What's above is a video of Xbox's Major Nelson opening up the Resident Evil 5 red Xbox 360 bundle. No surprise, the console looks just like an Xbox 360, except that it's red. Closer inspection reveals that it's one of the newer "Jasper" consoles, if that's the kind of thing you're keeping track of.
The bundle also contains all of the crap that comes with just about every other similar Xbox 360 package -- a 120 GB HDD, a headset, an HDMI cable, component cables, and an Ethernet cable. You also get a piece of cardboard that contains a redeemable code for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and a retail copy of Resident Evil 5. It's all really exciting.
The folks at Engadget seem to think this is a sub-par unboxing, saying that they will post a "real unboxing" when the bundle goes on sale on March 13. What the hell does that mean, exactly? A "real unboxing"? You open the box and everything you paid for is inside of it. That's how this stuff works.
We're as guilty as the next outlet, having engaged in this "unboxing" nonsense in the past (see our Destructoid-exclusive unboxing after the jump). But what is the obsession with seeing people take stuff out of the box, especially when it's identical to stuff already on the market, just in a different color or configuration? Don't we have games to be playing, guys?
I skipped the stupid major nelson thing because I could care less, but I did watch the zebra cake unboxing.
I'll have to take issue with your methods, Nick. I'm afraid you didn't note the factory date those cakes rolled off the assembly line, nor the manufacturer location. How am I to know if they have the Casper cream filling or dogspoogier Falcore blend?
You know what, I won't stand for this shit, stay tuned for a REAL zebra cake unboxing...
You, kind sir, have totally revolutionized my view of the snack cake industry.
Every time I walk down the snack isle at my local grocery store, I'll have to still my beating heart, as it will undoubtedly get carried away at the thought of the tasty pastry beneath that flimsy cardboard.
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3:40 PM on 02.26.2009
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also. zebra cakes ftw
Either Zephyr chipset, or Falcon with 203w.
I'll have to take issue with your methods, Nick. I'm afraid you didn't note the factory date those cakes rolled off the assembly line, nor the manufacturer location. How am I to know if they have the Casper cream filling or dogspoogier Falcore blend?
You know what, I won't stand for this shit, stay tuned for a REAL zebra cake unboxing...
TROLL!!!! ;)
Every time I walk down the snack isle at my local grocery store, I'll have to still my beating heart, as it will undoubtedly get carried away at the thought of the tasty pastry beneath that flimsy cardboard.
Also, Red XBox FTW.
BIAS RED RING NOT ENOUGH GAMES TWO CUBES DUCTAPED TO JIM STERLING'S BIAS FANBOY SONY BOX WIINIE
LOL Zebra Cakes > Killzone 2
Are you broken?
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