Kotaku: Recently in Brooklyn, a group of people blew up 10 Xbox 360s and eight controllers. They did this in the name of journalism. We're showing you one of the detonations in the name of wow-this-looks-cool-in-slow-mo .
Why did they have to blow up TEN? They could have simply done it with one to make the point and give the others away. Pointless waste of a 360....and an even BIGGER waste of money. Those 360s could have made a couple of sick and/or underprivileged kids very happy this holiday.
I hope that the 360s in the vid were already broken.
ermm i dont get this either? what crap is this? they could of gave them to people who don't have them. One would be enough to get what ever crap point they trying to make, the rest could of gone top charity.
Because they wanted the right photo of the explosion. They actually stopped at 10 because they felt they had the right photo(s).
This is standard for photos in journalism. How do you think they get the graphics anyway?
And, looking at this in poor light isn't really going to help. What you should understand is that not only are they writing an article about the death of gaming that will bring even more attention to video games, but they also just paid for 10 360s and 8 360 controllers, which funds the video game industry.
youd think they would have used the ps3 instead so they could add "slo mo explosions" to their list of "it only does..." lol...its a joke, hope atleast some ppl get it
They actually do this sort of thing all the time. It's like the 'Will it Blend' videos. How do most people think magazines get the photos they use in many of their articles and on their covers? It's not the first time they've destroyed items for use in a magazine.
The main thing that grinds my gear about the video is the fact that i recently just bought a 360 bundled with kinect yesterday. Normally, i dont care... but damn, i just spent a lot of money yesterday and just realized i may have given away my old 360 games.
OH WOW! I mean I see this all the time since my roomate has an Xbox, He actually keeps two on hand at all times so when one blows up he can just switch to the spare and buy another one later. Anyways, in slow motion! SO MUCH COOLER!
anyways, on topic. Good point Lord-phoenix, if they did this in the name of journalism, they need to take a few more night course, they clearly have not idea what journalism is.
I think what rrw is suggesting that perhaps the Xbox 360s in the video were already broken in some way. If they were already broken then they would not be of any use to the aforementioned sick kids.
as reliable as a 2 bubble user from the incredible N4G community? I am willing to bet a launch 360 is more reliable then that, and we all know how reliable the first 360s were, rofl.
A launch 360 more reliable than a PS3 Montrealien? You're calling others a troll, when you are trying your hardest to defend the system that is clearly not as good as the PS3.
although i totally agree there was no need for this..
people tend to point fingers way to fast
we waste food everyday... we waste water by taking a 30 minutes shower we waste energy by leaving our consoles and everything else plug in even when we dont use them.
people is dying of hunger, cold, thirst .. and we just keep ignoring the fact that we can do a lot about it..
im my country u can turn bottle cups to hospital and coke company among others will trade them for equipment... i dont know if this happens anywhere else.. but i can see people throwing this things away when we all know this.. and its not even money they ask...
i just wanted take this chance to raise a bit of selfawareness in u people..
instead of complaining u can really help by actually doing something.. and it might not even cost u money
i can only ask for forgiveness since English is my second language
Good message...and clearly received. Plus if it was in the interest of getting a proper photo for an article of some sorts, this type of thing happens all of the time. It's just now we get to see how long it took them to get the perfect shot.
Reminder kids: Take a 15 minute break every hour or else this happens to your Xbox 360 if you dont.
(this public announcement was free)
especially during the festive period where there are sick kids in hospital,these 360s could have been donated to children hospitals
How Does This Shit Get Approved
Ouch.