Xbox 360 Media Briefing: Hot Girls V Hot Retail Displays

At its Media Briefing event in Tokyo today, Microsoft may have hit the mark in the search for how to make the Xbox 360 sell. Cheaper, more advanced hardware? Nope! Attractive, informative retail displays? Nope! Hot girls in shorts? There you go!

First up, we've got the cheaper more advanced hardware, first as introduced by Japan's chief Xboxer Takashi Sensui during the press conference, then as shown on display later.

Next, we've got those attractive retail displays. Microsoft actually set up mock retail display units following the press conference so that people could see how they'll be displaying their 360 product this Fall. I personally freaked out when I saw these, as now I won't have to go around camera-shy retailers with my sneak cam taking forbidden shots.

And finally, the hot girls in shorts. There were only three of them, but they were constantly bathed in camera flashes, preventing me from getting a descent shot.

So, Microsoft, I'd suggest tapping into that money bin of yours and installing a couple of those girls in shorts at major retailers to accompany those attractive retail displays.