'Resident Evil 5' Xbox 360 unboxing

Here's a note to humans of the future who may one day mail a limited edition Xbox 360 to someone at Engadget: stick it inside another box. Seriously -- the above picture is exactly how it arrived. Everything seems to be in working order, it's just a little disconcerting when a console lands on your doorstep looking like it was actually in the hands and mouths of undead killing machines. Regardless, the new system is pretty spiffy in red (unless you hate the color red, in which case it looks horrible), and having a Jasper unit in-house is probably more exciting than it should be. You can be sure that we'll figure out if everything is shipshape by playing hours and hours and hours of Resident Evil 5. But for now, let's all enjoy the unboxing!

Gallery: 'Resident Evil 5' Xbox 360 unboxing

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[David @ Mar 24th 2009 12:28PM]

UPS.

[Zunavio @ Mar 24th 2009 12:42PM]

with "Partially Unboxed" feature.

[ben @ Mar 24th 2009 12:49PM]

At least it wasn't USPS, they would have got one of these in an opened 360-less box:

http://a7.vox.com/6a00d414262dee6a4700fae8d9ff57000b-500pi

[Saad @ Mar 24th 2009 1:06PM]

the floors at engadget look pretty sticky. I guess some people never leave college, they just graduate.

[schmitt @ Mar 24th 2009 1:15PM]

RRoD will fit right in with this extravagant red Xbox 360!

i make joke

[a ham sandwich @ Mar 24th 2009 1:30PM]

hey if you ask me, it's not UPS. its absolutely awesome viral marketing by MS!

i kid of course, but still, how awesome would that be?

[booberry @ Mar 24th 2009 2:17PM]

Look at pic #7. Even the girl in the literature can't understand why the unit has been beat to hell.

[Wwhat @ Mar 24th 2009 2:19PM]

Does indeed say 'UPS 2ND DAY AIR' on it.

[Nick Spacek @ Mar 24th 2009 2:30PM]

When I sent my Xbox off to Microsoft (through UPS) they told me not to wrap it in brown paper, even though I had packaged it in a used decorative-candle box. Maybe their conveyors or something eat it?

[Samboini @ Mar 24th 2009 4:13PM]

Ace Ventura delivered it.

[BxGT @ Mar 24th 2009 12:28PM]

How do you guys know it wasn't done intentionally by capcom?

[Magallanes @ Mar 24th 2009 12:51PM]

Some sort of "was smashed by zombies"

[Jonathan @ Mar 24th 2009 12:55PM]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[BigD145 @ Mar 24th 2009 2:00PM]

They hire zombies and we all know zombies can't package things very well.

[Vidikron @ Mar 24th 2009 2:29PM]

I seriously doubt that. First off, UPS likely wouldn't even accept it for shipping. Second, unless there is a second hidden label under that brown paper they would be taking a big risk in having that label fall off.

[Duke @ Mar 24th 2009 4:36PM]

There is also the fact that most items sent through UPS get beat to hell in transit.

[Ekauq @ Mar 24th 2009 12:30PM]

that's what happens when you let the dog (in the third pic) handle your mail :)

[jron @ Mar 24th 2009 4:53PM]

Dog? Thought it was some deceased rat.

[The Angry Intern @ Mar 24th 2009 12:31PM]

cool, it looks like it was attacked by Zombies while en route!

[George @ Mar 24th 2009 12:37PM]

That's exactly what I thought lol

[hablas @ Mar 24th 2009 1:50PM]

That's what she said!

[trevor @ Mar 24th 2009 12:32PM]

im sorry. i couldnt help but lose it. they never made a blue one with sonic unleashed........

[skyblaze @ Mar 24th 2009 12:48PM]

half of unleashed was balls to the wall orgasmic. that werehog abomination was enough to give someone erectile disfunction.

[not to me tho. cuz im skyblaze :)]

[NHAnimator @ Mar 24th 2009 2:24PM]

"half of unleashed was balls to the wall orgasmic. that werehog abomination was enough to give someone erectile disfunction."

...aaaand, I'm speechless.

[xValentine @ Mar 24th 2009 3:11PM]

Because a Sonic game is not worth the limited edition SKU.=

[skyblaze @ Mar 24th 2009 5:21PM]

@valentine

say what you want about the games... but as far as limited edition SKUs go, well... the modders beg to differ

http://eggman-x.deviantart.com/art/Sonic-and-shadow-modded-360s-98843263

http://eggman-x.deviantart.com/art/Sonic-hedgehog-custom-xbox-98842971

[PL9855 @ Mar 24th 2009 12:40PM]

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[Joonho Syn @ Mar 24th 2009 12:40PM]

Whoa

[Ignatius @ Mar 24th 2009 12:39PM]

Uh. Wow. I would have refused delivery if my package looked like that.

[majortom @ Mar 24th 2009 12:47PM]

uh... you mail your PACKAGE??? That's gotta hurt....

[Ignatius @ Mar 24th 2009 12:49PM]

...

Yeah, that's... funny. Right. I'm glad your four-year-old sense of humor was able to contribute.

[whowhatme @ Mar 24th 2009 12:53PM]

that's what she said!

sorry you had that coming.

[modified @ Mar 24th 2009 1:40PM]

I would've not complained about a free console showing up at my door.

[swingin' dick hero @ Mar 24th 2009 12:41PM]

Quote from your videotaped birth?

[Laura June @ Mar 24th 2009 12:41PM]

Cool dog.

[Joshua Topolsky @ Mar 24th 2009 12:49PM]

I know, right!?

[skyblaze @ Mar 24th 2009 12:57PM]

high ranks for all the engadget writers who decided to converse among us peasants

[engadget @ Mar 24th 2009 12:43PM]

you would be amazed at the service i get now after giving my ups guy a 25usd itunes gift card for xmas.

[Mobius_1 @ Mar 24th 2009 2:05PM]

Maybe Engadget gave their UPS guy a Zune card.

[Wicker24 @ Mar 24th 2009 4:21PM]

+1 to Mobius_1

[kevin @ Mar 24th 2009 4:37PM]

LMFAO!!! Mobious ftw

[gomezcjr @ Mar 24th 2009 12:45PM]

I blame the giant rat poking his head out on the third picture, trying to look all innocent......Disgusting.

[Joshua Topolsky @ Mar 24th 2009 12:48PM]

Leave our giant rat out of this!

[anexanhume @ Mar 24th 2009 1:02PM]

Those guys always seem to have the look "Oh sweet mother, I'm so cold."

I like the wood flooring.

[Sarvesh @ Mar 25th 2009 9:14AM]

Do engadget writers have a default "Highly Ranked" rating

[devldog @ Mar 24th 2009 12:44PM]

it's hatching

[Derek @ Mar 24th 2009 12:44PM]

Had a friend pick up a new Arcade system and the weight of the power brick has dropped considerably, also some of the metal shielding is no longer in the connection to the Xbox 360 power plug. Wonder if that is part of the "fix" to the "ring of fire".

[Wolfticket @ Mar 24th 2009 12:47PM]

I normally don't dislike the colour red... but I still think it looks horrible.

[Ignatius @ Mar 24th 2009 12:50PM]

Well, it would have gone better in a blood-red color rather than this bright red. It'd fit well with RE5.

[joeybeast @ Mar 24th 2009 2:08PM]

I'm sure it looks nice next to your Lava Lamp.