I live in a country other than the US, so it already is worthless. 99.9% of the so-called clever things MS does for their gold members only really benefits its American customers.SeventhSigil said:
Xbox 360 TV: Microsoft's Kinda Surprising Strategy.
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Maybe I'm missing something here, but if someone has an XBox 360 and a cable subscription, presumably they have a TV in order to make use of both of the above. If that's the case, why would anyone need to watch TV on their 360 when they can just watch TV on...the TV?SeventhSigil said:
not sure about the 360 but for the xbone that's not how its been reported as working, rather you have your box with your satellite or your cable and then THAT plugs into your Xbone which then plugs into your TV. For the 360 I guess it would be the same as it has been here with foxtel, ie you stream it over the net which means you better have A LOT of internet allocation if you want to watch TV on top of paying your gold membership AND paying your TV subscription rates as welldjl3485 said:
Don't know if you want Jimquisition, but one of his videos mentioned something similar, only to point out that those WITH that kind of disposable income are likely going to have gadgets and technology that can accomplish all these 'side-benefits' anyway, which makes their solution their own downfall. xP Either they have no idea what they're doing, or this is some Darth Sidious, multi-generation plot that will result in an emo long-haired Sith L- sorry, carried away. SPEAKING of long-term plotting, however, take a gander at this;FieryTrainwreck said:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121105/21564420943/microsoft-patents-tv-that-watches-back-counts-heads-charges-admission.shtml
Of course, this article is unrelated to the current topic; I might make a separate thread about it, but wanted initial impressions, and I'm concerned that making all these Microsoft-jabbing threads might get me a banhammer. It's about a patent that Microsoft applied for back in 2011, and the articles about it came out in 2012, though haven't found any confirmation as to whether they secured it. Frankly, reading it, makes the whole 'Kinect requires connection, comes in every box' aspect take on a decidedly capitalist bent. Well. Even more of a bent than it already was.
FoolKiller said:
Hell, I'm Canadian and the TV features wouldn't even be out on launch day. -_- And we're literally right up the @$&### border. So anyone out on the other continents might end up being in for a very, very long wait. Assuming they ever got it. What I meant with regards to the Gold point, however, is that in the case of the PS4, at least if I had to stop paying for PS+ for whatever reason, I could still stream Netflix, access social features, etc, etc, etc, so the console does have an element of longevity beyond just those monthly payments; the irony is that Microsoft's new all-in-one box might prove less flexible than Sony's gaming console if neither had subscriptions.KarmaTheAlligator said:
That being said, I agree, the U.S.-centric approach is ridiculous, particularly considering the U.K. was one of their strongest markets during the 360 era. Now, on the Amazon 2013 overall pre-order list, the console is some forty slots behind the PS4 last time I checked.
Aye; one of the One's supporters was saying something along the lines of how the One would be able to do far more things than the PS4, and that was why I should buy it. So I asked him to present me a list, he did, and with every item I said something along the lines of 'My iPod can do that already.' 'My computer can do that already.' 'Can Xbox TV skip commercials? No? You know there are no commercials on Netflix' 'My iPod can do that TOO.'Shoggoth2588 said:
Some of the articles report that you need to lease a cable box anyway, but only some of them; part of the problem with Internet journalism is I can never bloody tell whether or not one fact is included in an article, but not in another because the fact it wrong, or because the second article forgot to mention it. Dx In all likelihood, as the One requires a cable box, it's probably the same for the 360, as I cannot for the life of me imagine them being insane enough to give the cheaper, earlier service ANOTHER advantage. I suppose the advantage is Kinect voice control? ...or something?djl3485 said:
I can't be the only one who literally doesn't watch TV of any kind. I watch all of my shows On Demand. I haven't watched "TV" is over six years. Microsoft are banking on a horse that is coughing, falling down and dying.
If I were going to go back to "TV", and I won't, I certainly wouldn't look to a method in which I have to pay for two separate services - one of which is utterly pointless and serves only to drive the cost up - the of which is over-priced with industry leading poor customer service.
If I were going to go back to "TV", and I won't, I certainly wouldn't look to a method in which I have to pay for two separate services - one of which is utterly pointless and serves only to drive the cost up - the of which is over-priced with industry leading poor customer service.
Not acording to thisSoopy said:
http://reviews.cnet.com/microsoft-xbox-one/
Ie you need your Foxtel box which is then plugged via the HDMI out on the foxtel box into the Xbone which is then plugged into the TV
So they have taken a step towards making the 360 do all the magical stuff the Xbone was supposed to do that was revolutionary and worth paying $500 for? Next week, the 360 is forwards compatible with Xbone games. The week after, Kinect 2.0 on the original Xbox.