Xbox event cheering / applausing was from Microsoft employees

[Crisp]

How low...

[siah1214]

Who cares?

[Livin in a box]

I'm sure a lot of presenters do this, I've read about it before.

I'm not trying to defend MS, it's a pretty bad practice when you do it to the extent they did.

EDIT: Well, depends what employees they are, after reading other responses :p

[FlintyV]

Surely the press shouldn't be applauding if they're there to report on an event in an official capacity?

[spenser.d]

How is this a low move...of course they have MS staff there and of course they're going to be cheering for their own product. Bogus headline is bogus.

[Xenon]

Every company does it. Apple (I think they invented it), and Google had it at I/O.

[MightyJordan]

How low...

About the same level as WWE (apologies to non-wrestling fans) whenever SmackDown is on; most of the time, fan reactions (cheers, boos, chants, etc.) get edited in.

[+Ryster Subscriber²]

Every company does it. Apple (I think they invented it), and Google had it at I/O.

This. End of topic.

[vcfan]

whats low is the level the haters have gotten to. this is hilarious. who did you expect to cheer? the journalists? the public audience that wasn't there?

[FiB3R]

The press are/should be too busy taking photos and notes/blogging.

I think I'd be cheering my arse off too, if I'd just shown off my new box of awesome I'd been working on for years. Cheering myself, cheering my collogues. I'd be pumped.

[ambiance]

Self-congratulating is lame no matter who does it.

[Atomic Wanderer Chicken]

Maybe they were happy because Microsoft is giving free Xbox ones to its employees. I believe many companies self applaud I'm their own announcements or unveilings.

[Dot Matrix]

How is this a low move...of course they have MS staff there and of course they're going to be cheering for their own product. Bogus headline is bogus.

+1 Of course Microsoft employees would be cheering for it. That's their own blood, sweat, and tears being presented on stage. Wouldn't you bee cheering for your own hard work?

[xendrome]

Self-congratulating is lame no matter who does it.

It's called being excited. Does the XBox One really need them faking it to sell, no, if it ran Turd OS Beta 1.0, it's still going to sell millions because of the games and capability.

[Argi]

Press are busy typing stories on their live blogs...

[zhangm Supervisor]

It is inappropriate to express excitement when you launch your own product?

It is inappropriate to express excitement when you launch your own product?

[ambiance]

It's called being excited. Does the XBox One really need them faking it to sell, no, if it ran Turd OS Beta 1.0, it's still going to sell millions because of the games and capability.

If that's the case then they are tools as well as lame.

[-Deleted-]

If that's the case then they are tools as well as lame.

Says the guy posting on a tech website who most likely would sit and cry in a corner if you had to do some of the complex things that the people who were cheering had worked on....Get a grip, don't like people cheering? Then im sorry but you need to step away from the computer and assess your own life...Long and hard...If hearing/seeing other people happy makes you that angry you feel the need to post about it, then i feel truly sorry for you.

[Sylar0]

I love Microsoft love it. But, I actually thought at the time how apple like. Saying that it's a press conference basically maybe in future the music and "rock concert" look can be toned down. As for the own employees doing the cheering, it's a little rich but I really just found it perplexing as in what's the point of it. Are people to unintelligent to understand the conference? I found it akin to another thing I don't understand and dislike laugh tracks or canned laugher on comedy shows.

[ambiance]

Says the guy posting on a tech website who most likely would sit and cry in a corner if you had to do some of the complex things that the people who were cheering had worked on....Get a grip, don't like people cheering? Then im sorry but you need to step away from the computer and assess your own life...Long and hard...If hearing/seeing other people happy makes you that angry you feel the need to post about it, then i feel truly sorry for you.

You're right and I should re-evaluate my life the next time someone doesn't agree with my opinion. Thanks for breaking me down and putting me back together with your paint by numbers psychoanalysis.

[Azies]

It's cool if they're cheering their own product, they've put effort into it, but if it was done to make Microsoft look better, then it's lame. Fanboys shouldn't be taking other people's words out of context here, but then again haters shouldn't be putting too much into it.

[Torolol]

reminds me of TV show with 'forced laugh'.

[Atomic Wanderer Chicken]

More money and possible console market domination? Very good!

[-Deleted-]

You're right and I should re-evaluate my life the next time someone doesn't agree with my opinion. Thanks for breaking me down and putting me back together with your paint by numbers psychoanalysis.

Not really, you're the one who jumped to insults when you didn't agree with something...Again...Take a breath and relax yourself. It's also a simple call you on your bull**** nothing more, nothing less...You put down these people who have probably worked 5 years + on tech so you can get to that game a little faster, or smoother, or easier or anything..You should be cheering with them or at least excited for the end result, If not then i really don't know why you even watched the event...My guess was just to have an excuse to talk **** on a forum.

[Argi]

You're right and I should re-evaluate my life the next time someone doesn't agree with my opinion. Thanks for breaking me down and putting me back together with your paint by numbers psychoanalysis.

Hopefully not sarcasm because you probably should lighten up and not call people who are passionate about what they do "tools."