Hero_of_the_Day
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Microsoft's Exclusive Spawn Checks Out the Xbox One
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So it's ok to call people that want an Xbox One stupid now?
On subject, that pic and description are pretty funny. I wonder if the clueless intern responsible for that gets to touch Facebook anymore?
Sony and MS seem to make this mistake.
Remember this.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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Being black, this made me laugh more than it should've. Well played mang, you get the pimp cane.
Can Crusher
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I just have this image of an office where a couple of employees in banker's suits ask each other who the super hero in the image is, and one of them kinda nods his head and says "I think it's a Soul Calibur character". Another dude searches for Soul Calibur on google images and doesn't find it. He gets told to try Soul Calibur 2 and there he is. Spawn.
One asks why doesn't his suit have red gloves and chains. He gets told the nerd probably didn't have the money for them. *fist bump*
One asks why doesn't his suit have red gloves and chains. He gets told the nerd probably didn't have the money for them. *fist bump*
Guys? Its probably the weekend intern in the ms social networking group that read the wrong info on the notes that came with the photo.
"Microsoft's top men are out of touch with comics. Stock price takes a hit."
Grimhammer
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My level of Nerdom is just wow!
I immediately went into silent rage mode - that's not Spawn or Venom or Sony Spidey 3!
That's Secret Wars Spidey - initially acquired on battleworld thanks to being nabbed by the Beyonder.
Good thing I didn't go all uber-nerd ....that'd be embarrassing.
I immediately went into silent rage mode - that's not Spawn or Venom or Sony Spidey 3!
That's Secret Wars Spidey - initially acquired on battleworld thanks to being nabbed by the Beyonder.
Good thing I didn't go all uber-nerd ....that'd be embarrassing.
KoopaTheCasual
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Somebody's getting a time out!
Job opening.
Bjoern the Smexy
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Somebody's getting a time out!
Wait what? So they're firing the guy who made that post because he didn't know the difference between one comic book hero and the other?
Wow, that's OBVIOUSLY the best solution to your problem, Microsoft!
I mean, come on, people are still calling Deadpool a "Ninja Spiderman".
Jinfash
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I lol'd.
NavyPharaoh
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If this was true Nintendo would still be winning. People are stupid, but they follow other people's opinion when it comes to entertainment. If everybody was buying Ouyas tomorrow the general public would too. Popular opinion rules the masses. Most of the lite gamers I know dont even know Xbox did a 180. The screams of DRM on the X1 was a lot louder than Microsoft's apology. We'll see how it turns out, but to assume masses are gonna go buy Xbox 1s just cause its Xbox is nuts . Some will of course, but not enough. Look at the ps3 launch, never forget the mob is fickle
My god, i would purchase that so fast.
trickyhero
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The fact that they mistaked spiderman for spawn, when Spiderman is probably one of the most popular heroes ever is awesome. I had to lookup what Spawn was.
Anticitizen One
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This should be playing at the Xbox headquarters right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cggi9STVWDs
Anticitizen One
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Water cooler, refrigerator, not the most attractive comparisons. On a side note, didn't he say something like, "Forza 5 is not a launch game, it's a Forza game at launch".
Deary me. The madness is evidently contagious over there.
Well, that's what everyone here wants, apparently.
NotXbox one
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people mess things up sometimes.
FeiRR
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Kind of reminds me of this http://youtu.be/uwu0gExNVuw
bigboss370
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quite sad that Spawn has been forgotten
Ya man it was about the worst analogy ever made this was the whole quote for those that missed it.
What the hell lol. Anyway i actually think some of the posts in this thread are much more embarrassing than this simple mistake with black Spiderman, i thinik some of you actively search out 'negative' Microsoft storys and its pretty cringeworthy to be honest.
Bjoern the Smexy
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There are always people who think that others actively search for negative news about any console developer. It's not exclusive to Microsoft, it's just that Microsoft buried itself so deep into the ground that they're an "acceptable" target right now.
Look at Nintendo and "WiiU has no games". As well as Sony and "Vita has no games".
No console has games apparently.
BritBloke916
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I vividly remember listening to Chris Remo reading this out on Idle Thumbs, way back when. Vividly because I was driving at the time, and was laughing so hard that my eyes filled with tears and I nearly crashed! Sometimes it's best to pull over and listen in safety!
pop gaf, our impacT
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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1) Not every misfake is brand threatening. No one is going to stop buying a xbox because of this.
2) Neither black spiderman nor spawn are cultural phenomenon. Most people outside of comic book fans exposure to the black suit was in in spiderman 3 and it looked nothing like that.
3) That all said, its pretty fucking stupid to not know the difference when you are marketing whats happening in a comic book convention of all places. It makes you and your brand look out of toich with the people you are trying to sell to.
4) Stupidity deserves to be pointed out regardless if it ultimately wont mean anything. It was a dumb move and one that deserves ridicule.
so basically :-
2) Neither black spiderman nor spawn are cultural phenomenon. Most people outside of comic book fans exposure to the black suit was in in spiderman 3 and it looked nothing like that.
3) That all said, its pretty fucking stupid to not know the difference when you are marketing whats happening in a comic book convention of all places. It makes you and your brand look out of toich with the people you are trying to sell to.
4) Stupidity deserves to be pointed out regardless if it ultimately wont mean anything. It was a dumb move and one that deserves ridicule.
so basically :-
krypt0nian
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MS has no idea what it's doing.
Hahahah wow. That's like using the Halo theme for a Killzone trailer. So wrong.
Either that or that person is getting a "time out" chocolate bar
FUNKNOWN iXi
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BlazingDarkness
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lol
Spiderman is red (to the majority of people*). I can totally see someone getting this wrong.
Graphics Horse
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