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[Dick Jones]

Another banger from the mind of Aaron Greenberg.
Keep up that great work.

 

[Drew1440]

I need boobstalgia, gimmie those kickass 80s-90s styled ads featuring elite gamer babes.

That's not good for their ESG score

 

[azertydu91]

Rofl I completely misread the title and had to do a double take. This is what I read initially:

"Featuring a gamer making friends with a talking Xbox Series S plushy coming to life on his crotch."​

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Okay back to your normal programming.​

Why do you think it has a hole?

 

[Alx]

There's a decent idea with the "meta" of characters being conscious of filming a commercial, but the execution is bad. No comedic rhythm, topics going all over the place, much too long,... I guess it could be saved if edited correctly into shorter segments (which may be the idea for TV broadcasts)

 

[TLZ]

Talking plushies, furries..

It all makes sense now.

 

[bad guy]

It's a good commercial.
Just look at all the people talking about it here. Even got its own GAF thread.

 

[Nankatsu]

No wonder Sony says M$ buying Activision is bad for business. Imagine a company that does plushy console ads.

 

[SJRB]

Xbox, focusing on literally everything except releasing actual videogames.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Talking plushies, furries..

It all makes sense now.

Not sure where you got furriers from lol

 

[U n i o n 0015]

this is bringing back 2012 vibes... and not in a good way either

Next Xbox conference, Phil Spencer's head is going to split open and out comes Don Mattrick.

 

[rofif]

They should bring back marketing like this .

Lol I loved this ad.
The way he fucking SLAMS DOWN on that grave. Perfect

 

[Captain Toad]

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

They know what Japenese like.

They should’ve made waifus that are the embodiment of Series X and Series S

 

[Umbasaborne]

I need boobstalgia, gimmie those kickass 80s-90s styled ads featuring elite gamer babes.

God i miss midway.

Also xbox can put out this shit but they cant advertise games that are supposedly coming in the next 6 months.

 

[GymWolf]

Can i put the plushie inside a waifu pillow and chose a sexy voice?

Asking for an imaginary friend...

 

[Swift_Star]

Ok... but what about the games?

 

[deriks]

Could be just a plush, but nooooooooooooooooooo

 

[DeepEnigma]

"Nostalgia" and GenZ?

Are they even old enough for "nostalgia" yet?

 

[M1chl]

They are scared of poor performance.

 

[LordCBH]

What the actual fuck

 

[SmokedMeat]

Ok... but what about the games?

Ask the plushie.

 

[Hendrick's]

Better than a gaming ad that tries to be "serious". Where can I buy a Xbox Plushie S?

 

[Pelta88]

 

[Chronicle]

Wow. I prefer the teasers front Sony Studios

 

[THE DUCK]

I want the stuffy. MS please make one. Better if it talks too.

 

[Fake]

 

[Gambit2483]

 

[Kuranghi]

Remove this from existence please.

 

[Iced Arcade]

Besides the fridge(s) I feel like they never advertise the Series X

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Looks pretty cool for holding farts in

 

[Barakov]

"Nostalgia" and GenZ?

Are they even old enough for "nostalgia" yet?

Probably nostalgic for Fortnite Season 1.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Besides the fridge(s) I feel like they never advertise the Series X

Yes I have noticed this. From the worlds most powerful console to farting in a shopping bag and throwing it away.

One thing for certain, I will never purchase a Xbox system first year ever again , this and Xbox One, nah too much.

 

[ChoosableOne]

 

[TLZ]

I see where the plushie inspiration came from.

 

[NightmareFarm]

cringe

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Probably nostalgic for Fortnite Season 1.

Nostalgic for the early pandemic days when they didn’t have to have in-person contact with anybody.

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

What is happening to the Xbox brand...holy fuck

The marketing division of Microsoft in general had always been its weakest link. Not everything is bad, but when they fail they REALLY fail.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

It’s the year 2022 and Microsoft is releasing a try-hard humorless trailer starring Jian Yang that advertises cool ways for zoomers to spend $300 to buy a 1080p between gen console for free to play games. They must really want to gift this gen to Sony and Nintendo again.

 

[BouncyFrag]

If I could squeeze my scrappy XSS, I would. Just being honest.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Higher chance of a plushie coming to life than getting more info on any new games they're working on.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

"Nostalgia" and GenZ?

Are they even old enough for "nostalgia" yet?

That's why it's called "NOWstalgia" actually.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Btw, I forgot to mention the name of the sentient series S in the add is called "game with me" Series S. Get it? "Game with me" Series S? "Tickle Me" Elmo? Do you get the joke? Are you cringing right now? Having a stroke? That's is a reasonable reaction once you realize that's what they are going for.

 

[DeepEnigma]

That's why it's called "NOWstalgia" actually.

Retarded.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I don't see any harm in this. It's just a silly commercial. I've seen much, much worse. Especially in the realm of "cringe" or otherwise.

Xbox and woke shit. Terrible.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

It seems that the Xbox Plushie is back after first appearing in this very strange commercial. Now you can win the plushie with this new sweepstakes Xbox is doing until March 21st as shown in the tweet.

At this rate they may as well just sell the things imo.

 

[feynoob]

PhilSpencer when are you going to pay Eddie-Griffin for his marketing promotional work?

 

[Celcius]

Why is MS pushing the series S so hard? Why not the X instead?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

so weird

 

[DeepEnigma]

Why is MS pushing the series S so hard? Why not the X instead?

Cheap digital only sub box.

 

[Codes 208]

Cheap digital only sub box.

Id argue its more of the insane amount of backstock they have for it. Seems that for every one xbox series x a store gets, they get 10 series S with it

My store in particular just finally sold the last of the holiday bundles a couple weeks ago