Xbox 360 is the official console of the NFL

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REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 17, 2011 — The Xbox 360 division at Microsoft Corp. and the National Football League today announced a multiyear sponsorship that makes Xbox 360 the official console sponsor of the NFL and NFL PLAY 60. Xbox 360 will work with the NFL’s youth health and wellness program, NFL PLAY 60, to help teach kids the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle while having fun with Kinect for Xbox 360.

“We are excited to be aligning with one of the world’s premier sports organizations and believe the Xbox 360 brand represents many of the same values as the NFL, including fun, fitness and great entertainment,” said Dennis Durkin, corporate vice president and chief operating and financial officer of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business. “We particularly look forward to the opportunity to work with an incredible program like NFL PLAY 60 and help inspire today’s youth.”

“We are pleased to welcome Xbox 360 and Kinect to the NFL family,” said Brian Rolapp, chief operating officer of NFL Media. “Fitness is core to our game, and we are looking forward to working with Kinect for Xbox 360 to evolve NFL PLAY 60 in new and innovative ways.”

As part of the new relationship with NFL PLAY 60, Kinect for Xbox 360 will integrate into NFL PLAY 60 events and programs at all levels. Earlier this week, Xbox 360 donated three consoles to Cathcart Elementary School in Snohomish, Wash., as part of an NFL PLAY 60 Super School visit by players from the Seattle Seahawks.

Designed to tackle childhood obesity, NFL PLAY 60 brings together the NFL’s long-standing commitment to health and wellness with partner organizations such as Xbox 360. Since the program was launched in 2007, the NFL has committed more than $250 million to youth health and fitness through programming, grants and media time for public service announcements. The NFL and its teams have built more than 100 NFL Youth Fitness Zones and organized more than 1,500 PLAY 60 youth events.

Kinect for Xbox 360 provides controller-free games and entertainment that uses your whole body to play. If you have to kick in the game, then kick. If you have to jump, then jump. Kinect offers a natural and interactive way for kids to get off the couch and have fun while meeting their 60 minutes of daily activity — particularly when it’s too cold or too hot to be outside.

“It’s great to see organizations like the NFL and Xbox 360 coming together to support the fight against childhood obesity,” said Alexis Glick, CEO of the GENYOUth Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to getting kids active and healthy that has relationships with both Xbox 360 and NFL PLAY 60. “NFL PLAY 60 has taken a leadership role in inspiring and helping kids across the country to get active every day. And Kinect is a great, simple way for families to embrace a healthier lifestyle.”
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http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/nov11/11-17MSXbox360NFLPlay60PR.mspx
 
Sony's pretty much a sponsor of every other sport, so it always confused me that I never saw any US football partnership from them.
 
MMaRsu said:
Uhm how did you not understand that?
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Uhm...what about the 360 is more "dudebro" than the PS3? Furthermore...explain how "dudebro" relates to the National Football League.
 
Takao said:
Sony's pretty much a sponsor of every other sport, so it always confused me that I never saw any US football partnership from them.
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Probably Sony focuses more on Europe and Japan where American Football isn't popular and therefore try to focus on soccer and baseball which are more popular in those countries.
 
Z_Y said:
Uhm...what about the 360 is more "dudebro" than the PS3?
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Halo? Gears of Wars?

I'm not knocking it, I just think that's the public (or at least online) perception of the machine.

Z_Y said:
Furthermore...explain how "dudebro" relates to the National Football League.
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Um, wow.
 
Princess Skittles said:
Halo? Gears of Wars?

I'm not knocking it, I just think that's the public (or at least online) perception of the machine.

Um, wow.
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Killzone? Resistance?

I'd say those two are about as "dudebro" as Gears and Halo respectively.


I just think sometimes people mistake any hint of masculinity for "dudebro-ness".

Would that be a safe assumption, Princess?
 
Z_Y said:
Uhm...what about the 360 is more "dudebro" than the PS3? Furthermore...explain how "dudebro" relates to the National Football League.
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The premier dudebro shooter console. No one outsells 360 in this regard.
 
Z_Y said:
Killzone? Resistance?

I'd say those two are about as "dudebro" as Gears and Halo respectively.


I just think sometimes people mistake any hint of masculinity for "dudebro-ness".

Would that be a safe assumption, Princess?
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lolumadbro?
 
I figured the dudebro comment simply meant the console is generally more popular amongst dudebros and their ilk.

I don't get why anybody would make a big deal out of it.
 
a Master Ninja said:
Great. Now let me watch live and recorded NFL games on my Xbox 360.
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No sorry. The 360 is the official console of the NFL but in order to do that you need to buy a PS3.
 
Z_Y said:
Killzone? Resistance?

I'd say those two are about as "dudebro" as Gears and Halo respectively.
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I actually agree with that, Uncharted too.

I'm just saying that the public perception is that the 360 is the super dudebro of the two (noted with "I think" in my post).

It's not MY perception, for the record, I have close to a 50,000 gamerscore and the only shooters I've played on it are Bioshock 1 and 2.
 
Princess Skittles said:
Well, it IS the official "dudebro" console, I think. Or did that change with Kinect?
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PSFan said:
Probably Sony focuses more on Europe and Japan where American Football isn't popular and therefore try to focus on soccer and baseball which are more popular in those countries.
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iirc Sony also has tieups with the NHL and the MLB, I think also the NBA.

So it looks like only the NFL is doing its own thing.
 
PSFan said:
Probably Sony focuses more on Europe and Japan where American Football isn't popular and therefore try to focus on soccer and baseball which are more popular in those countries.
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I live in Canada, and see a whole bunch of Sony ads on the sidelines/boards of MLB, NHL, and NBA games.
 
graywolf323 said:
so 360 is the official console of the NFL but if you want to watch NFL games you better own a PS3...
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PS3 is the official console of watching the NFL. Xbox 360 is the official console of the NFL helping fat kids workout.
 
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