RE: Porsche and Microsoft confirm Xbox collaboration
RE: Porsche and Microsoft confirm Xbox collaboration
Monday 12th June 2023

Porsche and Microsoft confirm Xbox collaboration

75 years of Porsche marked with six special designs for Xbox Series X - and you can win one of them...


Another day, another Porsche 75th anniversary celebration. But who’s to complain about more cars like the Mission X and 718 Spyder RS? Porsche’s latest big birthday bonanza is a little more down to earth, however. In fact, it doesn’t even have wheels. Because it’s what everybody wants for their birthday (if maybe not their 75th) - an Xbox.

Porsche has teamed up with Microsoft to create six special liveries for Xbox Series X consoles that celebrate its most memorable liveries over the decades of endurance racing. Or rather, ‘the greatest racing colours of Porsche’s storied 75 year history’. There’s one to tie it in with the #75 963 that competed at Le Mans over the weekend (no prizes for guessing which one that is), as well as designs paying homage to the pink pig 917/20, the ‘hippy’ 917K, the 911 GT1, a Martini 935 and the Salzburg-liveried 917 that won Le Mans in 1970.

‘Dreams are always louder in colour’, says Porsche, and it’s hard to think of many more iconic colour combinations than those selected here. And there’s no Gulf Xbox, thank goodness - we’ve all seen enough of that, surely.

Announced by Geoff Keighley at the Summer Game Fest, the special series will feature 75 consoles across the six designs. But these Xboxes aren’t limited edition Porsches only available to the highest bidder or the best-connected collector, as you can actually win one. And then sell it for a small fortune soon after, perhaps. Gamers in the US, UK and Germany can enter via porschexboxsweepstakes.com until October, after which 75 lucky winners will be selected at random to get one. Probably going to be quite a few entering. We’ll have the pink pig, please…


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RSTurboPaul

Original Poster:

13,122 posts

288 months

Monday 12th June 2023
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Rules said:
10. Publicity

Except where prohibited or restricted by law, winner’s acceptance of prize constitutes the winner’s agreement and consent for Sponsor and any of its designees to use and/or publish winner’s full name, city and state of residence, photographs or other likenesses, pictures, portraits, video, voice, testimonials, biographical information (in whole or in part), and/or statements made by winner regarding the Sweepstakes or Sponsor, worldwide and in perpetuity for any and all purposes, including, but not limited to, advertising, trade and/or promotion on behalf of Sponsor, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, print, TV, radio, electronic, cable, or World Wide Web, without further limitation, restriction, compensation, notice, review, or approval.

C5_Steve

8,989 posts

133 months

Monday 12th June 2023
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RSTurboPaul said:
Rules said:
10. Publicity

Except where prohibited or restricted by law, winner’s acceptance of prize constitutes the winner’s agreement and consent for Sponsor and any of its designees to use and/or publish winner’s full name, city and state of residence, photographs or other likenesses, pictures, portraits, video, voice, testimonials, biographical information (in whole or in part), and/or statements made by winner regarding the Sweepstakes or Sponsor, worldwide and in perpetuity for any and all purposes, including, but not limited to, advertising, trade and/or promotion on behalf of Sponsor, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, print, TV, radio, electronic, cable, or World Wide Web, without further limitation, restriction, compensation, notice, review, or approval.
Pretty standard for any competition, no?

They look fairly unimaginative but it's a free comp without any need to follow/like/share so can't argue with that.

nismo48

7,131 posts

237 months

Monday 12th June 2023
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C5_Steve said:
RSTurboPaul said:
Rules said:
10. Publicity

Except where prohibited or restricted by law, winner’s acceptance of prize constitutes the winner’s agreement and consent for Sponsor and any of its designees to use and/or publish winner’s full name, city and state of residence, photographs or other likenesses, pictures, portraits, video, voice, testimonials, biographical information (in whole or in part), and/or statements made by winner regarding the Sweepstakes or Sponsor, worldwide and in perpetuity for any and all purposes, including, but not limited to, advertising, trade and/or promotion on behalf of Sponsor, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, print, TV, radio, electronic, cable, or World Wide Web, without further limitation, restriction, compensation, notice, review, or approval.
Pretty standard for any competition, no?

They look fairly unimaginative but it's a free comp without any need to follow/like/share so can't argue with that.
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anonymous-user

84 months

Monday 12th June 2023
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Is that yet another thing emblazoned with a gay flag?

MissChief

7,996 posts

198 months

Monday 12th June 2023
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MikeHo said:
Is that yet another thing emblazoned with a gay flag?
And what if it is?

In actual fact it's not, it's based off the Livery that the factory Porsche's ran last weekend at Le Mans, with colour stripes paying homage to previous Le mans Winners.

blue al

1,441 posts

189 months

Monday 12th June 2023
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MissChief said:
MikeHo said:
Is that yet another thing emblazoned with a gay flag?
And what if it is?

In actual fact it's not, it's based off the Livery that the factory Porsche's ran last weekend at Le Mans, with colour stripes paying homage to previous Le mans Winners.
Looking past the blue and green it looks very Germanic (as in the Flag) to me …
Anyway in in for free-stuff

Chubbyross

5,002 posts

115 months

Monday 12th June 2023
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Sadly these will never see the light of day and just end up in some billionaire’s collection.

Am I doing this right?

Bryanwww

397 posts

169 months

Monday 12th June 2023
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This looks like the most boring design, the other ones which you can see in the background night be a bit more interesting

I like the Psychedelic 917 or the Pink Pig 🐷

ArnageWRC

2,341 posts

189 months

Tuesday 13th June 2023
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They need to do a Manthey #911 'Grello' version........

soad

34,686 posts

206 months

Tuesday 13th June 2023
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Entered, being a video games enthusiast. Seems like you can enter daily?

willga

73 posts

271 months

Tuesday 13th June 2023
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MikeHo said:
Is that yet another thing emblazoned with a gay flag?
Dunno - I just see a Spanish flag...

Mark-C

7,676 posts

235 months

Wednesday 14th June 2023
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MikeHo said:
Is that yet another thing emblazoned with a gay flag?
FFS ... have a word with yourself banghead




triathlonstu

357 posts

179 months

Wednesday 14th June 2023
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MikeHo said:
Is that yet another thing emblazoned with a gay flag?
Some take

Bathroom_Security

3,907 posts

147 months

Wednesday 14th June 2023
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MikeHo said:
Is that yet another thing emblazoned with a gay flag?
really...

Reminded me of the BMW art car for some reason...


Mark-C

7,676 posts

235 months

Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Livery explained and pictured here --> https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2023/motorsport...



I've entered smile

Diderot

9,673 posts

222 months

Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Mark-C said:
MikeHo said:
Is that yet another thing emblazoned with a gay flag?
FFS ... have a word with yourself banghead
He might be colour blind? hehe

ImbackYo

495 posts

42 months

Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Diderot said:
He might be colour blind? hehe
Or like most homophobes, he secretly thinks sausage is delicious?

anonymous-user

84 months

Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Lol

Very good.

No, I'm just fed up with the whole pride movement/religion/sect. What have they done to be proud of? Being gay is just what you are .... end of. I don't give a fk if someone is gay. Just stop bleating about it, worse than fking vegans.

There you go, off my chest, thanks for listening.

andy43

13,235 posts

284 months

Wednesday 14th June 2023
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The cables to plug it in are an option. You get the controller as standard but you’ll have to upgrade to PATM (Porsche Active Thumb Management) if you want any buttons.

Killer2005

20,614 posts

258 months

Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Mark-C said:
Livery explained and pictured here --> https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2023/motorsport...



I've entered smile
There was a great centenary poster from Porsche