Microsoft brings "sexy back" to Xbox [update 1]

I read the title as "Sexy Black"

I can keep hoping, right?

I would like to see Peter Moore and Bill Gates dancing to this.

haha, this was actually pretty cleverly done. I hate the actual song and I know this is cheesy as hell but it's good

Wow, MS moved down about 3 notches for this one.

Seriously, I have actually come to terms with the 360, but this video makes me think twice on picking one up.

Why is Youtube used so frequently when their codecs produce awful terrible quality?! Also bad.

MS is a young lovable, huggable kinda' guy! Wiimote is whiggity whiggity whiggity whack!

don't forget the claim at 1080p they try to make in the video.

This video is whiggity whiggity whiggity whack!

actually makes be wanna throw my 360 away.

wow, this is embarrassing.

i cringed while watching this.

here's a hint: if you're gonna do a parody, try getting someone who can

a) sing
b) mix the song
c) not look like a albino dyke

I have some problems with the lyrics:

"Link wants his D-pad and his buttons back"
The wiimote has both buttons and a D-pad.

"...Huge hard drive..."
But not on the core model.

"Halo 3/ that's all i need to say seriously"
Can you play Halo 3 right now? do you know for certain when you will? can you actually cite something that doesn't fully exist yet as any kind of arguement?


In closing, I don't like this song. It's a bit irritating.

Wow this take fanboyism to a new level. Around 1:10 in the video, is it me or does it look like she has a...xbox fetish...

Still can't play ANY of the ESPN 2k5 series on my stupid 360 either. If I thought Madden was half as good as a 2 year old game, I'd buy it. I don't.

this was clearly produced by Sony to make the 360 look retarded.

If I had seen this 3 weeks ago before I got my 360 and Gears of War, I wouldn't have bought the system at all. It's that bad...

I miss the g4tv.com show. Laura Foy.. hot..

"Can you play Halo 3 right now? do you know for certain when you will? can you actually cite something that doesn't fully exist yet as any kind of argument?"

Of course you can... ask any PS3 owner why they bought, and they'll tell you: Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, etc.

One thing that was said in the Destrutoid blog...she is a former g4 person but also supposedly works for a Micro$oft site now. So it does appear especially fan"boy"ish.

#7 I agree with your part c.

wow, just terrible.

actually that kind of makes me not want to buy a 360 now.

This is hilariously bad. Kudos to you MS, that was rather funny, although not because of the content, rather the quality of the content!

who says MS made this?

this looks like another one of the user made home videos you find on youtube.

this video has no class like which is unlike anything that MS makes.

#15 MaX PL

You are right...M$ didn't make it, a fan did.

Yes, Microsoft made this. :-) Laura works for me now at Microsoft and creates content for our Channel 10 community (http://on10.net). She wrote the song and filmed the video in our home.

Channel 10 is a sister site of Channel 9 (a popular developer community - http://channel9.msdn.com)

Hahahaha @ people saying they don't want a 360 now because of this.

Some people are too damn sensitive. It's a joke...and even though it's not a very funny one, why would it deter you from a product? It's not even made by Microsoft....

FUCKING HELL!!!

Get down off your high horses. Its meant to be a bit of fun. Stop taking it so seriously.

Alright, I'm not a fanboy or anything but this is ridiculous. Peter Moore... control your marketing crones.

First of all, this completely alienates the consumers who were willing to get their Xbox 360 along with their other consoles. It basically plays the other ones up as loser consoles, and as such those who own them are portrayed as losers.

Secondly, WHO THE HELL do you think you're appealing to with a crappy parody of a crappy Justin Timberlake song? I mean, if you even mention Justin Timberlake in a room full of sweaty nerds (even if they happen to be wearing pink and playing Viva Pinata) they'll cock an eyebrow and call you a fruit.

What the hell was with the chick pouring liquid out? If that's supposed to be a Wii joke I'll hurt someone.

Halo 3? It'll be good... but it's just pure arrogance to think that it's a be all end all reason to buy a 360 over the other systems. Why? In my opinion Zelda owns Halo. Also, PS3 will eventually have Metal Gear Solid 4... and Heavenly Sword looks pretty cool.

Perhaps most importantly though, that chick's voice was pretty damn annoying.

I really hate how Microsoft's strategy seems to be "we're cool, buy us cause we're the trend!" This is evident in their E3 '06 speach, "some guys like ducks, we like tattoos". It actually bothers me more than Sony's strategy of "we're better than you, buy us and some godliness might come packaged with your PS3." I like it when people play games because they like them, not because it's becoming popular.

In the 17 years I've lived on this earth, I've determined that people as a whole are disappointing. But it doesn't help knowing that we've succumb to letting four-year-olds run the marketing section of a multi-billion dollar company.

I've had a really bad week, and I was going to kill myself this morning. Not one of those attention getting suicides, just a quick and dirty one. But then I started thinking, you know what? Imagine all those games I'll miss; Imagine how wonderful life is. But then I saw this. Goodbye cruel world.

Isn't she Tina Woods' boyfriend???

this video has no class like which is unlike anything that MS makes.

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... Just wait... Vista's coming out next year..

Hot lesbians ftw!

This is awful. Just... awful.

You see what happens kids when your career highlights include hosting a now cancelled show on one of the lowest rated cable network *cough* G4. As you can see by this video, there's no where to go but down.

#7

You couldn't have said it better. It is pretty bad.

While the concept to this video is funny, and it's obviously tongue in cheek, the actual song makes me want to shoot myself in the face.

Wow, this somehow made a Justin Timberlake song seem better by comparison.

I swear some of you are fucking idiots. You actually think MS produced this video? Use your brains for once. This video was absolutely NOT produced by Microsoft. Kyle Orland has his head up his ass for saying something that stupid. Go read the actual story on the site...Laura Foy produced the video because of all the PS3 and Wii love, and wanted to give some back to the Xbox. It's supposed to be a JOKE.

Joystiq...stiq to the facts. This article has a blatant lie in it.

good god dicks, take a fucking joke for what it is. you people that analyze this kind of shit really need to get a life. just laugh, it's ok to.

Wow,

MS has stooped to a new low. If anything, I would think this would make people want to purchase the PS3 or Wii more!

WOW...that was a train wreck. That was not needed at all.

I couldn't watch the whole thing - it was that bad. I just feel bad for the girl when she's making such a fool of herself...and she seems to enjoy it...

I think I'm going to vomit...

Can we have a disclaimer on videos this bad, Joystiq?

Tina Wood >>>>> Laura Foy

All day.

LOL. Yeah, it was funny. But no, MS didn't make this, it's not quite their style. Funny how half the comments here are about how people don't want to buy a 360 due to a fan made parody simply because it insults the competition... Sony has been doing that for a long time.

Did I mention this video is funny?

Entertaining idea with poor writing. If you're going to put stuff in a pardoy song, at least mock things that make sense. Point out Wii's current lack of online play. Point out the PS3's cost and scarcity. Etc etc. Use actual things. Don't say the PS3 isn't backwards compatible (it is), don't say the Wii lacks a d-pad or buttons (it doesn't), don't say the XBox has a huge harddrive (one 360 SKU does and the PS3 has bigger), etc etc.

I think I just threw up a little. Dammit thats the last time I watch something off of joystiq in the office. Uh oh... *urk*

Wow, that was horrible. It was like it was put together by, no offense, a Joystiq commenter. One of the bad ones, that is. %60 of Joystiq commenters, that is. You know who you are.

where's my cred????

It is a PARODY folks. It is suppose to be just plain funny and stupid silly. Lighten up, PS3 and Wii fanboys

Silly and fun. I liked it. Can't stand that sort of "music" but if you have to listen to crap like that, a parody is as good palce as any to do it.

PHOENIX if you post another video like this to Joystiq, I will send you my vomit COD. If you are in my area, I will deliver it personally free of charge.

If any of you are interested they interviewed Laura Foy on AllGames radio yesterday evening about the making of this song, you can check out the pod cast here: http://www.allgames.com/radio.asp?show=agi&ep=199