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Funny Xbox 360 commercial banned

September 16, 2008 in News comments 22

Microsoft released a commericial for the Xbox 360, showing people in a mall randomly starting shooting each other; but with pretend guns, and its really quite funny. However, it has been banned. Here is the video:

If you've seen this already, forgive us, but we've been pointed towards a 'banned' Xbox 360 TV commercial that's been released on YouTube.

The ad, which was pointed out by The Guardian's Peter Moore interview, was apparently too risky to be broadcast on Television. That's what Microsoft's marketing department said, anyway...

"I showed it one morning to the head of corporate marketing at Microsoft and she said, 'over my dead body will you ever run this spot on TV'. I went ballistic," the ex-Xbox boss told the paper.

"I couldn't get it through Microsoft - one of the greatest videogame commercials ever. I thought it was brilliant. We filmed it in Buenos Aires in a railway station - we loved this idea of play and we came up with this idea of 'Jump In' as a tagline. We wanted to do ads that had nothing to do with videogames, we didn't want to advertise videogames, we wanted to advertise fun.
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  • 0
    Slumpy monkey Sep 16, 08
    Holy moly, This is REALLLYY OLD.

    I saw this before I got my 360.
  • 0
    Deathsythe Sep 16, 08
    Old, but still amusing, none-the-less.

    I would like to get a bunch of people together and do something like that on campus - perhaps in the dining hall. lol
  • 1
    chautemoc* Sep 16, 08
    Haha, I havent seen this. Definitely one of the greatest commercials ever.
  • 1
    Onvacation Sep 16, 08
    How is this news? This must be at least over a year old by now :S
    • 1
      Sayyed Sep 16, 08
      Older, but still an interesting and cool commercial. I like it alot.

      Kinda stupid that they got it banned.
  • 0
    RKRigney Sep 16, 08
    Hm. I think that this is an awesome commercial... I'd love more of this from Microsoft
  • 0
    Play ISDF Sep 16, 08
    Rofl that's a great ad. I love that bit at the end. I can't understand why it was banned, it did it's job of advertising fun well.
  • 0
    Krunal Sep 17, 08
    Definitely seen it before, and I've definitely enjoyed watching it again. One of the best XBOX360 adds if I don't say so myself.
  • 1
    Zeon I Sep 17, 08
    I quoted the FCC Dickhead who banned the Commercial.

    "OMFGz, teh kidz will try ans shuut ppl with dair fingars! DAT IZ A TRAVUSTEE! we muzt bans de cumurshal".
    • 0
      Seproth Sep 17, 08
      He must have deslyxia. Which I believe is spelled right 0_o
      • 0
        Capn Droid Sep 17, 08
        It is not.

        Even the slightest, most remote instance of a gun nowadays makes people OH SO SOUPER SCARD, especially so when they're advertising it for a console intended for children. Which is bullshit, since I'm sure everybody played Guns with their fingers when they were little. Are they telling us not to have fun?
        • 0
          HisServant77 Sep 17, 08
          That's not what I was gathering from the ban. Rather, that commercial like I stated in my comment below, would make certain rated M games more appealing to kids, by the funny and playful way of advertising. . . Does no one here have kids? To where they can actually think about these things?
  • 0
    Jak66 Sep 17, 08
    This is about 3 years old, but still pretty entertaining
  • 1
    Miss Razz Sep 17, 08
    I think it's a great commercial, tbh. It's one of those ads that you have to watch till the end, just to know what the hell's going on. Shame it got banned.

    (and why was it banned? Banned from kids? What kid has never played cops and robbers or cowboys and indians with "pretend" guns before?)
  • 0
    Revenger of Wastelan Sep 17, 08
    Entertaining, but as old as you.
  • 1
    Capn Droid Sep 17, 08
    I don't really care how old it is; this is a priceless commercial. They did an outstanding job with this.
  • 0
    HisServant77 Sep 17, 08
    Even though I agree it wouldn't be good for a commercial on TV (because it would just get more kids to have playful interest in Rated M games) . . . I love it That would be absolutely hilarious to actually see a bunch of people messing around like that. And the cab driver thing was awesome Lol

    Should be a comedy movie
  • 0
    Twisted Sep 17, 08
    Sorry, didn't know it was old. ):

    Funny nonetheless.
  • 0
    Final Blade Sep 18, 08
    Old lame video tbh. I don't even see how this is funny. :S
    • 3
      Tiger of Wu Sep 18, 08
      Perhaps if Sony made it you would see the funny
      • 1
        Final Blade Sep 18, 08
        No not really. What do you take me as?


        Honestly stop your fanboyish assumptions.
        • 3
          Tiger of Wu Sep 18, 08
          Do not mistake knowledge for assumptions my friend, I wouldn't throw around that term without knowing who one was. Saying that, because you are one, you'll just pointlessly defend yourself with weak arguments about it, which I can't be bothered with, so feel free to make up whatever sad excuse for a defence you want, but when I don't reply it's because I don't have the time for petty games, though if you wish to believe you've 'won' whatever silly debate this is turning into, feel free

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