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"What would you think if your mum did this for your birthday?"

Okay, my Mum was telling me today about a friend at work whose son's 18th birthday is today. Now the son in question asked his parents for a PS2 and so the dad and the other son went out to price things up...

In a well known high street store they saw that the X-box was being released on the son's birthday so instead of getting the requested PS2 they ordered an X-box and got it today. I Don't know how he responded but my question is how would you? Imagine you're unwrapping the PS2-shaped box (I know the X-box in its box is probably the size of Lithuania but use your imagination dammit!) and you discover the neon green X... good? bad? indifferent? The decision is yours...

(The rest of the thing my Mum was telling me involves hiding the receit so he wouldn't find it and then losing it and blah blah blah.)

even though the x-box is pretty damn cack, it's still better than the half-arsed PS2 so I reckon he'd be pretty pleased, me? i would just smile politely, say thank you and then trade it in for a gamecube :D
slik ~_~

I'd take it really well, its not like your're opening the wrapping paper off and getting an Atari Jaguar, your getting the most powerful console out

I would wonder how a shop assitant could mix up the PS2 and x-box.

If I had specifically requested a PS2, then I'd be more than a little miffed.

If he asked for a PS2, there must be a reason for it - maybe he wanted to play MGS2, for example - otherwise, he'd have asked for "a games console" surely? So that's what they should have bought.

I wouldn't act like a spoilt git, swallow my pride (if there was any present in my mouth at that moment) and just gracefully accept the X Box. I'd be delighted to be able to play likes of Amped, Fusion Frenzy, Halo, Raw and loads of other cool games. After all, it's about the quality of the games, not the controller or the size of anything such as the console itself.

i'd be on tears..
X-BoX..?

There I was expecting a PS 2

and I get a bloody over sized box..

ah well i'd prob use it as a foot rest

:)

well i wouldn't care it has some good games in fact every console has at least 1 good game even the N64 did!!!!


being console biased is sad and childish if you ask me, it's all about the bling bling i mean the games.

I would throw it at her head in a vicious attempt to kill her.

Don't give me Microsoft.

Wouldn't bother me I'd get the other one anyway sooner or later.

My mum and dad did this but I was really pleased because I asked for a saturn but got a playstation and I was so happy the took the intuative :)