Microsoft forced to release a statement about not blowing vape smoke into the Xbox Series X
Whoops, here’s something we forgot to address in our review of the Xbox Series X: It looks cool as hell when you blow vape smoke into its giant fan, and you can use it to freak people out on social media by making them think the console is prone to overheating and catching on fire. That’s what happened earlier this week when a photo went viral that appeared to show the Xbox dumping out more smoke than a coal-rolling asshole in a pickup truck, with everyone apparently getting too caught up in the fun of saying “see, this is why you don’t buy new consoles on day one” to actually look into what was going on.
As it turns out, it’s just people blowing vape smoke into the bottom of the Xbox and then watching it all blow out the top. Unlike most traditional game consoles, the Series X is just a big column with holes in the top and bottom to allow air to pass through, which makes it easy to create an effect like this.