It seems as though the standards of being in charge of console's social networking are relatively lax, whether you're tweeting out a question that you should well know the answer to, or displaying a stream by posting a screenshot named for a porn site. Still, that's exactly what happened this weekend to Microsoft and Sony respectively.
We'll leave the more nefarious sounding tweet for last, since that seems like the sort of thing that should be saved for dessert. First up, a few users have been having problems with a bug on the Xbox One, specifically, the Kinect being displayed even if it's not plugged in. This being the modern age of connectivity, it's probably best to contact Xbox about it and try to get an answer, right? Right. Just one problem.
Whoever runs the Xbox One Twitter account doesn't know the solution to the problem. If you see the picture below, you'll see that the official Xbox One account tweeted the question to Xbox One Support. The tweet was deleted soon after, but not before the good people of NeoGAF saw it, and shared the image with the rest of us who hadn't.
See for yourself.
Microsoft has since commented on the tweet, explaining that the company's Social Media Manager, one Kate Fisher, meant to log out of the official account, and into her own, before sending the tweet in question. That, obviously, was not what happened.
Embarassing, sure, but not terrible.
On a similar note, Sony had it's own Twitter problems. Attempting to show off its Playroom Stream, the official PlayStation Twitter account tweeted out a picture of one of the rooms. The room in question? "Bang bros xmas party." So Kate Fisher runs Microsoft's social media, maybe Ron Jeremy is behind Sony's.
If you're not familiar with "Bang bros.," well, google it, and you'll come to discover it's surely like it sounds, and certainly not the sort of thing you'd expect to come across on the PSN, espcially now that the company seems to have got a handle on those streaming things of a more "adult" nature.
Just like Microsoft did, Sony deleted the tweet, but again, not before NeoGAF got a hold of it. Again, you can see the tweet in question below.
Sony hasn't commented on just what happened, at least not yet. My personal thoughts? Maybe they were trying to close out the year with a bang, in a far more literal and sexy sense. Whatever the case, at least it was good for a chuckle.
