Microsoft reacts to Sony's White&Gold controller #TheDress joke; showing White/Gold Xbox One Skin

Earlier this morning Playstation Australia send out a Tweet that reads "introducing the new White and Gold Dualshock 4". The tweet was a joke after someone started the #Thedress hashtag.

In a new Tweet Microsoft reacts to Sony's tweet showing an white/gold image of their own.

[jackanderson1985]

that's quite ugly... also a nice "white/gold" controller by Sony haha

[VER1ON]

The joke would have been funnier if Sony hadn't included the image with their tweet in the first place :)

Nice prank by Sony following Twitter's eruption about the #TheDress hashtag.

[mikeslemonade]

Skins are lame and that's not even a real X1. Just some graphic depiction..

[bouzebbal]

MS have no humor LOL.. that's as lame as the skin they showed.

[Pogmathoin]

I think the joke is lost on some here, the fact it is a joke....

[uptownsoul]

what is with this whole "white & gold" Xbox One…The Xbox One in the picture is obviously BLUE & BLACK!!!!

(real talk, my wife has shown me that damn dress 1 MILLION times & I can only see a blue & black dress…And frankly, I'm tired of looking at the damn dress)

[Eonjay]

OMG, I just heard about this damn dress and I am already tired of it lol. So it was a joke based on a joke. Fair enough, but (having seen this dress) it is OBVIOUSLY not blue. lol

[AliTheSnake1]

The xbox looks Black and blue to me. You guys are smokin that Gandalf shit.

[Bdub2000]

It's fake... Everyone knows Sony can't afford to buy gold right now... And that MS X1 is clearly blue and black.

[t-hall785]

How about all you guys saying Microsoft is "reacting" to Sony and is lame for it, go to xbox's twitter page then go to sony uk's twitter page. make sure you check the time stamps.

I'm gonna just keep on sippin this tea though...because it's damn good lol.

[SilentNegotiator]

This dress thing is pretty much the dumbest viral thing I have ever heard of. It was bad enough reading about it LITERALLY everywhere else, but I finally get onto N4G and this is what I see?

The world has collectively lost an IQ point over a poorly exposed cell phone picture.

[suicidalblues]

@t-Hall785

Check the timestamps, and enjoy your tea!

http://www.eteknix.com/micr...

[Jason_Plays_PC]

Not a good colour combo...

[Eonjay]

Actually it would probably look better as blue.

[XanderZane]

Yeah.. not really a color anyone wants. Not sure what Sony & M$ were thinking, but it was all a joke, so maybe they knew these colors were wrong to begin with.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

I thought what SCE Australia did was pretty funny....

[RocketScienceLvlStuf]

Well Microsoft have been reactionary all this gen. Thats why they are in last place.

So this doesn't surprise me.

[ShowanW]

u know it was suppose to be a joke right?..?...

Not funny to me at all... But it suppose to be a tease on that stupid dress that's been trending..

Just relax...

[RosweeSon]

Exactly.

[XanderZane]

Hhmm last I checked, they aren't in last place. The Wii U is. Let's try to keep the topic on the article above. Trolling is not welcomed here.

The whole thing was a joke. A pretty bad one, but a joke nontheless.

[PistolsAtDawn]

I get that while I type this, I'm probably just wasting my time, because you appear to be confused about a great many things, however, I'll help out just a little bit.

Xbox Us twitter posted a picture of a blue and black controller 3 hrs before Playstation AU posted theirs...(I tried to post a link here, but I can't cause I'm a new user so you'll have to look for yourself).

As for the rest of your fanboy statement, you've clearly already made up your mind already on what is "true" and what isn't, so I won't waste my time proving you wrong

...learn to laugh at a joke

[Magicite]

Colors cant change the fact it looks like VCR.

[Muzikguy]

Sony's tweet was awesome! As for what MS did, it doesn't look to me like they have a sense of humor. Makes it even more hilarious!!! :)

As for the #thedress deal going on, personally I think it's stupid. Stupid in the fact that something so dumb garners all that attention. Reminds me a bit of how everyone was flipping sh!t about Ebola not that long ago and now there's nothing. (I'm not saying Ebola is dumb or shouldn't get attention) I guess people are easily distracted

[Eddie20101]

Microsoft lame.

[StrayaKNT]

The two companies that fanboys argue over daily seem to get along and joke with eachother more than us gamers do lol. #lovebothconsoles #noconsoleisbetterthantheother

[VER1ON]

In general Xbox headman Phil Spencer is very open about this and actually has credited Sony and it's PS4 on several occasions. Make love not war :)

[Kane22]

Giving Phil a little too much credit. They both have been joking around for years.

[Mikefizzled]

Shu is the same. They're mostly nice guys up at the top. Its just the fans who are the problem.

[Kizwiz6]

Sooo.. You want us all to make love?

[Kizwiz6]

Sooo.. You want us all to 'make love'?

[paul-p1988]

#noconsoleisbetterthantheother

Ask Aaron Greenburg if he believes that lol

[pixelsword]

NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and soccer owners get along just fine, too: but their fans don't either. The same goes for fans of particular golf players, boxers, model car/plane builders, cheese fans, beer drinkers, book readers, Star Trek captains, Operation System owners, and fans of designer shoes.

But for some reason, console fans JUST HAVE to get along.

Go figure.

[Ravenor]

It's possible to enjoy all of those things listed and not be a psycho. I like the Toronto Maple Leafs, if someone likes the Canadiens I don't go bug them about it. If they bug me about it, it's just a sign that person isn't worth the air they breath.

Tech tribalism and general fandom to the point of hating, or disgreeing to disagree because it's the "thing" you don't like. Has always, and always will be the stuff of people with major self esteem issues under the surface.

[u-bEttA-rUn]

lmao!!!!!
Thanks for the laugh lol

[RosweeSon]

Love both fine but no console is better than the other?! Don't think so buddy.

[StrayaKNT]

It's all opinion at the end of the day, don't bring your fanboy bs into this thread please dude.

[TheLastColossus]

I agree on loving both consoles but obviously one of them is better

[Eddie20101]

Is it getting along or Microsoft me tooing all the time?

[GenuineGamer]

Ugly as lol

[g-nome]

Now they do not have to do a blue and black one.

[Spotie]

The PS4 has been beating the XB1 black and blue all gen, so I'd have thought that would have been easier to do.

[Gazondaily]

Lol and to think, you call me out for supposedly being a fanboy. Haha

#justfanboythings

[wodan]

Man this look bad and ugly.

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

"Perhaps a nice tweet by Nintendo as well ?" Lmao yeah right those I guys are too full of themselves.

[VER1ON]

A white and gold New 3DS perhaps?

[angelusbrz]

But the Xbox One is Ugly even without the joke, Microsoft should concentrate on what's wrong with the Xbox brand.

[VER1ON]

C'mon why so serious? The Xbox brand is doing pretty well lately. Kudos to the Microsoft team for all of their work lately.

[Ravenor]

Considering both platforms are selling at a faster rate than the Xbox 360 did last gen, I sincerely don't understand why we can't just be happy that the console business on all fronts is doing okay.

[andibandit]

@angelusbrz

your comment explains why noone invites you to any parties.

[iTechHeads]

Microsoft reacting to Sony? What else is new?

[SmokingMonkey]

LOL at SonofGod

Does Bluray mean anything to you?

[andibandit]

well MS actually posted first, and neither reacted to eachother but to the #THEDRESS

[hiawa23]

I am fine with skins but that looks terrible, or is not appealing to me. To each his own..

[MilkMan]

Don't know much about the gag, but I did like the picture of the controller. Blue and black. Looks like something I would buy. Im kinda tired of the all black controller.

[ScorpiusX]

Cool console skin , want one .

[Antifan]

Lol. Of course you do. MS could show a Xbox one reconstruction as a penis, and you [fanboy] would still want it.

[DillyDilly]

Sony should have been Black & Blue while Microsoft is White & Gold

[4theplayers]

But the dress is black and blue, so PS4 wins!

[aLiEnViSiToR]

The actual dress is Blue and Gold/Brown, the picture of the is just an optical illusion.

[lildudexst]

I can't this getting outta hand.

[iNFAMOUZ1]

usa usa usa, microsoft all the way

[DevilishSix]

The joke is on Microsoft as all they have done this generation is react to Sony and this latest just proves it further. Microsoft got blasted by fans, media, and sales for their original online vision for X1, then they react and make their console basicly same as what Sony was doing.

The Tomb Raider reboot had better graphics and 60fps on PS4, where the X1 version was 30 fps and looked worse and there were numerous articles highlighting X1 being weaker console....what does Microsoft do, they react and purchase next Tomb Raider exclusivity. This avoid comparsions in the short term and they have a game to counter Uncharted 4.

Now this even though it was a joke by Sony chances are Microsoft was figuring they needed the same color scheme to counter.

My philsophy is you can't lead from behind. If you always seem to be in reaction mode you are hardly leading.

[Chanogram]

Thats an awfully serious comment to make on a simple joke from twitter. Lighten up people.

[Antifan]

What they've done to TR is just really sad. Now the game is limited to just one platform, and the most inferior one. We don't want port from Xbox one, we want a true next-gen TR. Downgraded forever.

[Ryan741]

Wow its just a joke guys no need to be mean and nasty. A million people have tweeted different variations of the joke and I've not read ugly reactions to that. Seems to me a certain community needs lighten up a little.

[Kiwi66]

Well this just goes to show that some sony fanboys have no sense of humour so don't waste your time trying to explain it to them as it will go right in one ear and out the other

[Tyrant 8 RDFL]

Yea thats a ugly color combo, maybe black and gold would look better.

[korona15]

Poor Microsoft can't keep up, their brand is dying.

[Hayabusa 117]

Sony tweet was funny. Microsoft's was not. Sony wins (again).

[j1mf34r]

So basicly microsoft still follow sony in everything they do?

[Chanogram]

After reading all the comments here, i can only conclude that roughly 80% of the people commenting are retarded, like actually retarded.

[Killzoner99]

Not surprising . Does Microsoft do ANYTHING original? They need to start coming up with their own ideas instead of copying Sony.

[Chanogram]

It's a joke (see my above post about retards).

[Max-Zorin]

You Yoshida zealots need to lighten up. It was a joke.

[MCTJim]

WOW..just wow...plain out joke, nothing harmful or malicious about it...Somehow its been turned into an all out crap fest of comments on how bad MS is....if this is the hottest topic of the day still and its been over 10hrs and its still the hottest topic, some people just need to go OUT.

[Simco876]

OMG, this is the first step to the giants becoming friends! Buddies united to slam a stupid internet fad. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship....I can see it now....PSLIVE+ everyone can game together!

[gangsta_red]

Sure are a lot of "knee jerk" reactions in this article.

Interesting...

[fullmetal297]

N4G sure knows how to beat a joke to death...

[MultiConsoleGamer]

I am so sick of hearing about that god damned dress.

[Eonjay]

LOL this.

[Scatpants]

That's cool, I've been wanting a blue and black xbox.

[mjk45]

I checked the time stamps and on xbox UK it says 2.05am 27th feb and the Sony Au 9.15pm 26th feb.

[Morgue]

It seems like video game news has turned the likes of US Weekly, People, Hello and other dumb chatty mags.

[Donnywho]

This is the first time I saw the dress so it's funny as hell to me. Sony and Microsoft having some fun is cool.

[SynestheticRoar]

That's funny. HaHa, ah No sorry Microsoft went gay with it.