Xbox 360 wishes it could be a PS3

by Ed Stasick { Feb 17th 2007 at 12:00PM }

Australian retail chain, Harvey Norman, has a secret... the console that powers their PS3 promotional displays isn't our favorite black monolith. It's a shiney white Xbox 360. While the store claims that they were just using the 360 to play Harvey Norman ads on DVD, we're sure that the Xbox 360 fanboys will come up with more creative conspiracy theories. We can't wait for those!

Tags: ps3, xbox360

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Killer @ Feb 17th 2007 12:56PM

You're around 4 days late with this story. Just saying. It's already been done.

ez054098 @ Feb 17th 2007 1:09PM

Maybe it is because the 360 actually has games that are worth playing (Resistance is the only exception).

Brad @ Feb 17th 2007 1:15PM

Welcome to 4 days ago!

The PS3 wishes it was a 360. Poor, empty, bloated black box

Brad @ Feb 17th 2007 1:17PM

So funny how the PS3 fans complain of 360 fanboys... but if you go to any of the 360 news sites, you NEVER hear a peep of PS3-related news, fanboy complaints, etc. Sad, sad jealous PS3 owners.

Wizzy @ Feb 17th 2007 1:21PM

Probly because games looks better on Xbox 360? (ex: Marvel Ultimate Alliance and NBA Street Homecourt)

hummm krispy kreme...

Arno @ Feb 17th 2007 1:24PM

Good flamebait, Ed.

Shadow @ Feb 17th 2007 4:04PM

Hahahaha what the, how do you know that the PS3 was defective and they used a 360 instead? Thats probably true, to be honest.

atsui @ Feb 17th 2007 6:47PM

http://xbox.joystiq.com/2007/02/15/ps3-kiosk-can-you-spot-the-360/

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Is that the creative conspiracy theories you were talking about. What a joke these 360 fanboys, they are even late in their game.. oh wait..

bootsielon @ Feb 17th 2007 2:55PM

Brad:

You're a retard. Go to Xbox 360 fanboy, and see how it is much worse in that aspect. They have a lot of more "me too" news. In fact, if Ken Weeks didn't resign (or was fired) yet, search for all his blog-posts; they are written by the biggest fanboy in all weblogs inc; you know, a lot of mention's of PS3, things that aren't directly nor indirectly related to Xbox 360 (aside from the fact that they are direct competition). As you said, Jealousy. Besides, how is this not directly related to PS3, dipshit? Now, you can go eat shit. Oh wait, you already did that for breakfast. Sorry, my bad.

And by the way, Ed, Xbox 360 is white, but doesn't shine.

Mogul218 @ Feb 17th 2007 5:05PM

Did some PS3 games finally get released? I can hear crickets in here.

Azorean @ Feb 17th 2007 5:06PM

Hey bootsielon, I rather have "me too" news from 360fanboy then a "me too" console like the PS3! lol

naruto007 @ Feb 17th 2007 5:15PM

lol i like to see 10 years girls bash the ps3 ^^

j @ Feb 17th 2007 5:35PM

I guess the retailer just wanted to show off the better looking games.

Next-Gen-Gamer @ Feb 17th 2007 11:10PM

Why do you guys bitch so much? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy other people's ignorance (to a degree). However, I just don't understand this. It's always "these 360 fanboys should leave", and then entries like this come out. Four days late? Either it's the fact that every site that's PS3-inspired is weak (Xbox 360 Fanboy and Wii Fanboy have a few more bloggers), or PS3 Fanboy is trying to piss off 360 fanboys. I suppose 'both' is an option (you posted this days after the 360 was removed).

Regardless, these commentor excuses are quite lame. "But they do it too." Yeah, THAT justifies it. So much for keeping what little dignity there was left (by NOT feeding the flames). It seems like every day someone says "we're superior", and follows it up with "because they did it first".

"Go to Xbox 360 fanboy, and see how it is much worse in that aspect."

First off, PS3-bashing (and I mean bashing, not boasting stats & figures that make the 360 look better) is hard to come by on that site. I went through the first ten pages, and found 4 entries with PS3-bashing remarks by the bloggers. The first one didn't even appear until the third page. I skim through here, and I hit "360-bashing incident #1" on the first page. You can go through the pages and look. You'll reach 4 before reaching page 10.

I'm not going to tell you what to do. However, growing up would probably do everyone a favor. Ed Stasick and Nick Doerr included. Just because a 'rival' site does something unintelligent doesn't mean that it's smarter when you do it. Instead of one side looking like a joke, you both come across as pricks who have nothing better to do.

This is why all of us at IGN get a great laugh out of all the gaming WIN sites. This page looks to resemble Vlad the most (pure hypocrisy and ignorance). Keep up the weak-minded work.

Bertrand @ Feb 18th 2007 1:35AM

Oh, the spin! Amazing!

Bangbang... @ Feb 18th 2007 1:36AM

"This is why all of us at IGN get a great laugh out of all the gaming WIN sites."

Please don't act as if IGN doesn't have its fare share of "console war" articles. I think the latest is Sonic the Hedgehog, PS3 vs. Xbox360. You are doing a comparison between two sonic the hedgehog games... think about that for a second.