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[HeisenbergFX4]

Ticket prices for shows in there will make your eyes bleed. My parents went to the U2 show in the sphere. It looked like the coolest experience possible outside of VR, and I still wouldn't have paid those prices.

I had a friend and his wife go to the U2 show and he said they paid about $2000 a ticket but could cost as much as $10,000 for the premium seating

 

[MDSLKTR]

Good thing next year Xbox revision is all about sustainability

 

[Alebrije]

I had a friend and his wife go to the U2 show and he said they paid about $2000 a ticket but could cost as much as $10,000 for the premium seating

I will go to Sphere once they recovered most of invest and tickets for a show are 100-200 U.S. at much..Think will take 5-10 years for.that.

Meanwhile just enjoy it from.outside.

 

[Banjo64]

This (the sphere, not Xbox) is the gaudiest thing I’ve ever seen.

 

[Jigsaah]

X

So this is why there was a global chip shortage...got it.

 

[Holammer]

WOW I might book a holiday for next year.

U2 had a concert there. It gets crazy around the 2m30s mark.

 

[Iced Arcade]

That thing is huge, very bright.

I want to interest you in something:
This newly built Las Vegas sphere cost $2.3 billion and uses 150 terawatt-hours of electricity per year to power the massive screen
And people have the temper to tell me that physical games are trashing the planet?! 1 disc that is produced ONCE and stored in my home for next 50 years ?!
Also, an AD on the dome costs 500k.

So let me get this straight. They spent 70bil on studios + 500k this ad.
That's 140 RED DEAD REDEMPTIONS 2

 

[StueyDuck]

Just in case you didn't know Microsoft has money

 

[Gaelyon]

Over 2 billion

Its just as cool inside

2 billions !? Damn that's nearly 3% of the ABK deal.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Ticket prices for shows in there will make your eyes bleed. My parents went to the U2 show in the sphere. It looked like the coolest experience possible outside of VR, and I still wouldn't have paid those prices.

It's a brand-new attraction everyone is talking about and one of the most famous rock bands of the last century, so I expected prices to be astronomical. Once the newness wears off in 6 months, I'm sure prices will plateau and maybe even decrease slightly.

 

[Three]

Looks pretty amazing when they do the 3d effect where things seem to come out of the dome.

However, that thing is, IMO, both very cool and also shouldn't exist, just a waste of energy and it's not like the world was desperate for new ways to see adverts.

They could have just not bothered making it and CGI'd it into a bunch of youtube videos, since that's where 99% of people will see it.

It attracts tourists I imagine.

 

[Flutta]

”Please notice us”

 

[clarky]

That’s sphere’s so fucking cool.

Should be a giant eyeball for Halloween

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

 

[Alebrije]

Just in case you didn't know Microsoft has money

One of the few companies we will see on Sphere , bet Disney will be there soon

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Draugoth]

That thing is huge, very bright.

I want to interest you in something:
This newly built Las Vegas sphere cost $2.3 billion and uses 150 terawatt-hours of electricity per year to power the massive screen
And people have the temper to tell me that physical games are trashing the planet?! 1 disc that is produced ONCE and stored in my home for next 50 years ?!
Also, an AD on the dome costs 500k.

So let me get this straight. They spent 70bil on studios + 500k this ad.
That's 140 RED DEAD REDEMPTIONS 2

Companies like to create messages spreading false ideas that it's the consumers destroying the planet when it's in fact, most of the time, the opposite.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

As cool as it is… it took what… a week to become a giant ad?

Pretty sure it was always meant to be that. Building it wasn't free, the owner wants return on investment.

 

[clarky]

Pretty sure it was always meant to be that. Building it wasn't free, the owner wants return on investment.

Yep bet it cost a fortune to get an advert on it, look at the global exposure and when U2 tickets cost anything between $600-2000 at a capacity of 18,000, well do the maths.

 

[rofif]

Companies like to create messages spreading false ideas that it's the consumers destroying the planet when it's in fact, most of the time, the opposite.

yeah I am not a personal carbon footprint believer. Especially not with video games.
I 100% believe that producing and selling game once is better than running server farms forever

 

[Zathalus]

People complaining about Microsoft spending a measly $500k on an ad? It's not exactly a ton of money for most major corporations.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

This is is better than any of their games.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

That thing is huge, very bright.

I want to interest you in something:
This newly built Las Vegas sphere cost $2.3 billion and uses 150 terawatt-hours of electricity per year to power the massive screen
And people have the temper to tell me that physical games are trashing the planet?! 1 disc that is produced ONCE and stored in my home for next 50 years ?!
Also, an AD on the dome costs 500k.

So let me get this straight. They spent 70bil on studios + 500k this ad.
That's 140 RED DEAD REDEMPTIONS 2

Just think of all the CO2 emissions that could’ve been avoided if Square Enix euthanized Luminous Studios instead of creating Forspoken. Depressing if you think about it.

 

[rofif]

Just think of all the CO2 emissions that could’ve been avoided if Square Enix euthanized Luminous Studios instead of creating Forspoken. Depressing if you think about it.

What if they made a giant spinning cube instead of sphere tho

 

[X-Wing]

yeah I am not a personal carbon footprint believer. Especially not with video games.
I 100% believe that producing and selling game once is better than running server farms forever

Both are bad. Physical games do produce extra waste that needs to be handled. I also prefer physical but it’s undeniable it creates waste that sooner or later will have to be dealt with.


On the topic though. Pretty cool ad.

 

[Banjo64]

Over 2 billion

Its just as cool inside

Wonder when someone from 4chan will hijack the screen and post trap porn.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Sony buys billboards at the Champions League and Microsoft does this. Now you know why Xbox is losing in Europe.

 

[rofif]

Sony buys billboards at the Champions League and Microsoft does this. Now you know why Xbox is losing in Europe.

Yeah. I was in Prague 2 weeks ago and took this pic. This things still look pristine. Like if it was taped yesterday

 

[Nonehxc]

That's incredible, what is producing that image?

Spanish architecture, engineering and programming.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

My favourite bit of a holiday is taking photos of the video game console adverts too.

 

[Nonehxc]

That sphere is the coolest thing we've made in the u.s in decades.

And that ad is the best ad Microsoft has ever made. When that monster's hand came out during the hellblade section, omg.

You didn't.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

People complaining about Microsoft spending a measly $500k on an ad? It's not exactly a ton of money for most major corporations.

Umm, you know the ad was a Microsoft ad, right?

 

[Darkmakaimura]

That’s sphere’s so fucking cool.

Should be a giant eyeball for Halloween

They've already actually done a giant eyeball on it. When it first opened. They've also done a giant jack-o'-lantern.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

They've already actually done a giant eyeball on it. When it first opened. They've also done a giant jack-o'-lantern.

Also did this on Friday the 13th

 

[RickMasters]

That looks cool but I was hoping for something more intense….. like an eye of Sauron or something a bit more….. evil.

 

[VideoGameEnjoyer]

Marketing: $9,500,000,000,000
Acquisitions: $100,000,000,000,000,000
Phil Spencer Salary: $50,000,000
Paying off media people: $800,000,000
Game Development: $5

Someone who is good at gaming economy please help them budget this, their console is dying.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

That looks cool but I was hoping for something more intense….. like an eye of Sauron or something a bit more….. evil.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Also did this on Friday the 13th

I live about 4 to 5 miles from the Sphere. If I had a second story house I could see it from there.

 

[Withnail]

Spider-Man diversion tactic.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Spider-Man diversion tactic.

 

[Nonehxc]

I live about 4 to 5 miles from the Sphere. If I had a second story house I could see it from there.

Darkmakaimura be like

 

[FoxMcChief]

Nice big ass ad in USA where their consoles sell the most, meanwhile in Europe:

What’s Europe?

 

[baphomet]

Maybe instead of spending half a billion dollars on an ad you could try making good games to get people on Xbox.

I know Phil doesn't think good games are what gets people in your ecosystem, but it also sure as fuck isn't a giant eyesore that's going to get them on game pass.

 

[dotnotbot]

What’s Europe?

Hi Phil, I'm a huge fan

 

[Shadowstar39]

How long before some creative sort is able to hack the sphere and put some crazy shit on there. Could be quite funny.

 

[akaFullmetal]

Looks cool on that dome. So many things they can do with it to show ads or look cool like a baseball or basketball, eye for Halloween...etc.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Looks amazing. Wow

 

[mortal]

This would be a pretty cool way to tease unannounced games.