Rant Is it just me or has Microsoft really stepped up its christmas advertising?

Discussion in 'General' started by D-Cyph3r, 14 Nov 2009.

  1. D-Cyph3r

    D-Cyph3r Gay for Yunosuke

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    Every bloody time the ads come on I swear it's 360 advert, car advert, 360 Rock Band/Hero advert, money advert, game advert that specifies it's on the 360, "send us your gold" advert then another bloody 360 deal ad.

    Any channel, any time of day.


    It cant just be me, i'm noticing it even in the middle of a 4v4 game of SupCom against Supreme AI's (and anyone who's played supcom against multiple supreme AI's knows how much concentration that requires).:grr:
     
  2. sentek

    sentek What's a Dremel?

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    hmm.. ive not noticed many 360 ads, but ive sure as hell seen (waaaayy too many of) the gold buying ones.. i think one guy owns them all and hes trying to build a solid gold castle or something:duh:
     
  3. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    Ah yes.. the gold selling guy.. ripping you off, "losing" your gold, terrible work conditions for the employees, slow response time when you don't agree, which result them saying "we already melted your gold"... yea....

    It's all here, even the lawsuit.
    http://consumerist.com/search/Cash for gold/
     
  4. Furymouse

    Furymouse Like connect 4 in dagger terms

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    I don't watch to much TV so I haven't seen to many, but they do have me almost sold on a new Zune HD for christmas :D
     
  5. boiled_elephant

    boiled_elephant Merom Celeron 4 lyfe

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    @OP: You still watch TV?
     
  6. Er-El

    Er-El Minimodder

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    It's like this every year near Christmas.
     
  7. Andersen

    Andersen Brain for hire

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    Thats not a scam. This is.
     
  8. 13eightyfour

    13eightyfour Formerly Titanium Angel

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    Cant say ive really noticed many microsoft ads, maybe they're not shown when i watch the box? The small currys store where i live had every window plastered with Win7 posters but other than that it feels no different than usual.

    The only advert thats getting on my nerves at the moment are the gold ones. Especially the 1 with the scary looking bloke that just stares at you, The only thing id ever send them would be the contents of my bowels!!
     
  9. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    its gold in some countries :D
     
  10. D-Cyph3r

    D-Cyph3r Gay for Yunosuke

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    Computer is in the living room less than 2m away from the TV so yeah. :p
     

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