The more I hear of every xbone announcement the more the image of sideshow bob stepping on multiple rakes springs to mind. Sorry but don't know how to insert images.
Xbox One Designed "With Advertising in Mind"
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[a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/6814-Companies-Exist-To-Make-Money"]Jim talked about this,[/a] just because they're goal is to make money, that doesn't excuse horrible anti-consumer business practices. You can make try to money buy pleasing your consumer base and delivering quality products that build brand loyalty and trust, or you can attempt to make money by trying to fuck consumers in the ass and hoping they won't mind too much. Guess which path the Xbox One has been going down.Phrozenflame500 said:So the xBox One was specifically designed with corporate interests in mind?
I also love how even the ad team is having none of the smartglass and tablet bullshit.
Sony, screws up on the PS3 designs the PS4 with games and gamers in mind.
Microsoft does well with the 360 and designs the One with advertising and people who watch advertising in mind?
Whose on their frickin' PR team? How can they be this bad? I really hope it's just some guy who walked in off the street and he's having a big old laugh at Microsoft now.
EDIT: I think we can safely say the Xbone would be more popular right now if they'd put a brick in charge of public relations. That's a special kind of awful
Microsoft does well with the 360 and designs the One with advertising and people who watch advertising in mind?
Whose on their frickin' PR team? How can they be this bad? I really hope it's just some guy who walked in off the street and he's having a big old laugh at Microsoft now.
EDIT: I think we can safely say the Xbone would be more popular right now if they'd put a brick in charge of public relations. That's a special kind of awful
Gather round friends....and hear the tale of plight that is Microsoft's.
Once...there was a little Microsoft. Say hello Microsoft! "Hello!" ^.^
He developed software, hardware, and was one of the big dogs of the entertainment industry. He wasn't perfect...but then...who is? He was successful and popular, and Microsoft was doing just fine.
But then one day, Microsoft got greedy and decided he wanted to dig for the legendary gold booty that is said to rest in the backyard of Mr. Consumer.
Mr. Consumers backyard was hard earned land, but he didn't mind sharing a little bit of it. But Mr. Consumers backyard was not public property...nor was it very steady or reliable.
Microsoft decided that he was going to build a special shovel to mine for this gold. It was ugly and heavy, and was sure to give children splinters if they so much as looked at it. Microsoft called his shovel the "Xbone".
Microsoft took his shovel and started digging for the fortune. The shovel split a water pipe, killed a lizard and flicked dirt and mud onto Mr. Consumers windows (who was getting very cross).
Mr. Consumer yelled out "Microsoft stop! Stop what you are doing right now! You are doing more harm than good!" But Microsoft forged on ahead, not realizing that the pit he was digging was turning into a sinkhole. Before long, the ground beneath Microsoft's feet gave way, and swallowed him up to his chest in thick mud and jabbing rocks.
"Whats going on?! Why is this happening?!" Cried Microsoft, squirming in place and obviously confused. He tried to climb out of the hole he had dug, but he simply could not".
By this time, the mean jerk down the street, Old Man Sony, who always had it out for Microsoft, had realized what was happening. Old Man Sony took this opportunity to point and laugh at Microsoft, and even sent Mr. Consumer a letter, telling him all about how his shovel would be much easier for him to use. A fact Mr. Consumer was now seriously considering.
Mr. Consumer came out of his house, and looked with equal parts amazement and disappointment as the appalling mess Microsoft had gotten himself into. Microsoft looked up, embarrassed, and Mr. Consumer said:
"Microsoft, if you want to get out of this hole, you have to drop that silly Xbone, its just weighing you down and you wont be able to climb out of this hole and clean yourself up as long as you are holding onto it."
Reluctantly, and with wounded pride, silly Microsoft let go of his Xbone. He apologized to Mr. Consumer, who offered his hand and helped Microsoft start climbing out of the ugly hole. Mr. Consumer felt a degree of pity for the silly mistake Microsoft had made, and even started to see that ugly old Xbone surface from the muck, free of its many tacky add-ons.
Just then...right as Microsoft was starting to get a good grip on the grass, he turned to Mr. Consumer and said....
"Oh uhh, hey...by the way. The Xbone is going to stay here, in your backyward forever, watch what you do, what you buy and how you speak and use that information to sneak advertisements in your front letterbox that are specifically tailored to you. Because I'm pretty sure that fortune is around here somewhere haha!"
Mr. Consumer then broke a cricket bat over Microsofts head, had his corpse removed from his property and contemplated why he ever trusted that fucking idiot to be anywhere near him in the first place.
Once...there was a little Microsoft. Say hello Microsoft! "Hello!" ^.^
He developed software, hardware, and was one of the big dogs of the entertainment industry. He wasn't perfect...but then...who is? He was successful and popular, and Microsoft was doing just fine.
But then one day, Microsoft got greedy and decided he wanted to dig for the legendary gold booty that is said to rest in the backyard of Mr. Consumer.
Mr. Consumers backyard was hard earned land, but he didn't mind sharing a little bit of it. But Mr. Consumers backyard was not public property...nor was it very steady or reliable.
Microsoft decided that he was going to build a special shovel to mine for this gold. It was ugly and heavy, and was sure to give children splinters if they so much as looked at it. Microsoft called his shovel the "Xbone".
Microsoft took his shovel and started digging for the fortune. The shovel split a water pipe, killed a lizard and flicked dirt and mud onto Mr. Consumers windows (who was getting very cross).
Mr. Consumer yelled out "Microsoft stop! Stop what you are doing right now! You are doing more harm than good!" But Microsoft forged on ahead, not realizing that the pit he was digging was turning into a sinkhole. Before long, the ground beneath Microsoft's feet gave way, and swallowed him up to his chest in thick mud and jabbing rocks.
"Whats going on?! Why is this happening?!" Cried Microsoft, squirming in place and obviously confused. He tried to climb out of the hole he had dug, but he simply could not".
By this time, the mean jerk down the street, Old Man Sony, who always had it out for Microsoft, had realized what was happening. Old Man Sony took this opportunity to point and laugh at Microsoft, and even sent Mr. Consumer a letter, telling him all about how his shovel would be much easier for him to use. A fact Mr. Consumer was now seriously considering.
Mr. Consumer came out of his house, and looked with equal parts amazement and disappointment as the appalling mess Microsoft had gotten himself into. Microsoft looked up, embarrassed, and Mr. Consumer said:
"Microsoft, if you want to get out of this hole, you have to drop that silly Xbone, its just weighing you down and you wont be able to climb out of this hole and clean yourself up as long as you are holding onto it."
Reluctantly, and with wounded pride, silly Microsoft let go of his Xbone. He apologized to Mr. Consumer, who offered his hand and helped Microsoft start climbing out of the ugly hole. Mr. Consumer felt a degree of pity for the silly mistake Microsoft had made, and even started to see that ugly old Xbone surface from the muck, free of its many tacky add-ons.
Just then...right as Microsoft was starting to get a good grip on the grass, he turned to Mr. Consumer and said....
"Oh uhh, hey...by the way. The Xbone is going to stay here, in your backyward forever, watch what you do, what you buy and how you speak and use that information to sneak advertisements in your front letterbox that are specifically tailored to you. Because I'm pretty sure that fortune is around here somewhere haha!"
Mr. Consumer then broke a cricket bat over Microsofts head, had his corpse removed from his property and contemplated why he ever trusted that fucking idiot to be anywhere near him in the first place.
You mental bastard...Shanicus said:
I LOVE IT! XD
Boku no Pico is a must for that list, see them find suitable Ads for THAT.
Hey, Microsoft! When they say "go for broke" this isn't what they mean... unless your trying really hard to actually be broke.
Ohh, I really want to buy this just to see if it is possible to troll it.
Hmm, I think I am coming down with a sudden case of Tourettes.
Hmm, I think I am coming down with a sudden case of Tourettes.
For some reason Microsocks seems to be hell-bent on making every press release and public conference dig their new products' grave deeper and deeper. Maybe they decided to see how low they can sink before the crusade starts.Desert Punk said:This bears repeating.RatherDull said:
You want to charge me half a G, 60 dollars a game, AND CHARGE ME FOR ONLINE PLAY, then, ontop of it all, you want to put advertisements on my console AND spy on me to try to target those ads better?
Fucking seriously?
And the Xbone continues the trend of being everything bad about a gaming PC with none of the positives. Hell, ads on the PC are the price you pay for games/services being free. Making me look at the trailer for the latest in spunk gargle wee wee when I've already paid a few hundred quid up front plus a subscription fee and the price of each game is beyond cheeky.
But that barely needs saying at this point...what I would like to ask is if the Escapist could start using a different picture for their Xbone-related news articles? I know I've got no right to demand this, but I'm just so sick of that guy's fucking face and his stringy little coif.
But that barely needs saying at this point...what I would like to ask is if the Escapist could start using a different picture for their Xbone-related news articles? I know I've got no right to demand this, but I'm just so sick of that guy's fucking face and his stringy little coif.
You have adverts on cable, when you pay for it. You have adverts on pages on the internet and you pay for the use of the internet. As long as the adverts arnt in your face and obstructive, then i dont really care. I think this site needs to calm down and wait till an actual XBone is unboxed and plugged in and we can see how it works. What the advert part is like and other features. An then decide. XBone is like a Nazi Swastika - as in when you see it your brain automatically connects it with negative things.
I understand, you, like me, are fans of 360. It sucks that MS is giving us so many reasons to NOT by the XBone. Its like meeting the girl you love, and then out comes all these negatives and you are conflicted about how many negatives you can accept before you throw in the towel.
I understand, you, like me, are fans of 360. It sucks that MS is giving us so many reasons to NOT by the XBone. Its like meeting the girl you love, and then out comes all these negatives and you are conflicted about how many negatives you can accept before you throw in the towel.
I give the Xbone ... four ... no, five days after launch before they "alter" their advertising strategy, because that is how long it will take before some parent flips out and sues Microsoft because an ad for an adult website or gun shop appeared on their 8 year-old's Dashboard because he's been playing Grand Theft Auto all weekend.
That would be awesome!Desert Punk said:
The marketing department must be just getting a big wheel of stuff the Xbox One is for and throwing darts to decide which parts to divulge and which not to.
That is not an excuse.SonOfVoorhees said: