****ing Rich People - Page 2

Once A Villain · 11-21-2005, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by MdaG

Why the hype about a Xbox360 anyway? What's so special about these consoles that you can't get a similar experience with a computer? I haven't owned a console since Nintendo 8-bit. What's the point? Enlighten me.

Exclusive games are the only reason to own any piece of gaming hardware over another... That's precisly the problem with XBOX 360. I see no exclusive games thus far that I really want to play. Their biggest and best launch title is a game I beat on PC a month ago....

Sage · 11-21-2005, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by temporaryscars

They won't be able to walk into a store and buy one like that until January.

Really? How are they different from the ones I've seen stacked on pallets at my local Sam's Club, awaiting their release date to be put out for sale?

SakSquash · 11-21-2005, 09:09 AM

You work at Sams Club? I thought you were a mechanic? Anyway, those that you've stacked will sell out, and there will be people who didn't get one.

Fairygdmther · 11-21-2005, 01:06 PM

Those will be sold out within an hour. And there may not be any more put out before Christmas. There is a huge demand for these and the preorders have been very heavy.

Lynsie

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-21-2005, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MdaG

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Who the snot feels that since Paris Hilton has a Xbox, must have one too ?!?!?!?!??

You wanna know the irony? It's that Miss Hilton probably saw the huge buzz to have a 360 so she feels that she has to have one, too.

squarejawhero · 11-21-2005, 02:37 PM

I thought this thread was about the benefits of ****ing rich people, not a thread about being annoyed at them.

I'm sure ****ing a rich person is actually quite a good position to be in.

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-21-2005, 02:38 PM

Heheh, astericking rich people.

EDIT:

I'd rather admire these people in China than Paris Hilton, natch:

*natalia* · 11-21-2005, 02:53 PM

I read about this, it's called product seeding. Where companies give free products to "style leaders" and bank on the non-stop media coverage these celebs get to market their products. It's also behind those goody bags stars get at the oscars -- one article said that some of the bags that these guys get for free had goods worth over 100,000 dollars. Such a hard life, the life of a celebrity.

Fop · 11-21-2005, 04:13 PM

They use famous people for advertizing? I NEVER COULD HAVE GUESSED THEY COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING SO NEFARIOUS AND EVIL.

SoccerDude28 · 11-21-2005, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Fop

They use famous people for advertizing? I NEVER COULD HAVE GUESSED THEY COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING SO NEFARIOUS AND EVIL.

It's not that it's evil as much as it is fake. From when where games and game consoles cool? And you really believe that Paris Hilton is actually going to play the 360?

RLacey · 11-21-2005, 04:53 PM

I wonder if people should get this into perspective. Even if they gave away a couple of hundred consoles, the time taken to produce them was probably fairly small. And should we also complain that reviewers may have received advance consoles? Because, you know, Gamespot probably has some money...

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-21-2005, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SoccerDude28

And you really believe that Paris Hilton is actually going to play the 360?

No. She should donate it to charity: me.

*Melanie68* · 11-21-2005, 05:22 PM

Call me weird but the first thing I noticed is that Paris is actually wearing something pretty - she doesn't look skanky.

simpson_yellow · 11-21-2005, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Melanie68

Call me weird but the first thing I noticed is that Paris is actually wearing something pretty - she doesn't look skanky.

Hey, you're right. She's almost respectable in that photo. I think that's the real scandal here.

Sage · 11-21-2005, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by squarejawhero

I thought this thread was about the benefits of ****ing rich people, not a thread about being annoyed at them.

I'm sure ****ing a rich person is actually quite a good position to be in.

It's not as good as you'd think. They tend to see you as just another possession.

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-21-2005, 06:12 PM

Shit. There was an ad here for a chance to win an Xbox 360. It was so sexy and clickable. But........I didn't. *whew*

***tabacco*** · 11-21-2005, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by temporaryscars

They won't be able to walk into a store and buy one like that until January.

Come to Santa Cruz... Supposedly the Watsonville Target hasn't had more than one or two preorders, and the same goes for most other stores like Best Buy, etc. There was a news story about it locally.

I'm still not getting one til a) the price comes down and b) ithas games I want.

simpson_yellow · 11-21-2005, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott

It's not as good as you'd think. They tend to see you as just another possession.

So you're saying you wouldn't wear a "Property of Mr Navarro" tattoo?

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-21-2005, 06:45 PM

Touche, simpsie!!! o/\o

And I think that if I were rich and famous and they gave me a free Xbox 360 I'd autograph it and sell it to the highest bidder and I'd take that money and give it to charity. Then I'd buy a 360 with my own money. Yay, one more brownie for me!!

Sage · 11-21-2005, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by simpson_yellow

So you're saying you wouldn't wear a "Property of Mr Navarro" tattoo?

While I could go on at great length and in lurid, graphic detail about the things I would do to, with, and for Mr. Navarro, getting a tattoo that proclaims I am his "property" is not one of those things. I am no possession to be marked or branded, and I only belong to those to whom I choose to give myself.

11-21-2005, 09:09 AM	#23
SakSquash Banned User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Paltz...for now... Posts: 6,177	You work at Sams Club? I thought you were a mechanic? Anyway, those that you've stacked will sell out, and there will be people who didn't get one. Share Share this post on Twitter

11-21-2005, 01:06 PM	#24
Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	Those will be sold out within an hour. And there may not be any more put out before Christmas. There is a huge demand for these and the preorders have been very heavy. Lynsie Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

11-21-2005, 02:37 PM	#26
squarejawhero Epinionated. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: London Posts: 5,841	I thought this thread was about the benefits of **ing rich people, not a thread about being annoyed at them. I'm sure **ing a rich person is actually quite a good position to be in. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Starter of Thread Must Die.

11-21-2005, 02:38 PM	#27
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Heheh, astericking rich people. EDIT: I'd rather admire these people in China than Paris Hilton, natch: Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien Last edited by Intrepid Homoludens; 11-21-2005 at 02:44 PM.

11-21-2005, 02:53 PM	#28
natalia Mrs. Bear Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 455	I read about this, it's called product seeding. Where companies give free products to "style leaders" and bank on the non-stop media coverage these celebs get to market their products. It's also behind those goody bags stars get at the oscars -- one article said that some of the bags that these guys get for free had goods worth over 100,000 dollars. Such a hard life, the life of a celebrity. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed. George Bernard Shaw

11-21-2005, 04:13 PM	#29
Fop Epsilon-Minus Semi-Moron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oulu, Finland Posts: 863	They use famous people for advertizing? I NEVER COULD HAVE GUESSED THEY COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING SO NEFARIOUS AND EVIL. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ If there's one thing you can say About Mankind There's nothing kind about man

11-21-2005, 04:53 PM	#31
RLacey The Thread™ will die. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 22,542	I wonder if people should get this into perspective. Even if they gave away a couple of hundred consoles, the time taken to produce them was probably fairly small. And should we also complain that reviewers may have received advance consoles? Because, you know, Gamespot probably has some money... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ RLacey \| Killer of the Thread™ I do not change to be perfect. Perfect changes to be me.

11-21-2005, 05:22 PM	#33
Melanie68 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,907	Call me weird but the first thing I noticed is that Paris is actually wearing something pretty - she doesn't look skanky. Share Share this post on Twitter

11-21-2005, 06:12 PM	#36
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Shit. There was an ad here for a chance to win an Xbox 360. It was so sexy and clickable. But........I didn't. *whew* Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

11-21-2005, 06:45 PM	#39
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Touche, simpsie!!! o/\o And I think that if I were rich and famous and they gave me a free Xbox 360 I'd autograph it and sell it to the highest bidder and I'd take that money and give it to charity. Then I'd buy a 360 with my own money. Yay, one more brownie for me!! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

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