Free Xboxes for the whole town, but who's counting?
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Turns out tiny Madden, Miss., isn't quite as small as Microsoft's Xbox team thought.
In a publicity stunt for "Madden NFL '07," the company and Electronic Arts staged a huge celebration in the town Tuesday and announced plans to give everyone in Madden -- population 74, Microsoft believed -- a free Xbox 360 game console.
But that number came from an initial count given to Microsoft by Madden Postmaster Bulus Leflore, based on his understanding of the population in the main part of town. He initially wasn't told about the giveaway and said Tuesday that he thought Microsoft was asking just as part of planning the event.