them as well.

Luckily there will be virtually no discs printed for the console yet as its still months away.

Anyways, good on Xbox for listening and doing something about it, it's tacky and just not needed on the Box. People know if they are buying the Series X they have the best version by default.

 

[Droxcy]

Smart move it already has that drop down badge on the top

 

[DonF]

Wait for them to replace it with an even bigger badge that just reads "XBOX SERIES X SMART DELIVERY COMPATIBILITY 4K 120 Hz"

 

[MrS]

Good move. That thing is ghastly and fucks up every image I've seen it on.

 

[Sony]

Step in the right direction, the spamming worked. As for the next phase, please, spam them with these designs:

 

[Mister Wolf]

Smart move. No reason to lock yourself into a bad decision because of pride. Humility is a virtue.

 

[Entroyp]

That’s good!.. that thing is hideous and too big.

 

[Entroyp]

Step in the right direction, the spamming worked. As for the next phase, please, spam them with these designs:

damn.. these are beautiful

 

[Devilich]

Now that's a game I would play

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