These Halo condoms from 2004 were probably great for co-op play

Video game marketing has certainly come a long way. From the cringy edge of the 90s to overly masculine promos in the 00s, the difference in tone between so and now couldn't be starker.

Marketers become to comedic lengths to go noticed, slapping a logo on anything and everything in a bid to get your eyeballs. Xbox's marketing certainly did something unique to promote Halo two dorsum in 2004, with these mint-condition (albeit, most likely perished) Halo condoms, emblazoned with "information technology's good to play together." It'southward almost romantic. Kinda.

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— 🅇🄱🄾🅇 COLLECTOR 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@GameboxUkv) August thirty, 2022

As shared by collector GameBoxUKV on Twitter, these (thankfully un-used) Halo condoms are "extremely rare" according to the account and even have their own petty box sleeve. The parcel reads "coming soon," which tin be taken either style, I suppose.

All things considered, for many, Halo is perhaps non the about erotic thing in the world. If you whipped out these bad boys after a date I'm not confident they would enhance the mood. Maybe that is by blueprint. If you lot found your amorous aspirations rejected owing to these particularly cringy contraceptives, chances are you lot'd have more than time to play video games and pad those Xbox Live date numbers. I come across exactly what you were going for in that location, Microsoft. Smart play.

Halo 2 launched all the way dorsum in 2004, making me feel incredibly old. The sixth installment, Halo Infinite, will launch on Dec viii, 2022. And in all likelihood, will probably not have promotional contraceptives. But hey, crazier things have happened.

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