The Xbox Funbox: The worst gaming-related commercial ever?!

[Xizer]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...95243&q=funbox

I just want to know what the hell somebody at Microsoft's ad agency was thinking. This is worse than their "Jump In" commercials. Hell, this is worse than the PSP commercials with the talking mexican balls of pubic hair.

This commercial looks like it had the budget of someone's welfare check, and why does this lady have a white son, asian daughter, and a black son? The laughing at the end looks like they had guns pointed at them and were told to laugh maniacally. To top it all off, the games they picked for the commercial were average or mediocre.

I want to know what the hell Microsoft was thinking, and how this actually helps promote the Xbox? If I hadn't heard of the Xbox before seeing this commercial, I would be scared away.

[Vinnysdad]

I dont know how you can consider Star Wars Battlefront 2 average or mediocre but anyways the commercial was stupid. Did you see how at the beggining of the commercial they put in text saying the funbox didnt really exist.

[GrayFox]

Uh, nothing can beat the PSP commercials in terms of pure crap.

[Push Upstairs]

I want the Funbox to put my games in!

I thought the commercial was cheesy-funny but i have to admit the "its not real" comment really took away from the commercial.

Now if they could only make classic funny commercials like what Sega had...


P.S. Methinks Xizer lacks "teh funnay gene" and missed the entire point of the commercial. Honestly, humor is lost on some people.

[norkusa]

This commercial looks like it had the budget of someone's welfare check, and why does this lady have a white son, asian daughter, and a black son? The laughing at the end looks like they had guns pointed at them and were told to laugh maniacally.

They are all adopted and the mom is bi-polar. I read about it on the Xbox forums.

[InsaneDavid]

Thank you.

Just another horribly stupid XBox related ad (AKA the jumprope XBox360 commercials). I can understand what they're going for but if you're going to pull cliches like that at least make it pay off in the end.

Did you see how at the beggining of the commercial they put in text saying the funbox didnt really exist.

Yeah, but it didn't ORIGINALLY run with that. So the first time I saw the commercial I was thinking "A 10+ games bundle? That's brilliant... Microsoft is showing some new strategy.. wait....... ... nevermind."

[nik]

This commercial looks like it had the budget of someone's welfare check, and why does this lady have a white son, asian daughter, and a black son? The laughing at the end looks like they had guns pointed at them and were told to laugh maniacally.

They are all adopted and the mom is bi-polar. I read about it on the Xbox forums.

The whole lot at xbox forums are bi-polar.

And seem to be 9 years of age.

[pacmanhat]

I kinda like the ad in an "this is so awful it's surreal" sort of way. I also wish that box was real - it'd probably sell decently well.

[Nez]

Uh, nothing can beat the PSP commercials in terms of pure crap.

Agreed this is a little better then a nut you can play with.

[gepeto]

I personally like the commercial. It definately had me thinking. Whats a funbox? Is battlefront 2 19.99?

Why the weird laugh at the end? Do they represent videogames characters like vampires? As far as the ethnicity of the kids they could be adopted. I have seen commercials alot worse than that one. The funny thing was I would have bought a funbox.

[gepeto]

I personally like the commercial. It definitely had me thinking. Whats a funbox? Is battlefront 2 19.99?

Why the weird laugh at the end? Do they represent videogames characters like vampires? As far as the ethnicity of the kids they could be adopted. I have seen commercials alot worse than that one. The funny thing is I would have bought a funbox.

[poloplayr]

*gags*

[Sylentwulf]

Wow, I actually thought it WAS real, I must have missed the disclaimer. I remember thinking "huh, decent idea, but what a HORRIBLE commercial"

I figured it was real, and would be 10 or so of the platinum hits in a box for around $100 or something. It IS a decent idea

[comrade]

P.S. Methinks Xizer lacks "the funnay gene" and missed the entire point of the commercial. Honestly, humor is lost on some people.

Agreed.

I thought the commercial was funny in that cheesy/annoying way. But, ya know, maybe I am the only one who finds multiracial adoption and Nazi like forced laughter humorous.

[SNKFan75]

I found the commercial funny. Especially the mother. Her laugh is very contagious.

[Sega_Seller]

This commercial was just stupid. Microsoft wasted a lot of money producing it and broadcasting it on TV.

[vahn401]

squirrel please...

I just finally saw this last night, and the whole time I'm wondering as to why xbox would do something like that. It felt akward watching it. And the messed up racial family didn't add anything to it either.

[comrade]

And the messed up racial family didn't add anything to it either.

Yeah, see, I did.

[suckerpunch5]

I'm pretty sure microsoft didn't make it. I saw it during saturday night live, and I thought it was an SNL spoof comercial. Isn't it?

[Bratwurst]

Think ill of it if you must but the commercial worked, this thread is testament to that. The recent pursuit of oddball advertising is a welcome change to me, what do you guys want, clips of some kids skateboarding on a half pipe and screaming at the camera, then random boobies? Too predictable.

Remember back when the Genesis was king they made a commercial for Sonic 2 in the vein of those cheesy 'as seen on TV!' type commercials and that was brilliant, the height of video game advertising as far as I'm concerned.