Microsoft messes up a 360 owner's artwork, apologizes

MegaDrive20XX said:
Yet Creepin', we have all agreed this was a publicity stunt! You just said it yourself perfectly. So if MS didn't do something then they would look bad to the public.

Signatures are artwork, aren't they? Paint Jobs are artwork, aren't they? I'm not an Art Major, but I see Master Chief on the cover, that's art to me to be blunt.

That's why I said "Either reject or replaced", since Microsoft will consider it voiding the warranty or not. I have seen 5 cases with customers who did this.

I'm not disagreeing with you, I love your opinion.

I know who gave him the Xbox, but hasn't there been other cases where kids win a contest and some famous programmer signs his/her system? What about those people? What if it happens to them?
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Ohhhh! You meant MS was doing a publicity stunt. For some reason I thought you meant the kid was the one doing the publicity stunt. OK I can agree with that, but I would still say it was more of a publicity move than a stunt. They were pretty much forced into doing it.

I don't think anybody is saying it wasn't art, but Sharpie ink is less destructive than a full paint job. By that I mean you usually have to take apart your 360 to paint it.
 
Totally dude, I see what you mean :) I do agree with you that Microsoft was pushed to do something if the media was involved by the time the entire internet noticed this case.

However, yeah you do bring up a good point when it comes to custom paint and on the subject of what type of art we meant. If that person did take it apart, it's an automatic void on the warranty.
 
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