You really wonder why they didn't show a product from from another manufacturer during an Xbox ad?
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Xbox Series X Walmart ad - Spoiler alert it will make you feel old
- Thread starter Theorry
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You really wonder why they didn't show a product from from another manufacturer during an Xbox ad?
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I actually still have my launch 2600, Colecovision and Intellivision. Hell, I even have the Coleco Adam computer along side my Atari 800xl w/1050 disk drive. lol
This just makes me feel down. I've always wanted to be a dad, but I've never had the best dating life, and that doesn't seem to be changing soon. At 30, I feel like time is running out, but that might just be because a very significant amount of my friends have kids who are closer to 10 than they are 0.
Yep
I started having grey hair at 18. 20 years later it's almost all grey.
Amazing ad, wow, literally shows gaming as a profoundly joyful experience through life, one that carves out moments of shared happiness, no matter what age. Perhaps one of the best ads in gaming I've seen, really touched me, I didn't expect that. Not as old as the dude, but deeply moved by it.
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I haven't heard of Gamespy in forever, i remember trying to tunnel games on the PS2...with dial-up
LMAO OG XBOX ain't that old. I got mine on release day in college and my kids are only 6 and 2 and I've got just a smidge of gray going on.
Speaking from experience, raising teenage girls will do that to you
Wow, that's exactly me. His daughter even looks like mine and look to be the same age. I don't have as many grays yet though.
He didn't look like a teen when he had that backwards cap on, looked more like the fashion at the time, I used to wear my hat backwards in my early 20s, lol. I was 20 when the Xbox original came out and now have a 15 year old daughter.
He didn't look like a teen when he had that backwards cap on, looked more like the fashion at the time, I used to wear my hat backwards in my early 20s, lol. I was 20 when the Xbox original came out and now have a 15 year old daughter.
Damn...that could actually be me.
I'm 50 and it's pretty close to what I have experienced.
This has hit me harder than I thought it would. Two gens to go I guess, but gonna continue for as long as I can 💪🏻
I'm 50 and it's pretty close to what I have experienced.
This has hit me harder than I thought it would. Two gens to go I guess, but gonna continue for as long as I can 💪🏻
They got the age for the kid right, but jesus that dude went from 18 years old to 50 in 18 years
Looked like a teen to me.
It seems to me like they were going for a full circle theme:
From a teen buying his first Xbox to him as an adult with a teenaged daughter playing the latest Xbox.
I mean I could see the concept working with the other brands but uhhh the aging here really didn't work lol, that's sure not 20 years
So 19 year old in 01' to a 38 year old in 2020. People have teenage kids in their mid 30s all the time. Even if he were 15 he'd be 34. People have kids in their late teens and early 20s all the time. I'm 39 with a 15 and a 12 year old and my first daughter wasn't born until I was 24.
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Good for you dude, I'm not looking for an argument here, it's just my opinion. Like several other people in this thread, I feel that the timing/aging is way off, I don't know any 30 somethings who have aged as much as the guy in the commercial.
Yeah people are just trying to find faults as usual. The ad is perfect, it speaks to me in the deepest ways. And I can't wait to have my Series X in just a few days and gather the family to play something cool!
I just wish there were more games aimed at younger kids, the ad is on point in this regard because Xbox has a lack of exciting games suitable for kids.
Basically a tame version of this:
www.youtube.com
minus the dying part.
(cool ad!)
Edit, crap I see that another Lord has posted the same thing.
Life is Short (Original Xbox advert banned)
Mod Original Xbox to play ROMs, Import/Burned Games, XBMC & Emulators. Xbox Softmod Kit for NTSC or PALThe banned commercial starts with a woman giving birth...
www.youtube.com
(cool ad!)
Edit, crap I see that another Lord has posted the same thing.
What is standing out to me is the positive feelings and enthusiasm towards gaming, on Xbox no less. Something that you can easily forget if you participate in modern gaming communities.
'We've been in the game since the very beginning'
There were no consoles before the OG Xbox confirmed. Nice ad though.
There were no consoles before the OG Xbox confirmed. Nice ad though.
