# Special-edition hardware close-up tour

A gaming format, measured November 8, 2026 by Volume. https://tryvolume.app/working/gaming/special-edition-hardware-close-up-tour

Show a new or special-edition console or controller through a quick, close-up tour of every color or hidden callback. It worked for 3 accounts, with a median of 6x their usual reach. Type: Editing trick. Seen as: Slideshow, Voiceover.

## Why it works

Nostalgic, visual hardware invites color-preference comments and shares. Xboxuk, spawnpoiint and controllertv all show the product's details one by one.

## How to make it

1. Open on the flashiest detail
2. Tour each color or callback in short shots
3. Ask which one viewers would pick

## Hook formula

Guys, here's the new limited edition [product], look at every detail

## Examples

- @controllertv (127K followers, TikTok slideshow): 47x their usual views. Hook: “PLAYSTATION JUST REVEALED THREE NEW CONTROLLERS” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@controllertv/photo/7701755303108381966)
- @xboxuk (545K followers, Instagram voiceover): 5.5x their usual views. Hook: “GUYS” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DeuU5obIZf3/)
- @spawnpoiint (305K followers, Instagram voiceover): 2.9x their usual views. Hook: “PLAYSTATION” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DfCxH_1IOvt/)

More gaming formats: https://tryvolume.app/working/gaming.md

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## How this is measured

- Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
- TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are measured on views. Instagram carousels have no view count, so they are measured on likes against the account's usual likes, and say so.
- A post makes the library at 2x its account's usual or more. A format is a repeatable move (what is said or shown, or how it is edited) that several accounts used in breakout posts. It is listed here once it worked for 3 or more different accounts.
- Formats rank on how many accounts they worked for and how far above usual, damped so a fluke on one tiny account cannot outrank a format that worked for ten.

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