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Banned Xbox 360 Ad: Best Ad Ever!

Heard about the Xbox 360 advertisement that Microsoft is refusing to air? Well, its the best ad Microsoft has ever done, and one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. I can still understand why the lawyers stopped them from airing the ad, but if Microsoft was smart, this would be airing in every movie theatre in the nation.

(via Outside The Cube > AdJab > MSN Video)

November 22nd, 2005 Posted by | General, Humor, Xbox, Xbox 360 | 291 comments

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  1. Broken link unfortunately, any chance you have a copy somewhere?

    Comment by matt | November 23, 2005

  2. [...] Found via Inside Microsoft [...]

    Pingback by mattwalters.net » Blog Archive » Funny XBox Advertisement | November 23, 2005

  3. Well, I’ve embedded a second copy of the video, until YouTube approves it. It only works in IE as far as I know, and I’d appreciate feedback on if anyone knows what happened with the other browsers.

    Comment by Nathan Weinberg | November 23, 2005

  4. Firefox …check.

    Comment by seweso | November 23, 2005

  5. It works fine for me on Firefox, embedded. Maybe you need the Windows Media plugin installed.

    Comment by Rob M | November 23, 2005

  6. View the Unaired Xbox 360 Ad

    I talked about it yesterday and now you can view it.

    Via Nathan (lots of good stuff over there today :) ) via Outside The Cube via AdJab via MSN Video.

    Trackback by MicrosoftBlog.com | November 23, 2005

  7. perhaps you did not notice, but some parents might object to the ad because it is overly violent.

    Comment by michael rose | November 24, 2005

  8. Michael, no it isn’t. There are no guns, no blood, no real injuries. Its as violent as a bunch of kids playing cops and robbers, which is what the ad is trying to imitate.

    The only reason it got banned is because there are some people in this country who are overly politically correct and feel like they need to protect people from things they aren’t offended by.

    Comment by Nathan Weinberg | November 24, 2005

  9. agreed. very nice commerical. probably one of the best in a long time.

    wouldn’t that be cool in a big shopping mall or something?

    Comment by Scott | November 25, 2005

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  12. My .02

    No one is dumb enough to put a budget in smthg that will get banned. This seems more like a commercial meant to be “leaked” on the net perfectly targetting a group of potential customers…

    And the label (well tag if u want) “banned” makes the product MORE appealing

    As I said…just my .02

    Comment by Razvan Antonescu | November 27, 2005

  13. Many Microsoft employees have expressed misgivings about the decision not to air the ad. Additionally, advertisements are deemed unsuitable for air all the time, regardless of budget. If Microsoft was trying to create a viral campaign, we’d know it. They aren’t known for being secretive about these things.

    Comment by Nathan Weinberg | November 28, 2005

  14. [...] Best ad ever. [...]

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  15. [...] Banned Xbox 360 ad – it’s rather good! [...]

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  16. What he hell was wrong with that… Iv,e seen much worse

    Comment by tom | November 28, 2005

  17. Guess what: it’s filmed on my city: Buenos Aires, Argentina. The location is Retiro Train Station, the biggest in the country. Is funny to see the argentinian taxi cabs in an international tv spot. You can see the “Libre” red sign on the top left on the screen, wich indicates that that taxi cab is “empty”.
    Great ad.
    Bye!

    Comment by Daro | November 28, 2005

  18. OMGWTF WHY WAS THIS BANN’D!!?!?!11ONE ITS LIEK SO COOL AND LEGEL. WTF OMG GUYS COME ONZORZ!!!!

    Comment by wtf | November 28, 2005

  19. OMGZOR J00 F00L ITS L31K SO 1337 WHY THOSE NOOBLETS AT MICROSOFTZ BANN’D FOR??11

    Comment by wtf2 | November 28, 2005

  20. j00 BETTER PUT MY POST UP F00.if u dont u r n00b
    PS MODS SUCK

    Comment by wtf3!!!!!!!OMG11 | November 28, 2005

  21. Made In Argentine :D the ad was banned because they(“Micro$oft”)considered too violent.
    Bye

    Comment by Neoz!! | November 28, 2005

  22. [...] vía y Guille [...]

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  23. [...] Its not as bizzare as the advert that got originally banned way back when for the X-Box, but this new banned xbox 360 advert is still pretty great. [...]

    Pingback by Twilight Universe » Blog Archive » Banned X-Box 360 Advert = Awesome | November 29, 2005

  24. leet is for wankers… but otherwise a brilliant peice of advertising, and next time i see you on the street, its going down, banned ad style

    Comment by duncan | November 29, 2005

  25. great ad!! made in argentina! ;) :D

    Comment by juli from ARG | November 30, 2005

  26. [...] Este anuncio de Xbox 360 fue filmado en la estación de ómnibus de Retiro, en Buenos Aires y aunque los abogados de Microsoft no quieren que sea exhibido, vale la pena verlo. [...]

    Pingback by linkorama » Blog Archive » Hecho en Buenos Aires | November 30, 2005

  27. It’s just marketing you’re falling for.

    Ban something, then release it onto the net.
    Viral marketing style.

    Think Paris Hilton etc etc

    Comment by compact | November 30, 2005

  28. Okay, I’m 38 and this reminds me of the days of playing CAR WARS in parking lots. THIS IS A FANTASTIC AD!! Adults can play too.

    Yet commercials are aired on tv advertising paintball and lazer shootouts during CHILDREN’S cartoons. If anything, this commercial should air during Adult Swim on cartoon network.

    There is nothing wrong with it. I want to download this to keep it.

    Comment by Black Feather | November 30, 2005

  29. Great ad. Shame they aint airing it.

    Comment by Sean | November 30, 2005

  30. [...] This is one of the best commercials I’ve seen in a long time! It got banned from TV because crazy conservatives said it was “too violent”. But there’s not a gun or blood ANY-WHERE. [...]

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  33. [...] Some poltroon lawyers nixed airing it, but this ad is a hoot. (Warning: Politically Incorrect imaginary violence!) By JDZ Feedbacks on this entry via RSS 2.0 Please leave a Comment or discuss via Trackback! Comments Please Leave a Comment! [...]

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  34. Sadly because of the Super-Christy Right Wing government, you’re not allowed to show anything that might even be remotely percieved as funny, humorous, laughable, enjoyable, silly, child-like, or in any other way pleasant to look at. It must all be uniform and boring.

    That is all.

    PS: I thought the ad was a friggen riot.

    Comment by DarthRudolph | December 1, 2005

  35. [...] This is the kind of thing I used to do when I was a kid. No wait, I’m lying, I do this with my friends now. I guess the cat is out of the bag about me being a super-nerd. Why they banned this ad, I will never know, but once again, the internet is the last bastion for free speech. Banned Xbox 360 Ad [...]

    Pingback by Tiny Movie Site » Adults Playing Cops and Robbers in A Train Station | December 1, 2005

  36. Darth: Its usually the left that is scared of doing anything that isn’t politically correct, but its true that it is the extremes on both sides that are ruining harmless fun for the rest of us.

    Comment by Nathan Weinberg | December 1, 2005

  37. How do u download that godly creation?

    Comment by Wolfpack | December 1, 2005

  38. [...] This is the canned xbox 360 commercial. strange . . . but i think that this is being seen by more people then the other two commercial that are out for the xbox 360. [...]

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  39. Hey, i am against microsoft becuase of defects in xbox 1, but i got to say this ad was funny, plus made in my home city. I would like to know if there is a way to get the song, the name, if its not a song made just for the ad. Thanks. email me at govatent@netscape.net

    Comment by GOVAMA | December 1, 2005

  40. [...] http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/22/banned-xbox-360-ad-best-ad-ever/ [...]

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  41. I would expect the legal troubles might also link to the fact it feels like it was ripped right out of that season to epsiode of Spaced that focused on exactly this idea. (But was funnier in that.) Though I guess that would be less known outside of britain.

    That said, the bit with the guy on the phone was brilliant.

    Comment by KT | December 2, 2005

  42. The Xbox 360 ad that the lawyers “shot down”

    No real surprise that the lawyers at Microsoft decided that this was a bit too ‘violent’ to air on TV. Nevertheless, it’s brilliant. There are no special effects, no special bells and whistles, merely 30 seconds that capture the essence…

    Trackback by Porres.com | December 2, 2005

  43. “I can still understand why the lawyers stopped them from airing the ad, but if Microsoft was smart, this would be airing in every movie theatre in the nation.”

    They are even smarter, since they put it on the web, and then banned it, is is showing here, and on 1000ooo… sites on the internet, everbody is handing around the “quote-fingers”-banned-”quote-fingers” movie. Far more (geeky) viewers than they could ever reach in the cinemas!

    Comment by alf | December 3, 2005

  44. That’s the best comercial EVER. I wish my daily commute would be as fun as that.

    Comment by dednome | December 3, 2005

  45. stolen from oldeenglish.org

    Comment by Tobias Butler | December 3, 2005

  46. Sure, its cool, but take into account the fact that its not original. This has been around for quite a while:
    http://oldeenglish.org/gymclass.html

    Comment by Bobby | December 3, 2005

  47. Funny but…….. the music in the background made the video…..umm less funny iguess. If there was a different song playing than maybe it could have been better. But don’t get me wrong it was pretty funny.

    Comment by joe | December 3, 2005

  48. Great viral. Pity about it not being freely available – or is this PR spin?

    Comment by Will Corry | December 4, 2005

  49. [...] I don’t get it… Microsoft finally creates an excellent advert for their XBox 360 and they decide not to show it? Anyway, thanks to the wonders of the web, it’s online and definitely worth watching! [...]

    Pingback by 360 Jump In Advert - If..Else Log | December 4, 2005

  50. [...] Since games commercials here in the United Kingdom are pretty poor, we have to look elsewhere to come across amusing game commercials. Thanks to various gaming forums I’ve come across three commercials, which I’d like to share with you (they’re probably old and you’ve seen them before but does it look like I care?) First up, this is quite possibly one of the best ads I’ve ever seen; it’s for the X Box 360 and according to Microsoft’s lawyers it will never be officially broadcast, check it it out here. [...]

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  51. this has inspired me. i’m arranging to have my school do it the day before winter break. it looks like it may work- 50 kids said they’d do it the first day. why do xbox ads have nothing to do with the system? i mean jump-roping, water balloons… wtf?

    Comment by Ringleader | December 4, 2005

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  53. Xbxo360 TV Spot

    Ein (meiner Meinung nach) saugeiler Xbox360 Spot, der aber laut InsideMicrosoft wohl nie ins Fernsehen kommen wird.
    Wohl zu gewalttätig hm?
    Seis drum…es gibt ja das Internetz .

    via patrickkempf.de

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  54. I feel that the reason the lawyers would not allow this to be aired had more to do with the fact that they were ripping off an episode of ‘Spaced’, a british tv series by the guys who made “Shaun of The Dead”, I’d say they may be using the whole violence thing as a scapegoat.

    Regards,
    Slipoch

    Comment by Slipoch | December 5, 2005

  55. The reason why this commercial is banned is because it violated a copyright apllied by OLDEENGLISH.ORG website. The website contains and original protected video concept, same idea of using hands and fingers as guns.

    Comment by Entertainment Lawyer | December 5, 2005

  56. umm the thing did have something to do with the x box… if you would read what it says at the end it makes perfect sense.

    Comment by reply to ringleader | December 5, 2005

  57. Go up and read #12. There’s the grand plan.

    Comment by Croydon | December 6, 2005

  58. This is pretty darned good. I laughed so hard.

    It would probably be smart of Microsoft if they made the clip to be “banned” and then just put it online. Then they dont have to pay for airtime and they reach a market of computer geeks.

    Comment by Jeff | December 6, 2005

  59. lol

    Comment by stupid | December 6, 2005

  60. gotta say, pulling that add is as good as taking candy from little kids. I would much rather have seen that on tv, than hear about it being banned, then seeing it.

    It’s very funny to me, after playing halo, and seeing a mall full of adults/random people yell “BANG!”

    Best commercial ever.

    Comment by Nic | December 6, 2005

  61. "Banned" XBox Ad… or is it? Just in time for Xmas

    So… another “unofficial ad” comes out of the woodwork, this time from the bright lights at Microsoft……

    Trackback by Brendan Hodgson | December 7, 2005

  62. It’s like that on the London underground, only there are cops with real guns that shoot South Americans in the back of the head.

    Comment by Passer-by | December 7, 2005

  63. This was shown at Zero Hour. (the official XBOX 360 launch)

    The commercial is supposed to air later… this commercial was never banned.

    But I’m glad we got all that fake MS insider info :/

    What is this? The new approach to advertisement? Say a video was banned, get everyone on the ‘net to watch it… then stand behind it while it airs, eventually?

    Comment by The Smurf | December 8, 2005

  64. Many times companies simply sign over an account and unspecified amount of money to an ad agency after they agree to hire that agency’s services. The ad agency then cranks out a number of ads, some rejected for various reasons. This may be one of the “good” ones that was too good to just let die in some back storage room. I remember some pretty cool stuff at my old agency that we made just for fun. Now that stuff should definately be banned from public view.

    Comment by SL | December 8, 2005

  65. Hope I am not bothering anyone with this question. Does anyone know the music included in the commercial where the kids are jumping rope? Thank you.

    Comment by Mike | December 8, 2005

  66. This is the funniest commecial i ever saw. There is no reason this should have been banned. It just shows a bunch of people acting like kids and having fun. I love this commercial.

    Comment by T-Bag | December 8, 2005

  67. the tune to the jump rope one is the

    Shake featuring pitbull
    by the ying yang twins

    Comment by bob | December 8, 2005

  68. “It just shows a bunch of people acting like kids and having fun. I love this commercial.”

    You just answered your own question. We all know kids these days arn’t supost to have fun.

    Regardless, this is a great Ad. Laughed my ass off, and am still laughing my ass off. I live in Australia, and still waiting for the bloody 360.

    Comment by Nine Tails | December 9, 2005

  69. Excellent!

    Comment by Xbox 360 | December 9, 2005

  70. I thought it was great, still laughing. I like all the realistic facial expressions. It drew mw right in. It is on two different levels if you look at it, on the one hand, it is showing how even adults can get “back to their youthful imagination” and on the other hand, it kinda shows how gamers look at it and get into it. You gotta love the part with the guy on the phone in the car, lol. But I think it is sad that they didnt air it, while I know why, it’s disgusting all the same. All in all that is a kick a$$ ad and will be sharing it with a few gaming communities, thanks for the treat!

    Comment by DoubleD | December 10, 2005

  71. LMAO Duncan, I’m there

    Comment by DoubleD | December 10, 2005

  72. this is a real work of art

    Comment by deen | December 10, 2005

  73. Great advert

    Microsoft saying they are not releasing it is a load of rubbish just doing a nice bit of viral marketing here.

    Comment by gavan | December 10, 2005

  74. Does anybody know the tune to this commercial? I think its great! :D

    Comment by Beddis | December 10, 2005

  75. I thought it was hillarious. best ad ive seen in a while. better than snickers commercials!

    Comment by Heffer | December 10, 2005

  76. i want that to happen in real life. I would be on the ground laughing (or pretending to be shot) if that happened.The disapointment when the man in the car doesnt die is great. This being to violent is just stupid has any one seen the television show 24?
    or E.R. C.S.I? ….. They are 10 times more violent than this. very strange i won’t say viral marketing because i can’t confirm it but its certainly weird…..

    (the guy who gets shot and falls is susspended by a ropse whats up with that?

    email me if u want to talk about this some more or anything new happens

    the6thmonkey@hotmail.com

    Comment by ADDS ARE BAD | December 11, 2005

  77. I would love to see this commercial on tv. And when I did I would tape it.

    Comment by Mike | December 11, 2005

  78. Pub Xbox 360 confidentielle

    Un spot original, qui aurait dû être diffusé aux Etats-Unis, mais Microsoft a préféré ne pas le passer. C’était pourtant une vision originale du Xbox Live (et peut-être d’Halo). L’exploit de la vidéo : aucune image de jeux vidéo n’est mon…

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  79. Does anyone know the name of the song in the video, and where I can get it:D

    Comment by Dan | December 12, 2005

  80. Does anyone know what the title of the other song is on the other Xbox 360 commercial where there are people playing jump rope?

    Comment by Negrodamus | December 13, 2005

  81. I can understand why this ad got banned for violence. Someone mentioned it resembling the old “cops and robbers” games we played as children, and they’re correct. It was obviously meant to be a take on that. However, this ad is different for the following reasons:

    1.) As a society, we are accustomed to children acting foolishly and without regard for the consequences of their actions. We do expect adults to be different. Children do not understand death often, or the real consequences of shooting someone with real bullets. Adults do. So to see adults behaving this way can be disturbing to some.

    2.) Related to number one, the emotions displayed during children’s games are often loud and exaggerated by adult standards. To see the emotions being displayed in this commerical (such as the evident fear and uncertainty displayed by the guy holding “guns” on both the original guy and the people behind him), can also be disturbing because we relate to these emotions easier than to the exaggerated emotions of children which we often dismiss easily.

    3.) Perhaps the most telling is the people shown in the ad make no effort to show it’s a game. There’s no “Hah! You missed me!” or other childish behavior being shown as you would expect from something like this. The violence being shown is very methodical and scripted. In fact, the only time you’re reminded this is pretend is the guy in the front seat of the car. Which doesn’t occur until over 30 seconds into the ad.

    Now, they could have led off in the first 15 seconds with something like that, but that would’ve blown “the mood” as I’m sure many here would say. And that “mood” is exactly the reason the commercial COULD have been banned.

    Methodical, large-scale violence.

    Now, is this any worse than an episode of 24 or of CSI. I don’t know, I don’t watch those shows for exactly the reasons pointed out above by other posters. But a ‘commercial’ by definiton gets no warning or rating, whereas television shows can be rated and require warnings before being shown.

    If this ad did get banned for violence, then the decision was probably correct. Personally, I didn’t find the commercial that appealing. Even the silly water balloon commercial was more appealing to me than this one.

    But I do have to ask what is it with the creepy commercials for the XBox 360? What, there’s no games that are actually good enough to stand on their own in a commercial? Oooh, there’s something unexpected…

    Comment by B | December 15, 2005

  82. doesnt work on opera.. urgh FLUH will rule the world!!!

    Comment by FLUH | December 16, 2005

  83. XBOX 360AD ^5

    http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/22/banned-xbo…

    Trackback by tribe.net: microsoft.blognewschannel.com | December 17, 2005

  84. You know, this is exactly what we need with everything that is going on in the world at this time. It gives us the opportunity to stop and laugh at ourselves. And if they had included a Santa Claus in that, it would have been MOST appropriate for the Christmas season. (He would have been carrying a bazooka!) All you too Politically Correct people out there be damned! Have a good Christmas!

    Comment by burrito | December 18, 2005

  85. The above poster (Burrito) is correct. Good day!

    Comment by Martin | December 18, 2005

  86. it’s pretty obvious to me why they banned the ad, although i did not listen to it as i do not have speakers attached to this public access computer. Why would they want to advertise that there xbox system is the closest thing to really shooting a person. Why not advertise there systems other games abilities the shooting aspect is kind of expected, so downplay the shooting aspect play up the other abilities.

    Comment by mmmark | December 19, 2005

  87. The sniper….LOL

    Comment by manaknight | December 19, 2005

  88. Nah they banned it because there was a man who looks Middle Eastern in it and because they were in a train station they didn’t want to cause fear. Racism at it’s best folks.

    Comment by TrustNo1 | December 20, 2005

  89. Burrito couldn’t have said it any better. I think it’s sad that people can’t watch a commercial like this without flying through the roof with politicaly correct feelings and opinions! Why does one always have to think about hidden messages and underlying inplycations instead of just enjoying the moment? Get some humour and self distance god dammit! :P

    Comment by Beddis | December 20, 2005

  90. Not nearly the best commercial ever…pretty lame actually – the scale is impressive, that’s about it.

    Comment by Buya | December 20, 2005

  91. [...] The best 360 ad, and they don’t show it. Maybe the figured it would catch fire on the net and save themselves some advertising dollars. [...]

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  92. This is indeed a great ad that would do wonders for the otherwise stuck up-id-ness of the advertising world. It makes me sick that good, funny ads like the old slapping Tango adverts and this one, are looked upon by some to be too controversial. This is because the old are not dieing quick enough and thus allowing us to be free from the morals that they deem imperative. Let the old ways die and let us born ourselves a new where we can have the media that sets our sick evil selves free. We have enough law in real life, in media we want to be able to free the animals inside us. I blame it on the fact that medicine is saving way to many old people and thus we have to live in their fudging world where you can’t say fudge before 9pm on TV. I teach my kids to say fudge because if I tell them not to do it, it will only make things worse. Let us free, role with the times and air the fudging advert.

    Comment by Lord Kane | December 22, 2005

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  94. hey, is there anyway you can download this commercial off of the internet and put it onto windows media player??? if so, please e-mail me at ut8ndc@aol.com, i REALLY want this ad. thanks, bye.

    PS- this ad is amazing! i can’t believe they banned it! the stupid arses.

    Comment by ut8ndc | December 23, 2005

  95. Only in America would you get an ad like this with everyone pretending to kill each other. No wonder the country is going down the tubes. Simply pathetic!

    Comment by John | December 25, 2005

  96. Only in America would you get an ad like this with everyone pretending to kill each other _banned_. No wonder the country is going down the tubes. Simply pathetic!

    Comment by Doe | December 25, 2005

  97. I think I know why….because it simulates guns and shooting people and they dont want kids to immitate it…even though they already do. It’s stupid…

    Comment by Angie | December 28, 2005

  98. Is there a way to get this movie onto my myspace? It’s hillarious, I love it.

    Comment by Peter | December 29, 2005

  99. Six people got shot (a 15 year old girl died)in front of Eatons department store in Toronto, one day after christmas. Probably why they aren’t showing it.

    Comment by Sean | December 30, 2005

  100. no blood, no gansters, no hoes, no real guns, no rude language. so why the f*&k is it banned. if they can show that shampoo advert on tv where the lady has a sex fit over putting soap in her hair they can dam well show a bunch of civilians having some fun in the subway! who ever made the choice to not air this advert should make the shape of a gun in there hand. put it to there head and shout bang really loud :)

    Comment by graeme | December 31, 2005

  101. lol yea this is one of the funniest ads by microsoft i´ve seen in a long time. it´s a pity :(

    Comment by atto | January 1, 2006

  102. still want to download it please show me where i can

    Comment by Tiitan | January 4, 2006

  103. well we all agree its funny, cant see why they banned it tho, theres no blood or gore. Even the person who falls off the balcony has a rope around him to stop him falling all the way.

    Comment by UNLEASHED | January 5, 2006

  104. When will they realise it isnt to bad, it should of been released, Change the music tho but still release it, noone cares about ppl shouting bang, its just funny…

    Comment by UNLEASHED | January 5, 2006

  105. this commercial was banned thanks to the liberals. i guess we’re not allowed to have any fun. what’s so bad about finger guns? this commercial should be airing everywhere now

    Comment by Greg Stronski | January 7, 2006

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  107. This add is hilarious!!! Several posts blame the ban on right wing christians, thats just as funny as the ad!!!!

    This add did not air for one simple reason:
    Libbiots and gun control advocates would have had a cow, heaven forbid people are seen on tv pointing fingers at others saying “BANG!” and pretending to fall down dead. Libbiots and PC morons are the bane of our society, not the right wing christians, although theres plenty of kooks on that side of the aisle too.

    Bottom line, if hollywood can put out a movie about two gay sheepherders MS should be able to put this ad the air.

    Guns dont kill people, criminals with guns kill people, and criminals dont care about gun control laws……..

    Comment by NeoCon | January 8, 2006

  108. Violence, sex, drugs… You figure it out. It rules us, insipers us… No blood, no gutts, no real guns… pitty.. I was hoping for more!

    Comment by Susan | January 9, 2006

  109. damn it i just pooped my pants

    Comment by t | January 10, 2006

  110. My teacher showed the whole class. soon the whole school was doin it. man so funny

    Comment by Ross | January 10, 2006

  111. Hey, I was looking for other microsoft tv ads…specifically the “go team” ones for microsoft office…with all those employees dancing about in slow motion, making everything extra dramatic…

    i dont really know how to describe them but they were really funny.

    thanks!

    Comment by Joe | January 10, 2006

  112. Thanks for the extra info..

    Comment by zzcoke.com | January 11, 2006

  113. anywhere i can download this

    Comment by Andrew Fulks | January 12, 2006

  114. fuckwits

    Comment by dudeface | January 12, 2006

  115. Reply to no. 55: Bullshit, the video from oldenglish.org that you are reffering to is under a creative commons licence. So don’t pull shit out of your ass about how you *know* the reason it hasn’t been aired is because of copyright reasons.

    Reply to no. 95: This ad wasn’t even filmed in america.

    Comment by Brie | January 13, 2006

  116. Whatever. Remarkable. Would like to use it for my students ! Where can I download it. Searched for some time; and the previous sources are unavailable. YouTube is nice and pathetic at the same time, as they don’t offer downloads and a limited quality.

    My support to the request of No.113, therefore !

    Comment by Uwe Dippel | January 14, 2006

  117. The music in the commercial is called The Tiger Rag. A lot of artists have done it over the years, I don’t know which version they are using in this.

    Comment by VanSieg | January 15, 2006

  118. Banned XBox 360 ad

    I saw this a while back and I thought it was a damn good ad. In case you haven’t seen it, it’s worth…

    Trackback by Antimail | January 15, 2006

  119. MS XBox Ad

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  120. Banned XBOX 360 Ad

    This is a great add for the XBOX 360.  Sure maybe not for TV, but, like the posting says, it should…

    Trackback by Coding in an Igloo | January 15, 2006

  121. HAHAHA its the best advert ever, why on earth was it not broadcasted on air, i don’t see how anyone would be offended by it, as someone said, it’s like kids playing cops and robbers, and if i remember correctly, i enjoyed those days so much. it’s just a bit of fun. i bet that the people who are trying to bring it down, are people in favour for the playstation lol.

    Comment by Luke | January 15, 2006

  122. I Have Shown My Family this ad, and they all find it hilarious, but at the same time to be great for promtional aspects, this ad personally makes me want to play ‘Rainbow Six Lockdown’ which is a very well known game for Xbox. And If It Does This to one person, how many others will it do it for?

    Comment by Luke Rowland (121.) | January 15, 2006

  123. This Ad Is Simply Amazing, there is no reason that it would offend anyone, there are no guns, no blood and gore, this advert is harmless, i cant stop playing this advert it’s hilarious, my friends laugh alot, and they want to get xbox 360′s now. All i can say is keep up the good work Microsoft, because u are definetly appealing to young audiances, and old

    Comment by Luke Rowland | January 15, 2006

  124. This is the best 360 ad out of all of them. Why the hell did they ban it? It’s a lot better than the crap they’re showing now!

    Comment by MightyJordan | January 15, 2006

  125. The first time I saw this with no sound and thought it was great but then I went home and watched again with sound and it was less funny because the song is quite jarring — the only thing you miss with the sound off is the guys head hitting the car horn (the best part)

    Comment by Rob | January 16, 2006

  126. As to the video from oldeenglish, not related. Even if it was copyrighted, that only gives limited protection. You can’t copyright the idea of pretending to shoot someone, so anyone can film it. Its the specific plot that would get copyrighted, and they aren’t similar.
    Moron.

    and to the idiot that said it was violent, and because it is a commercial an parental warning can’t be put in front of it, you coult always show it during shows with parental warnings. Think outside the box.

    Anyway, I expect to see this commercial on TV sometime near the release of Halo3 or PS3(or both).

    Comment by Tom | January 16, 2006

  127. i think that this is a funny ADD, but may I also ADD that i find it funny and harmless because i understand it.
    the power of suggestion is is somthing we shouldnt temper with, especially when it targets a impressionable audience “the american youth”.

    Comment by TEMPOSETO | January 17, 2006

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  129. I disagree with all the complaints about the music. I think it suits the ad quite well, honestly. I can’t think of anything that would have been better for it, except maybe some kind of Mission Impossible tune. It just works out.

    Comment by Sardan | January 20, 2006

  130. You Didn’t Get It From Me

    Sometimes some people come with cool ideas, make them happen and then finally wise up and think to themselves,…

    Trackback by The Little Wheel Goes in Back | January 20, 2006

  131. THIS AD IS JUST AWESOME!!!!

    Trackback by verns blog | January 20, 2006

  132. [...] Beste reclame voor de XBOX 360 die je nooit op tv zult zien. [...]

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  133. God I love this add I reckon this would be so much fun and its alot better than with ittle schoosls where the kids refuse to die… I love it when the girl throws the ‘grenade’ its so cool I’d love to do this with a bunch of my friends :D

    Comment by Jack | January 23, 2006

  134. Banned Xbox 360 Ad: Best Ad Ever…

    Heard about the Xbox 360 advertisement that Microsoft is refusing to air? Well, its the best ad Microsoft……

    Trackback by Adeel bin Khalid | January 23, 2006

  135. Wow, sad really, their best ad ever will probably never be shown on air.

    Comment by Best Ad Ever | January 24, 2006

  136. Does any1 know how I can put this video on my myspace or xanga?

    btw, best commercial ever!!

    Comment by Snip3r | January 24, 2006

  137. Microsoft sucks.

    Go buy the XBOX 360 in droves, you sheep.

    Then complain about the DRM (Digital Rights Management) crap you get in your media, your WMV encripted videos and WMA encrypted music that you can´t move around effortlessly without “validating your permission” with the mothership.

    Today, people does not think. A good advert makes them buy anything, without thinking about the consequences.

    Sad.

    Comment by the NRA should sponsor it! | January 25, 2006

  138. Maybe they should replace all the finger-guns for ‘walky-talkies’.

    Comment by Ste | January 25, 2006

  139. Looks like they were very influenced (copied?) by this short movie made by a group of college kids a few years back.

    http://www.oldeenglish.org/OldeEnglish.org_-_Gymclass.mov

    Comment by Joe | January 25, 2006

  140. Where can i download this ad! Really cool!!!

    Comment by Felix | January 25, 2006

  141. “Then complain about the DRM (Digital Rights Management) crap you get in your media, your WMV encripted videos and WMA encrypted music that you can´t move around effortlessly without “validating your permission” with the mothership.”

    what the hell are you talking about? Its a game machine for pete’s sake.

    Comment by gijoe | January 25, 2006

  142. BTW, it works nicely in firefox on Linux.

    Wow, Maybe MS should get out of the software business and go into hardware, games and advertising, 3 things they’re actually _good_ at ;)

    Comment by Otis Wildflower | January 25, 2006

  143. If you liked that, then you’ll love Spaced season2 episode5. It’s a sitcom like no other.
    http://www.tv.com/spaced/show/1960/summary.html?q=spaced

    Comment by Eric | January 25, 2006

  144. Hate to sound like a troll but, maybe they decided to ban it/not air it because it’s just not very good at all, not because of political correctness. It seems as corny as the spontaneous singing in any cheesy musical that you are loathe to watch. Think Rent. Now there was a huge box office hit. Cheese is cheese end of story.

    Comment by slaphappy | January 25, 2006

  145. Bang!!! XBox360 Ad……

    Here is a link to a “banned XBOX360″ ad. Now there are some dubious questions about where this ad came from, but its still a fun watch. It is work safe which I should have stated before I posted the……

    Trackback by Gaming Signal | January 25, 2006

  146. It actully wasn’t “Banned.” It was shown at the Zero Hour event.

    Comment by Jackson | January 25, 2006

  147. Love the ad! But love the choon (song) even better… anyone know what it is???

    Comment by Shane | January 25, 2006

  148. Its not the conservatives playing political correctness, that was a ingenious liberal idea during the clinton years, I see nothing wrong with pretend play violence any kid has a better chance of getting it than most adults. Maybe this was supposed to be a surprise Superbowl comercial that got leaked by mistake and rather than admit they cant even keep their secret ads secure let alone their OS they would rather say they banned it?

    Comment by Jeff | January 25, 2006

  149. By the way…that guy from Retiro or whatever doesn’t know what he’s talking about. This was shot in Tokyo. Listen to the train announcement in the very beginning. It’s in Japanese (I think I would know since I live here) and the station is Tokyo station.

    Comment by Jake | January 26, 2006

  150. I live in Belgium and saw it on TV a few times already. Can’t imagine why someone would ban this.

    Comment by Aired in Europe | January 26, 2006

  151. haha!
    we did this kinda thing at mall with a group of five, you should have seen the looks of people around us ^^ needless to say, they kicked us out from the mall xD
    But very nice commercial, wish could there be more good humour like this on tv, instead of that normal “this trains your butt while making you cup of coffee” bulls***t… ;)

    Comment by Gargoth | January 26, 2006

  152. To 149: so cabs in Tokyo have a “Libre” sign? I thought they used kana and kanji…
    The train announcemnt isn’t a proof at all. Do you know anything about post-edition?

    Though I really have my doubts if that is really Retiro…

    Comment by Esteban | January 26, 2006

  153. Great Ad for the 360…

    Like the person hosting this, I can see how MS had to can the ad given today’s politically correct anti-gun everyone’s a roll model climate. But, it is a great ad. (via the Inquirer)……

    Trackback by Nomad Gamer | January 26, 2006

  154. Its boring…nothing special!
    We get really tired watching this ad!
    One reason more to go later into movie theatres…

    Comment by MF | January 26, 2006

  155. You all find this nice!?? It’s a p… of sh… ad! No offense but I’m pretty sure it was banned because it was to bad.

    Comment by Kitemap | January 26, 2006

  156. Hmm… call me a cynic, but it’s hardly banned if I just watched it here?

    Comment by Dave | January 26, 2006

  157. ;) ))))) I love it. If only people were really so spontaneous….Without the end, I would see why they banned it. But now it’s a very smart add and actually has so positive message.

    It mad all the boys (and girls) at my office laughts a lot – it’s touching :)

    Comment by Emilia Salmova | January 26, 2006

  158. ;) ))))) I loved it. If only the people were really so spontaneous… Without the end, I would see why they banned it. But now it’s just a very smart add and actually has such s positive message.

    It made all the boys (and girls) at my office laught a lot – it’s touching :)

    Comment by Emilia Salmova | January 26, 2006

  159. this ad sucks. it’s another lame attempt from the geeks at microsoft to be cool. it’s just as weak as those stupid dinosaur ads. they should hire nike to do their ads for them. seriously.

    Comment by Steve | January 26, 2006

  160. it’s not retiro, it’s constitucion, another huge train station in buenos aires

    and some of the actors are well known in argentina since they appear in lots of ads

    greetings

    Comment by Diego | January 26, 2006

  161. Anyone want it on their mobile/cell phone? Just search banned 360 ad on google and go to google video player then download. You’ll get the player and the video in my videos/google videos which you can convert with the free imtoo 3gp video converter (search on google again) and then it’ll play on your phone!!!

    Comment by Alex B | January 27, 2006

  162. Are people buying into this fake stuff? So let me get this straight, this “best ad ever” that Microsoft has decided not to air because it’s so crazy and over the top (by the way it’s not really that funny), yet they are fine with releasing it for you to link. As if advertising isn’t bad enough, now Microsoft is resorting to posting their ads on webpages like this to make it appear that this is some kind of “leaked” ad, so people will email all their friends. It’s so transparent it’s ridiculous. Think of the money they save posting their ad here instead of paying for real commercial time, all they need is a webpage and a fan boy to make a write up of how “great” and “banned” it was and poof, people will come.

    Comment by yeahright | January 27, 2006

  163. I’ts Retiro Station…..

    Comment by Gerli | January 27, 2006

  164. That wasnt funny.

    Comment by BerG | January 27, 2006

  165. ficekn? deine mutter für 20 mark am bahnhof gestern abend

    Comment by ficekn? | January 28, 2006

  166. alle sind dicke fraus. Du bist eine swinehund ficekn. Du esel. Du und deine mutti, deine mutti gefahllt dir.

    Comment by swinehund | January 28, 2006

  167. This ad is not good. I didn’t like it. Lame music and people going bang has nothing to do with Xbox or Xbox 360. I can see why they didn’t want to air it since it doesn’t promote the system, just something mildly funny to watch. It’s no where near the best ad. They didn’t ban it because it’s violent they banned it because it’s stupid.

    Comment by Tack | January 31, 2006

  168. I think that this ad was hilarious, I showed some of my friends and they thought it was good too, and it advertises the 360 perfectly, it shows how it is fake and how everyone is involved in it, and I completely agree that this was a smarter advertising technique, and is probably doing better on the web then it would have done as a commercial.
    Peace

    Comment by Whydoucare | January 31, 2006

  169. The reason that this ad is banned is probably is not because of violence, or they would ban most movie ads you see on tv, it was probably banned because the train station or some of the people in it did not sign something that said they wanted to be in the ad, or the train station didnt really want this to happen, just a theory.

    Comment by Backagain | January 31, 2006

  170. .. from the death he rises and walks again…

    ..urm ja

    Zomaar uit het niets toch maar weer eens beginnen met loggen. Kan wel met een lang verhaal beginnen waarom ik niks te melden heb gehad… maar dat zal toch allemaal maar een beetje uit m’n duim gezogen zijn… Ik ben gewoon te lui! …daar…

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  171. you guys are so gay what was the point of baning xbox 360 u should go to hell and die. ha ha ha ha mother fuckers

    Comment by This is so gay | February 2, 2006

  172. alle u-Mutterbumser werden Sie zahlen sind die Kugellickers nicht wir, die wir Sie unsere Scheiße essen lassen werden

    Comment by This is so gay | February 2, 2006

  173. BOOM HEADSHOT.

    Comment by Jack Sagalot | February 2, 2006

  174. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IS IT? HEADSHOT TIME. PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME.

    Comment by Jack Sagalot | February 2, 2006

  175. It would have made more sense if that one guy was just pretending to ride the motorcycle.

    I think releasing it on the web will be just as effective, and a lot cheaper, than trying to get it on TV and dealing with the FCC. After all, fingerbanging is naughty.

    Comment by the.immortal | February 3, 2006

  176. Funny but i want to download the movie

    Comment by multiplexer | February 5, 2006

  177. Ha, ha! They shouldn’t have banned this one, but instead made a game out of it! I’d play it every day.

    Comment by hplrules | February 5, 2006

  178. i like it

    Comment by hell o | February 6, 2006

  179. Umm,I’m Chinese,it is imposible (at least I thought )tha I can touch XBOX360 in 2006.Someone ask:Are you sure it will be sold before Xbox720 come out?

    Comment by vd | February 6, 2006

  180. haha nice video, i like the granade and the taxi cab hahaha.
    anyways…

    get a digital camera here for free!!

    http://digitalcameras.freepay.com/?r=27044380

    Comment by meee | February 6, 2006

  181. 跟帖的人这么多？？好看么？

    Comment by çš„ | February 10, 2006

  182. Lindo vide la concha de tu madre :D

    Comment by STA-Team | February 10, 2006

  183. nice ad, has never been banned, just marketing strategy, was filmed in a train station in Buenos Aires and the idea of the ad might have come from Microsoft’s advetrising agency in B.A.

    Comment by mcp | February 12, 2006

  184. GOOD.

    Comment by 呵呵 | February 12, 2006

  185. good~~~好广告!!有创意!!

    Comment by ppyu | February 15, 2006

  186. 很有意思！~~~~

    Comment by LB | February 15, 2006

  187. I laughed my ass off. I think this depicts what the xbox live is all about, stratagy, stealth , and puting a bullet in your buddies head. All in the name of fun.

    Comment by killswitchh | February 15, 2006

  188. there is nothing illegal in this ad, its virtual reality ,almost every adult has played in his childhood.
    I believe this needs to be aired…
    so that everyone gets a chance to jump into it.

    Comment by Satyejitt .D | February 21, 2006

  189. rem1=intro :dun search for me=u never find =me= never show up, my first pc=sinclair@zx-80@1980
    rem2 =reply location :hong kong (now returned to china since 1997)
    rem3 =time@location :zero7:36,gmt+8
    rem4 =reply no. : 189
    rem5 =video status report : viedo on, normal@ibm netvista@600mhz@duron,os=xpsp2,ie6,wmp10,internet connection=adls 8mb@bandwidth=normalhomeuser@spot_location_hongkong
    rem6 =video comment1 : low cost
    rem7 =video comment2 : low tech
    rem8 =video comment3 : video target: kids around the world
    rem9 =video comment4_text : this is a supreme low cost + superb low tech video production, from a no.1 rich & famous hi-tech corp like ms. so, me n the world expect something extremely grand n extraordinary hi-tech from corp like ms
    rem10 =video comment5_personal : it originally designed to express a simple meaning : game = fun + involved by adult too = nowadays, games are not just for kids only
    rem11 =video comment6_from religion point of view : involved shooting n killing = should not send this kind of mgs to the public
    rem12 =video comment7_from social point of view : involved nowadays youth culture = should not use such story structure = should not construct such picture that people stare at others suddenly at no reason just becos of anger or personal hard feelings which is the exact existing social problems, like lots of social youth problems like fights…etc
    rem13 =video comment8-100 : yr turn now, pls continue. end zero8:11gmt+8.

    Comment by 168 or 168-168=zero/negative/not exist | February 21, 2006

  190. rem14 = video comment7a_from social point of view: involved content like gun fire, shooting, etc. which related to war n make people thinking of war, especially now us soldier still in middle east = the us government may not want to let the us citizen and the public of other nations to see this ad, try not to upset those who already lost their family member in war n the rest of the public of other nations. no war, no fight, no gun, no shooting, no killing = peace = as video game n fun can still exist with or without shooting game + blood content = in other words, video game has not just only 1 choice, besides shooting games, still has lots of choices, this ad narrow the choice of video games n it may probably projected a wrong or distorted msg to the public hence upsetted the public of all nations around the world.end.

    Comment by 168 or 168-168=zero/negative/not exist | February 21, 2006

  191. rem15= reply to the above: for those who mentioned there is no real gun in the ad … etc, but as we all know what is the middle finger means when sbo use it to point at others, so it is not necessary to speak the word fxxk, a symbol can do the job n carry out the msg, so, not using the real thing is not equal to no such meanings
    rem17= psychology n science point of view : u must understand 1 simple fact no matter what is yr education background, this fact is science. all different professionals will have their professional analysis on this subject, but let me just remind all of u 1 simple thing that is we are human beings, n human is part of the animal system, n we have the ability to learn, to remember. for adult n teens can screen n interrupt the msg correctly. they will not be easily influence by the ad. but for baby above 3, kids can remember the image they saw even after many years. we are not monkey nor chimpanzee, but we have the ability to learn, 1 of our way to learn, to grow is by imitation, so this maybe 1 of the reason/answer y it was banned.
    rem18= commercial point of view : well, ms want to make $, not to cause more law cases n trouble, its simple, if they think it will cos any ….., then just shut it down.
    rem19= conculsion : there are many reasons n hope to see more professional opinions from different backgrounds, even from out of space are equally welcomed.

    Comment by 168 or 168-168=zero/negative/not exist | February 21, 2006

  192. Banned Xbox 360 ad…

    We created this ad for the Xbox 360 but decided not to air it (unfortunately). However you can check……

    Trackback by Howard | February 22, 2006

  193. Banned xbox 360 ad…

    I think this is funny but I can understand why people decided not to air it on TV. What I can’t understand is how it made it far enough through the process to actually get filmed. People get all non……

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  194. Banned XBOX 360 Commericial: You have to see this!…

    I just watched one of the best commercials I have ever seen for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live.  Not quite……

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  195. Best XBox 360 Ad Ever…

    …

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  196. As 54 and 143 have already said, this is just like an episode of “Spaced”. To be honest though, I actually found this funnier. I like the bit at the end where the taxi driver makes a sort of ‘hold on a minute’ gesture.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187664/

    Comment by hailiamdigby | February 22, 2006

  197. I have seen a lot of complaints about not being able to find an xbox 360. They have been looking in there home towns and complaining about it online. Just thought I would point out if they LOOKED online they wouldn’t have to complain about it because there are thousands. Don’t look for weeks waiting on a list or paying crazy prices. look online, it would take 1 or 2 minutes and have it come to your house in a few days at a good price. The big boys don’t care the little guys care because they need money for food ;-)

    Comment by Chris | February 23, 2006

  198. Best XBOX 360 ad ever……

    …

    Trackback by Blogus Maximus | February 23, 2006

  199. that was great(go BARRAK!!)

    Comment by ur mum | February 24, 2006

  200. 不错啊 瞒好的 有创意!

    Comment by forking | February 27, 2006

  201. I think it’s a good ad,however,some people are so concerned about the simple “game” in the ad that they think they have the responsibility to protect the kids from the influence of the “game” :(

    Comment by nodoka | February 28, 2006

  202. This was not banned but I have the real one and why it is banned.

    Comment by Andrei | March 3, 2006

  203. Best advertising is good banned advertising that leakes… X-box will denie it’s theirs but in the meantime it has spread all over the internet. Anomg X-box users that like this sort of advertising…

    Smart.

    Comment by Amsterdam | March 9, 2006

  204. Why was this banned? It’s funny! Sure, they ban this, yet I see the PSP commerial with cussing squirels on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon! They have Trojan condom commericials every day! Yet guys saying ‘BANG BANG BANG’ and holding their fingers like guns is bad. Guys faking like they were shot is wrong. It’s just like kids playing Cops and Robbers!

    Comment by Ask first | March 11, 2006

  205. I would say it was banned because it shows how people get reality and “pretend” confused…this is kind of like advertising that video games do cause violence (I don’t believe that, but hey.) Whatever though, dunno if I really want to buy that gaming console just because I saw the commercial or anything, but great commercial, now I like the name of the company.

    Comment by Travwell | March 12, 2006

  206. :) )) Cool

    Comment by www.cody.ro | March 24, 2006

  207. I’ve seen this ad before. I dont really get what the big deal is. I think it’s stupid. Not really an original idea, and doesn’t really make any kind of real point. I’ve seen way better ads. Maybe microsoft doesn’t play this ad cause it’s a bad commercial, not cause it’s “edgy”.

    Comment by Taylor | April 12, 2006

  208. I SWEAR I’ve seen this on TV once before… Maybe it was on one of those commercial blooper shows.

    Comment by Brad | April 14, 2006

  209. I don’t know, I don’t think it is all that funny.. Sure, it is pretty nice, but not as exciting as all the hype about it cracks it up to.
    But on an other note, I do think that it is extremely reminiscent of some scenes from that movie.. Mean Guns or something? That American movie that’s just like that Japanese Battle Royal..
    I mean, it was a very long time since I saw that movie, but I seem to remember that the end of Mean Guns started with a Mexican stand-off looking pretty much exactly like in the commercial, complete with many people holding one gun in each hand.. Then suddenly one fires a shot and all hell breaks loose.
    Sure, that could be a lot of movies, and as I said, it was a long time since I saw this one, but I just got the feeling that it was very close..

    Anyway, I really don’t think that it should be banned in any way.. I mean, seriously, lighten up. Do people really think that someone will confuse this with reality? And if so, what could that lead to? A massive amount of finger pointing on the streets of the world? Oh my god, you’re right, that is a terrible vision of the future.. How rude! I’ve changed my mind, probably best to ban everything like this..

    Comment by Marcus | April 21, 2006

  210. Xbox 360 Ad…

    Xbox 360 had a fairly cool ad that, for reasons unknown, they decided to yank. (IMHO, it’s a fairly accurate description of playing deathmatch in CoD — especially the grenades & and the snipper.) To add to the amusement, some students decided to do a…

    Trackback by William Reardon's Blog | May 3, 2006

  211. Shit that was funny.

    This isnt exactly “banned” because obviously we have all seen it. If people think its banned or illegal then they would be more interested and would want to see it.

    Comment by a/s/l | May 5, 2006

  212. I’ve heard its because of copyright issues.
    I think the college kids who made this one (http://www.oldeenglish.org/gymclass.html)
    first, sued Microsoft for making the commerical.

    Comment by Ted | May 6, 2006

  213. I can’t really see why it’s banned from tv. If there was any gore in it then I could understand but it just looks like good fun and the guy on the phone waiting until he’s finished talking at the end before he falls over ‘dead’ proves that it’s all a big game. People can be so sensitive sometimes.

    Comment by Lektrik | May 14, 2006

  214. I think every body should now buy an x-box 360 and play 3rd person shooters 24-7. As it will lead to total personal happiness and fulfilment and take them out of their bedrooms and sitting rooms. Alternatively every body should invest in custard pie making equipment and spend 24-7 making pies go out into the real world and start pieing everybody without a smile on their face. Then we can really see who finds it funny and who doesn’t.

    Ps sorry for the bad spelling, I got a defrosting head in the fridge I gotta attend too. I also think the film “A History of Violence” is a really cool film. Laugh at your self and the world parts with its money. PPS in my spare time I often go around shopping malls with a real water pistol, sure beats sittin at home in front of the pc for hours on end trying to get to the next important level that looked suspiciously like the last one. If only computer games were a bit more entertaining in the first place or taught you how to be happier and more fun filled in real life. Of course the graphics are amazing almost like real life at times until I look out of the window of course and see a beautiful sunset. Now where is my upgrade button gone ahh f*ck it I just download a new games consol, with of course games suspiciously like the previously out dated console, but with better graphics of course but with an added anal trembler that is inserted you know where that injects the right amount of fear hormone with a dash of aggression. Ahh f*ck it I think I’ll have a game of real football instead or do some downhill skiing,snowboarding,cycling.

    Btw the advert was funny but not really that funny, not enough to part with my hard earned cash well just my two cents. So where are all the really new and interesting games then.

    Comment by Jeffrey Dahmer | May 16, 2006

  215. R U nuts!!!
    That ad would have completely demonized MSFT!! The Christian Right, the knee-jerks even the I -don’t-give-a-shit-about-anything clan would have nodded in agreement as the media wiped their ass all over cyberspace.

    Comment by jon | May 17, 2006

  216. Very good example of viral marketing IMHO.

    Comment by Pierre | May 20, 2006

  217. childish and remotely horrid..

    Comment by bman | May 30, 2006

  218. Wow, this movie was the best commercial ad EVER!!!

    whoever hates this or thinks that this is unsuitable is just a plain moron. NO ONE REALLY DIES BLEEDS OR USED A REAL GUN!! freakin lawers and crap, im starting to hate whoever took this off. >:(

    Comment by Teh PWN | July 11, 2006

  219. Another reason this was banned because just before it was made, the 7/7 London bombings took place. The ad is in a train station and the London bombings were on subway trains. Very similar.

    Other than that, it is a really good ad and they definately should air it in the future when there is less attention to the 7/7 bombings.

    Comment by Simon | July 14, 2006

  220. 217.Bman says:
    May 30th, 2006 at 2:36
    Childish and remotely horrid…

    I QUOTE…of course its childy.. and its remotely horrid, but this stuff is still funny..You can stay at home for the rest of your life infront of the computer or your XBOX 360 ( the thing they’re trying too sell in this case.)and play stupid games you pay for…and developers try too make it look realistic..WHEN you could go to the mall, train station, or any active area, and play in REALITY with…i…guess the best graphics in the world since noone can beat reality..and have some fun without wasting your hard earned cash.Use your Hands. BANG!!!

    Comment by Timothy | July 26, 2006

  221. what the heck? the person who said the thing about a purposeful leak was obiously right, but why is everyone blaming the no guns comercial policy on concervatives? if liberals wanted guns to be ok, they should have said so a long time ago, cus every conservative in the world wants to keep his/her shotgun, and if we want that, then y wouldnt we air an awesome comercial like this on television?

    Comment by bfc5 | August 9, 2006

  222. what are you people talking about, its a video game console not a threat calm down

    Comment by John | August 19, 2006

  223. and i agree with Lektrik

    Comment by John | August 19, 2006

  224. Funny xbox360 video…

    One of the benefits of the technet roadshow was hearing about the banned xbox 360 video. If you saw it on tv you’d wonder what on earth they are advertising until the very end. The taxi scene is pretty funny…….

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  225. I think the ad is hillarious! At least they aren’t holding real guns, put it this way i’ve seen worse on kids films!!!!

    Comment by Caroline | September 4, 2006

  226. Is this in an airport? That could be a reason for the ban. Maybe I am way off and it aint an airport, but thats how it looks to me. You cant even have a fake gun in an aiport… I just made that up, but it could be true.

    Comment by Jimi | September 9, 2006

  227. this is the coolst ad man it shoulent be banned soooooooo coool

    Comment by michael swain from tamworth | October 1, 2006

  228. Ok, someone tell me why this country has deteriorated so much in the past 2 decades that now it’s considered a horrible bad thing that people play “pretend”? Where has this country gone so wrong that ads like this are pulled from the air because some high-and-mighty, overly PC lobbyist with no sense of humor and no imagination thought that a bunch of people using thier fingers to “shoot” each other (and basically play pretend like most of us did when we were kids) was promoting violence? It’s not promoting -anything- (aside from the product) that anyone should consider offensive. If my kid were to watch that commercial, do you know what I would say? I would tell my child “See, -those- are the kinds of guns you should play with.” and set an example. I would like to promote my child to have an active imagination (though I might draw the line at him or her running around in a mall doing that, of course. :P )

    Bottom line, I love the commercial. The lady with the grenade and the cabbie on the cell phone were hilarious. And personally, I think some people with Microsoft and the FCC need to remember what it was like to be a kid. The way most people act these days, you’d think that no one was ever a child before they grew up. Oh well.

    Comment by Bastion | October 17, 2006

  229. very funny. Good ad. a shame they decided not to air it.

    Comment by Chris | October 17, 2006

  230. That advert was not banned! I saw that same advert when I went to see “The Sentinal” (

    Comment by Jonny | November 1, 2006

  231. Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico!

    Comment by Azzurra | November 4, 2006

  232. I dont understand the meaning of this Ad by mircosaft. Ya every one is pretending and thts wut it bacially is in the online world but i dont get y they woodent run tht ad.

    -kyle-

    Comment by kyle | November 27, 2006

  233. yo momma

    Comment by kyle | November 27, 2006

  234. Its great

    Comment by Sebastian | November 30, 2006

  235. The Oscar for the stupidest commerical ever goes to the Microsoft Marketing guys. You have too much time on your hands.

    Chris

    Comment by Chris | December 4, 2006

  236. Awesome commercial I’m going to show everyone I know. It’s already on my myspace.

    Comment by Dmitri Valentine | December 6, 2006

  237. is there a wmv or avi file?

    great video by the way.

    Comment by brilliant joey | December 9, 2006

  238. that was really gay

    Comment by AJ | December 12, 2006

  239. The announcement in the beginning is Japanese and it says “the train approaching to platform no.2 is ….”.
    But it is absolutely not the station in Japan.

    BTW, the BGM is “Tiger Rag” performed by The Mills Brothers.

    Comment by Nobby | December 12, 2006

  240. it was funny lol

    Comment by matthew | December 17, 2006

  241. Works fine on Netscape. Top notch ad for the Xbox 360. Would love to see this on the TV.

    Comment by ZRaven | December 17, 2006

  242. I think its funny as hell! Great job on the marketing Microsoft!

    Comment by mycah | December 19, 2006

  243. some 1 send me a coppy of this AAA+++

    Comment by †)-(ÖMħ Ä®M§†®öÑG | December 31, 2006

  244. some 1 send me a coppy AAA+++

    Comment by †)-(ÖMħ Ä®M§†®öÑG | December 31, 2006

  245. This was aired in the UK…..I laughed my head off when i say it was for the 360! brilliant

    Comment by kev warner | January 7, 2007

  246. [...] A few days ago, Dustin Kaufman sent us a link to a movie at break.com, showing an Xbox360 commercial that never got released. It’s not really Halo-related (though you CAN say it’s FPS-related)… and break.com seems to be having some trouble with bandwidth issues, but it’s available on YouTube now, as well. Thanks to Pinkuh, who pointed out this Inside Microsoft blog entry.Link to original article posted by Louis Wu from HBO [...]

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  247. that idea has blatantly been robbed from a uk sitcom called Spaced.. watch it, its genius!!

    Comment by the amazing cockboy | January 22, 2007

  248. Yea. I could see a bunch of corporate lawyers having a problem with this one.

    Comment by GamersInstinct | January 29, 2007

  249. That commercial rocked. We are all in someway connected. Connected through a first person shooter. LOL

    Comment by Washington State DUI | January 29, 2007

  250. Ahaha. That commercial. Made my day :D

    Comment by Faerie-dust | January 31, 2007

  251. LOL, why on earth would they ban a commercial as funny as this.

    Comment by Lorne Fade | February 3, 2007

  252. That’s W.O.W.

    Comment by Mariano | February 5, 2007

  253. Make sure you go to this site because its really important:

    http://www.3604free.com/index.php?ref=3768150

    With this site I posted above, you only need 8-12 references since you need 20 references if you directly go to http://www.3604free.com,
    Important!!!! Make sure you select the REFERAL program not the other program because I personally find out the other one take a very long time

    Next simply fill one (just one) of the free stuff or free trial offers from the list (they have over 100s)

    Note: The trials are really trials, try to find one that does not need any credit card or simply apply for one and cancel few days later after. They are all legit and can all be cancelled.

    Act fast if you don’t want to miss on this thanks.

    Comment by mike | February 9, 2007

  254. Opera browser: check
    and WTF why banned…
    bet one i’ve seen yet, but at my school you see it everyday ofcourse, an we’ve never seen that ad b4
    ciao let it be aired!!!

    Comment by Devourer | February 16, 2007

  255. i thought it was funny

    Comment by sean | March 5, 2007

  256. I personally like the Xbox ad of “life is short” it’s amazing. I don’t understand why such beautiful ad has been banned?

    Comment by Bob | March 7, 2007

  257. aha! i love this advert *runs off to buy a 360*

    Comment by st3alth23 | March 20, 2007

  258. LOL that was the funnist thing i have ever seen! that ws awesome y would they bann that like come u got to believe that everyone how saw that and laugh so everyone would buy xbox 360 lol thats was truey the funnist thing i have ever seen! :D

    Comment by Kainiel | May 5, 2007

  259. Hey there I’m doing a english presentation on this ad, or this other x-box ad where they are throwing water bombs everywhere.

    i was wondering if anyone would like to help me analyse this ad or the other one :P

    things i’m looking out for within the ads.

    - how it sells xbox 360
    - camera techniques
    - lighting
    - direction (how has the director chosen to produc the ad?)
    - acting (who are the people chosen to be associated with the product?)
    - persuasion (how effective is this ad? How does the ad convince you of the quality of the product)

    regards.

    Comment by k-student | May 18, 2007

  260. great ad.

    shame somebody else already thought of it.
    http://www.oldeenglish.org/podcast/gym-class
    IMHO the xbox version just doesn’t fill its shoes…

    Comment by oddoneout | June 1, 2007

  261. If it’s on youtude i have an idea to get on national TV

    Comment by Jonathan | June 4, 2007

  262. Lol, fucking awesome ad.

    Comment by Fyrste | June 5, 2007

  263. This one makes sence “One’s first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything – and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.”

    Comment by Aileen Brode | June 14, 2007

  264. Great ad, too bad they never ran it.

    @oddoneout
    check the dates on the ad and the one you linked to. The XBox one came out long before that one.

    Comment by James | June 17, 2007

  265. so i know the song playing in the background is called ‘tiger rag’ but does anyone know who it is by? i have been looking everywhere for it but i cant that version of the song so i am thinking it was by some small singer or someone independent or something. if anyone knows i would love to be proven wrong

    Comment by Marshal | June 28, 2007

  266. i luv this ads

    Comment by jate | July 10, 2007

  267. No one in their right mind would show this on TV. Doesn’t mean it’s not funny though. I guess.

    Comment by Big D | July 22, 2007

  268. Of course it would help if put the link in the right place ;)

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jyxWBSkvmlc

    Comment by Big D | July 22, 2007

  269. Great advert, shame it was banned. Looks completely fun – just actors. I reckon the clip is saying everyone plays games on Xbox 360.

    Comment by Xbox Elite Player | August 27, 2007

  270. cool comercial; is there a way 2 use internet explorer off your xbox 360?

    Comment by jack | August 30, 2007

  271. This aired in the US on the east coast for a few months. So this is not a banned commercial. Nice try though!

    Comment by JP | October 23, 2007

  272. Best ever? That was one of the most boring fuck-up of a commercial I have ever seen. It is no wonder MS will not air this stupid damned commercial.

    Comment by Not a dumb fuck | October 25, 2007

  273. This is the coolest comercial ever!!

    Comment by Steven | October 29, 2007

  274. Maybe it was “banned” because it’s such a stupid commercial. Man, you people are easily entertained…

    Comment by mooster | November 3, 2007

  275. Another reason it was probably banned is because you would have some idiots think its funny to imitate it in real life in a busy mall or bank or something, and some rookie cop would end up shooting someone. It’s still a funny ad, it’s just a shame of the kind of world we live in that stuff like that cant be shown without someone messing it up.

    Comment by SojuAssassin | November 4, 2007

  276. This is the only good thing to come out of Microsoft.

    Comment by PETEJOZ | November 4, 2007

  277. It is an awesome add! It is no more immoral and playing lazer tag (which some people do have issues with. Considering some of the commercials out these days, this is nothing!

    Comment by Josh | November 5, 2007

  278. Wow, this is probably one of the best commercials I’ve seen in a very long time! Kudos Microsoft!

    Comment by Lo | November 6, 2007

  279. this is not as funny as an old episode of “spaced”
    where there was an awsm finger gunfight, more violent than this. xxx

    Comment by venomn | November 7, 2007

  280. I don’t believe anyone could’ve won a lawsuit claiming that to be overly violent. It’s nothing worse than children who play Cops And Robbers or Cowboys And Indians.

    Microsoft should air it.

    Comment by Kyrc | November 7, 2007

  281. Not surprised they banned this. They had to change the name of the Red River Shootout (UT vs. OU annual football classic) to the Red River Rivalry for “political reasons” for God’s sake.

    Comment by byteme | November 7, 2007

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  283. With the kinds of video games that you can play on an xBox 360 (Saint’s Row, Manhunt 2, GoW, etc.), you would think that they wouldn’t worry about being sued over an ad that didn’t feature any blood or even any real guns.

    Comment by ~Chris~ | November 7, 2007

  284. RE ‘I SWEAR I’ve seen this on TV once before… Maybe it was on one of those commercial blooper shows’

    It was definately aired atleast once in the UK. I remember watching it and texting my mate about it just before the UK launch date.

    Comment by Sean | November 8, 2007

  285. First of all this add was aired on TV for over a month when the 360 came out, and it was booted off the air because of the implemented violence. The FCC had it removed. yes it is a funny video, and a shame to see it gone. Now whats this about Microsoft ad being smart? “if Microsoft was smart, this would be airing in every movie theatre in the nation.” You freaking douche bag, If Microsoft was smart they would find a way to smother your sorry excuse for a life off this earth so the rest of us don’t have to deal with you and your retarded ways.

    If this is you, http://www.myspace.com/ngstyle , You look like even more of a douche bag then i expected… please kill yourself!

    Comment by Nathan Weinberg needs to die | November 9, 2007

  286. This has been out for years, idiots. It’s been edited numerous times for various different companies (Nintendo, cars, Sony, you name it.).

    Old.

    Comment by Anon | November 9, 2007

  287. Practice for when the whole thing unravels, I guess.

    So many of us have already bought on to the concept that “greed is good” that the next logical step is to buy into “Greed, is better when it’s backed up by a gun”

    Our government and their corporate masters have already bought into this gestalt, so it’s only a matter of time till we all do.

    XBox -Help prepare your children for the future we have in store for them.

    Comment by editec | November 11, 2007

  288. why was that ever banned it’s just people playing like kids do everysingle day.

    Comment by skedly | November 11, 2007

  289. This ad is awesome. And I’ve totally been to that train station too.

    Comment by skeelo | November 14, 2007

  290. It was banned because we like being politically correct and try to think we do not live in a violent society.

    Comment by Dui Defense | November 17, 2007

  291. This commercial was aired…i SO saw it on tv the other day!!

    Comment by Billy Bob | July 16, 2009

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