If you've seen Aaron Paul in the new TV ad for Xbox One, then you might have enjoyed seeing the "Breaking Bad" star run through all the next-gen options he loves using while he enjoys Microsoft's creation in his very Jesse Pinkman-esque style.
But it seems as if not everybody loves the new ad. As reported by Crave gaming site Destructoid, it turns out that when the actor shouts "Xbox on!" at his own home unit, TV viewers watching the ad are finding THEIR Xboxs responding to the on-screen command as well!
Paul's very authoritative tone appears to be triggering the Kinect voice sensor, which is supposed to have safeguards to keep TV commands from actually affecting an Xbox.
Plenty of Xbox One users can attest to what's going on, though — and they're taking to Microsoft's social media platforms to raise holy hell about it.
@Xbox your new TV advert is annoying the hell outta me. Aaron Paul keeps turning my console on… #stooooop
— Tom Neal (@TomNeal) June 12, 2014
HAHAHA omg. @aaronpaul_8 just turned my Xbox One via the Xbox advert. (Which triggered the IR blaster to switch my TV off..) Amazing.
— Qassim (@DrW_Qass) June 12, 2014
No word yet from Microsoft about what, if anything, they plan to do about the ad. But how soon until late night talk shows and sketch comedy programs start building loud "Xbox on!" commands into their shows, just to mess with Xbox One owners? So diabolical…
