That "Foxtel on Xbox" TV Ad

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I wish I could find it to link to. But has anyone else had the displeasure of having to sit through this complete joke of a television ad? You know the one where a group of hot girls are querying their friend about her Foxtel, where she says, "Oh, I've got it through Xbox", to which her friend replies, "Through your Xbox? Since when did you get an Xbox?". And then the stereotypical surfer gamer dude with a ripped body comes into screen, and the girls all laugh, before one says, "where can I get one of them?"

Can you imagine this sort of Xbox ad 2 years ago? It's not like they're even trying to appeal to the core 360 demographic. They had a bunch of women all standing around giggling and laughing and speaking like as if they actually know what an Xbox is and how to actually use it. Microsoft are clearly attempting to appeal to that non-gamer demographic, which is fair enough, but what does this mean for the type of games we get in the future? I think the Xbox 360 of 2005-2009 is dead. Now we have the super-casual, super-accessible, Wii-clone with hardly any exclusives. And it's no secret that Microsoft is going to focus primarily on Kinect this year. As Steve Ballmer said last week: "2011 is all about Kinect".

I love Kinect, but... [Facepalm]

I kind of wish Microsoft had gone in the same direction with Kinect as Sony did with Move; a casual market presence for a casual product, instead of aggressive market infiltration for a product that is meant to appeal to a casual market.

I know I branched off a bit there from the original concern about the Foxtel on Xbox TV ad, but it seems to be all interconnected with the direction Microsoft is going in with the console. Anyone else concerned?

10/01/2011

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Carterr

I swear to god if we lose good exclusive games because Microsoft wants clueless hot girls playing games they're gonna have it comin' to 'em.

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Mirage

Kind of contradicts what they were saying in your news article. But yeah, kinect isn't going anywhere.

10/01/2011

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sjt333

you know its more foxtels ad than microsofts right

so foxtel is to blame

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Bloard

Carterr said: I swear to god if we lose good exclusive games because Microsoft wants clueless hot girls playing games they're gonna have it comin' to 'em.

Well you've already lost Mass Effect /ps3win
Now theres really only Gears of War that I can think of.... and thats not really anything to beat PS3's exclusives imo. [MOG]

10/01/2011

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Tano

sjt333 said: you know its more foxtels ad than microsofts right
so foxtel is to blame

It's a partnership. It's just as much Xbox as it is Foxtel. Do you see when they say, "It's on my Xbox" and then you get a nice, big, long, clear and clean shot of the new Slim Xbox 360? That's Microsoft saying "hello!".

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sjt333

microsoft probably told them they could do the ad however they wanted except they had to have the slim somewhere in it

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Gryllis

First of all, who let's their girlfriend use their Xbox. MISTAKE!

Notice how she says "my Xbox." She's stealing your stuff, man!

10/01/2011

The member formerly formerly known as ICC_06, formerly known as Ben.

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CHEEZE

Gaetano said:
Do you see when they say, "It's on my Xbox" and then you get a nice, big, long, clear and clean shot of the new Slim Xbox 360? That's Microsoft saying "hello!".

I noticed that the 360 slim that is soposedly playing Foxtel shows for the women has no cables pluged into it [MOG]

10/01/2011

"The wise man speaks because he has something to say, the fool speaks because he has to say something" - Aristotle

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M@ndyz

if it turns out to be like the wii I'm going to smash it with a hammer.. I love playing games like fallout etc yes I play a little bit of shovel ware but when it comes down to it I would rather play a game that can take me 100 hours :(

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CHEEZE said:
Gaetano said:
Do you see when they say, "It's on my Xbox" and then you get a nice, big, long, clear and clean shot of the new Slim Xbox 360? That's Microsoft saying "hello!".

I noticed that the 360 slim that is soposedly playing Foxtel shows for the women has no cables pluged into it

I didn't notice that. You'd think having seen it every day for the past month I'd have noticed! haha

10/01/2011

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Dyke

Aw this ad makes me facepalm [Facepalm]

Ben said: First of all, who let's their girlfriend use their Xbox. MISTAKE!
Notice how she says "my Xbox." She's stealing your stuff, man!

"my Xbox." [WTF]....She didn't? [Shifty]

10/01/2011

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Marge

i was reading this .. AND THE ADD CAME ON!?!?!?!?(not actually a question)

its so terrible and why those people?

The girls should be off being hot and the guy should be surfing from dangerously early to late

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Pilkingbod

Can somebody also link me to a Coca Cola advert that didn't contain a group of young teenagers playing on the beach?

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insectoid

Oh man, every time I see that ad I feel sad.

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Rashy

I can't say that it bothers me. First of all I don't watch much TV so I've only seen the ad once. Secondly, I'm a gamer first and foremost and I can recognise that the XBOX they are advertising here isn't "my" XBOX.

The hardcore market was a big enough market to keep the industry afloat for a long time. I doubt they'll be abandoning us anytime soon. Also I think a number of these new casual gamers will become hardcore like us.

I think they are focusing on Kinect this year because it will be their biggest growth area. You don't have to abandon your core sales to do that. They just want a focus point for the year and casual non-core gamers need aggressive marketing to attract them. That's what you do from a marketing perspective.

I'm far more concerned by Sony's seeming abandonment of Move. There doesn't seem to be a lot going on there. The only game so far that appeals to me is Time Crisis. If there was just one more title I wanted I'd pick one up.

So yeah, the ad isn't meant for me so I'm not concerned.

10/01/2011

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Ace_Wolf

The ad is incredibly sexist. Imagine if its a bunch of dudes drinking beer, chatting away about how one of them got a new fridge that can do something special, one dude goes 'i didnt know you had one of these fridges', to which a 'hot chick' walks past, and one of them comments 'where can i get one of them' itd be off the air. its a stupid ad and all the worse for everything about it that is sexist

11/01/2011

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M@ndyz

ok so I finally saw the ad".......................

hmmmmmm...... at least everyone was smoking hot in the clip hey guys?? I noticed next top model being advertised a lot on the same ad.. Im not 100% sure but I'm guessing the girls on the clip were in next top model cause I swear I had seen them in it.. also they were bad actors which makes sense.. hot but bad.. so they are amateurs..

13/01/2011

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GreenThumb

Microsoft take looks over smarts...

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Pilkingbod

Ace_Wolf said: The ad is incredibly sexist. Imagine if its a bunch of dudes drinking beer, chatting away about how one of them got a new fridge that can do something special, one dude goes 'i didnt know you had one of these fridges', to which a 'hot chick' walks past, and one of them comments 'where can i get one of them' itd be off the air. its a stupid ad and all the worse for everything about it that is sexist

The feminist movement obviously isn't strong enough.

Hell, I'm a feminist, and I'm a man.

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Guyver

I haven't watched TV is years but I'm curious to see this add just see how bad it is.

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Makra

Bloard said:
Carterr said: I swear to god if we lose good exclusive games because Microsoft wants clueless hot girls playing games they're gonna have it comin' to 'em.

Well you've already lost Mass Effect /ps3win
Now theres really only Gears of War that I can think of.... and thats not really anything to beat PS3's exclusives imo.

^ Sony fanboy [Facepalm]

He's talking about Microsoft dropping development of new exclusives in favour of developing kinect games.

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SevenII

Pilkingbod said:
The feminist movement obviously isn't strong enough.
Hell, I'm a feminist, and I'm a man.

Do you have a hard time finding bras to burn? :P

I did find it a tiny bit sexist from both sides.

Not the first time an adversitement for videogames (that doesn't involve clips from any games) has missed the mark by a long shot and ultimately just insulted heaps of people.

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Tano

My mum saw it last night and now she wants to buy an Xbox.

My thoughts at my mum wanting an Xbox: [Facepalm]

Microsoft's:

14/01/2011

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GreenThumb

Scared she'll go online and pwn you infront of your friends Tano? :P

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