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Today I got trolled by @XboxANZ. This is the story.
I'm out shopping when my wife calls to tell me I've received a package. I ask her who it's from and she says Xbox.
Me: 'huh, that's unexpected'.
I ask her to send me a photo of it. Its dimensions are strangely console-like.
I'm out shopping when my wife calls to tell me I've received a package. I ask her who it's from and she says Xbox.
Me: 'huh, that's unexpected'.
I ask her to send me a photo of it. Its dimensions are strangely console-like.
My imagination runs wild. Could this be it? Has Microsoft stealthy sent me an early console for review? Could I too put it in the background of my videos waiting for eagle eyed observers to spot it?
Too excited to wait, I ask my wife to open it. She's on the phone as she does so, and I anxiously await her updates as tape is cut and bubble wrap torn.
After what feels like an eternity, I hear what I was hoping for: 'I think its an Xbox'.
After what feels like an eternity, I hear what I was hoping for: 'I think its an Xbox'.
Holy shit! Could she be right? My wife is a absolutely NOT a gamer and could not reliably tell an Xbox from a coffee machine. At this point, I'm close to home and decide that if it is what I'm hoping it is, I'd probably want to take photos of it and film the unboxing.
I get home and rush inside. I think my wife may have said hello or something but that didn't register. There might be an Xbox Series X in my kitchen and that's all my brain is able to handle right now. I open the lid of the box and the first thing I see is an AC adapter. Tingles.
I fling bubble wrap high into the air as I hurriedly excavate my prize. This is it. This is definitely it. Why else would they send me a console sized box with an AC adapter? This was definitely the Xbox Series X review unit. I could feel it.
And then the bubble wrap was gone...
And then the bubble wrap was gone...
What lay inside could only be described as a plastic box tailor made to house my shattered dreams
Perhaps this was some magic next gen Xbox with invisible components, my reeling lizard brain hypothesised. Anticipating this reaction, Xbox included a note.
The 'Xbox Series X Light box' was carefully crafted to mimic the exact dimensions of the Series X. The intention is to position it in a place of honour ahead of the arrival of the *actual* console. It is, quite literally, a place holder console.
It also lights up
Xbox, I love you guys. Thank you for sending me this. But could I humbly request that the next time you send me a console sized box with a fake console inside, you label the outside of the box 'THIS DOES NOT CONTAIN A REAL XBOX SERIES X!!!'. My cardiologist will thank you.
Thank you @XboxANZ. This was a special day :)
