Phil Spencer had the Xbox Series S sitting on his bookshelf back on July 1 and nobody noticed

[Hanbei]

"Nobody noticed" since nobody knew what the damn thing looked like back then.

 

[RecRoulette]

Thought it was a box set for Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair myself. Ya got me Phil

 

[StudioTan]

I think it was more the fact nobody knew what it looked like rather than it's size...

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Yes, the fact that no one expected the console to be that small and therefore wouldn't have considered that to be a console is the entire point.

 

[platocplx]

Jensen did the same with the 3080 hiding with his spatulas.

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Lmao yeah

 

[Spinluck]

Tbh, if people were to speculate that it was the S we would've called them crazy lol.

 

[hey it's that dog]

That's fun.

But it's got nothing to do with being small.

 

[THEVOID]

That's cool! LOL

 

[dDASTARDLY]

Yeah.... that looks nothing like a series s

 

[breakdancing duck]

I hope there's someone out there who called it, and is now vindicated after a bunch of people teased them for it. The fact no one called it here makes that seem unlikely though.

 

[zashga]

It's literally just a box.

 

[Deleted member 37233]

You haven't seen how crazy some people can be at examining the backgrounds of this kind of thing for unannounced products. I know they do with Nintendo at least.

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Ugh, I remember people reading into the Pokémon plushies behind Ishihara at one Pokémon Present. It was stupid.

 

[Gareth]

 

[christocolus]

lol. nice one. it's amazing how they got it in such a small form factor.

 

[LebGuns]

I mean it looks like a white shoebox so I get why people wouldn't notice

 

[It’s Time To Go]

Digital Foundry knew.

 

[Dr. Feel Good]

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Vanilla Sky... nice.

 

[MysticGon]

That's fun. I'm more surprised they told everyone at the show in March and the design was never leaked.

 

[Splader]

Is this what the rumours meant, when they said that Lockhart was shelved ?

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get out

 

[UnderTheKillingSun]

Is this what the rumours meant, when they said that Lockhart was shelved ?

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A fucking +. Go to the front of the class.

 

[TaterTots]

Pretty funny. You can kind of see the ventilation holes. I wonder if there was just 1 person out there that thought about it, but didn't speak up. I've seen some crazy stuff in my day with trees reflecting on phone screens and stuff.

 

[LordBaztion]

Well, I did notice his surface studio

 

[Neuromancer]

What an absolute mad lad

 

[bigbaldwolf86]

The only people that saw it were those who actually knew what the damn thing looked like

 

[RowdyReverb]

That's pretty funny. I wonder if they were concerned at all about anybody noticing

 

[FarSight XR-20]

July 23 too



It looked like a small white Series X that way

 

[ItIsOkBro]

Phil needs a better webcam c'mon bro you're the head of Xbox gaming division

 

[Ninge]

You need to go back further ;)

 

[KayonXaikyre]

For the people saying how would anyone know, one day go check out some of the Nintendo fan stuff. They would find a direct date hidden in the pixels of the blurry xbox series s on phil's bookcase.

 

[Xeonidus]

Whoa, that's awesome. Well done lol

 

[UnderTheKillingSun]

You need to go back further ;)

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[Iwao]

It could easily have been assumed to be an Xbox One S if someone cared to zoom in enough on the background.

Is this what the rumours meant, when they said that Lockhart was shelved ?

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[tomwarren]

You need to go back further ;)

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wutttttttttttttt

 

[Jon Carter]

This feels like something they thought some fans would speculate about before the announcement, or at least notice afterwards, but since it just looks like a random box, nobody did and their Twitter account felt like they had to reveal it.

 

[Falchion]

What a great Easter egg. Can't belive no one here spotted it.

 

[dep9000]

LOL, time to start paying attention to what's in the background in Microsoft videos.

 

[Palette Swap]

The PS5 jokes kind of write themselves here

 

[JCal]

Turn in your keyboards and badges ERA detectives.

 

[Firmus_Anguis]

Actually pretty cool. But also kind of hard, when you don't even know what to look for... 😅
Still cool though.

 

[SCUMMbag]

Little did we know, but the Cerny tech talk actually took place on top of a horizontal PS5.

 

[Snake__]

lol
thats kinda awesome

 

[Tappin Brews]

Love it

 

[Shadow Dancer]

You need to go back further ;)

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[Dizastah]

lol...that's pretty cool.

 

[JaseC64]

Oh wow it's was that generic looking block thing all along! Phil is such a genius!! Show it to us from all angles and we never asked what that weird looking thing with an xb button was or the hideous speaker grill on the side could be.
😑

 

[Van Bur3n]

Look even closer, I've been walking around with this thing in my pants the whole time.

 

[Keyouta]

Lol

 

[jbug617]

 

[super moustique]

Well played.

 

[GK86]

I noticed, but didn't want to ruin their surprise.

 

[Shadow Dancer]

Edit. Forget. It also appears later. Just a book it seems.