Microsoft is trolling Sony's marketing

http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-finds-a-way-around-sonys-exclusive-star-wars-battlefront-rights-2015-11

You gotta admit the shit's creative...

Plus at least in Poland they released two Star Wars-themed bundles both featuring the complete Star Wars Saga on Bluray.They are called The Force Bundles. The Dark one contains a 500GB console, FIFA 16, a 3-month Gold subscription and a month worth of EA Access. The Light One gets you a Kinect, 500GB console, 3 months of Gold and 1 month of EA Access plus 4 games: Dance Central Spotlight, Kinect Sports Rivals, Limbo, Zoo Tycoon.

The price is $400 for the one w/o Kinect and $500 for the one w/ it. Considering there are 6 movies on Bluray, I guess the price isn't bad and it was released before Battlefront so that you could play it earlier on EA Access.

http://polskilive.pl/news/wybierz-strone-mocy-ze-specjalnym-zestawem-xbox-one/

Buy an Xbone with Battlefront and have Darth Vader come kick you in the nuts for free.

LOL

@BigShotSmoov007: I'm just wondering, if MS did something like that ? Would it be against the deal EA/Sony have ?

Good question, it might be in the fine print.

@BigShotSmoov007: Now who is joking

LOL !

That would probably be more fun than actually playing Battlefront

Marketing wars?

What have we become...

I honestly don't care for the game or the marketing depts of these companies. I usually try and explain this stance, but I'll let this old Hicks video explain how I've felt for years before the internet became a thing:

Nah, it's indirect implied marketing, it's smart but they can't get in trouble for it, it's just like their Destiny cologne adverts lol.

It's not trolling, it's just pathetic and an act of desperation.

Pretty much. Battlefront is selling MUCH more on PS4. You don't see Sony trying to get around Fallout 4 advertising....which is also selling better on PS4 any way.

so now people are mad at microsoft for trying to advertise a game that is on their console? im so confused

That's actually pretty neato.

The Destiny toilet water was more original, and direct.

And who reads an actual news papper anymore?

Okay... Who the hell cares about playing the shittiest version in 720p?

"Bu bu but we'll throw in trash kinect games to try and make up for it."

TLHBFO

People actually play star wars.

L O L.

That's just petty, Microsoft have really been relegating themselves to the position of the horse's ass.

Millions of Brits read the Metro everyday. It's one of the biggest UK newspapers.

Those subtle Microsoft jabs at Sony... reminds me of the "Sega does what Nintendon't" days (though not-so-subtle back then).

Info on Gamespot sometimes is like looking at archived reddit posts. Pretty sure this was all around there last week. Oh well, we can't all be current.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, troll.

Simply put, some don't have a sense of humor.

Exactly

Microsoft bending over backwards hoping to achieve even half the sales of the PS4.

Well when you're trailing current gen 8 market leader PS4 at every turn, game, console and opinion, you have to try copying the best.

So wait are cows now defending exclusive marketing rights in this thread?

lmao

Doesn't the Metro have a site?

It has a site, but Metro newspapers are widely circulated across UK train stations, so people read them while travelling on the train, especially when going to work or college/university. This is especially true on London Underground trains, since you don't get mobile signals underground.

Well, i guess this made some sales.

Guess i need to have lived in a metropolis to know all this.

Wasn't on this forum last gen but it seems a lot of you are ignoring the fact that M$ got away with marketing multiplatform games in ways that suggest xbox exlusivity. To the extent that lots of people even thought Uncharted games were on XBox. I can't count how many times I argued and wanted to slap people for it.

Gotta say, this does reek of desperation rather than trolling. I mean, pulling marketing jabs? This is a gaming industry, you take stabs at commercial success, critical acclaim, exclusive library, etc. Going at marketing, that Sony won.. damn, now that's pathetic.

Newsflash, Microsoft: nobody cares.

lol playin battlefront on consoles

I love it when cows think this is desperate marketing attempts! I call it clever marketing attempts because MS knows how to market games better than Sony!

its only evil and greedy until sony does it...that's the gold rule in system wars