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The Xbox One's new NFL app is a superfan's dream

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Shia_Labeouf said:
Yes and no. I get Sunday Ticket because I like to watch redzone and the game replays. I guess I'm what you would call a superfan. If you're only interested in watching your local team and the national games, then I would not mess with it.

And yes, the app is free.
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Thanks of that

I have Sundays off from work now that i'm no longer in retail. So being able to just relax in front of any game of my choosing does seem like a win! I might look into this
 
Shia_Labeouf said:
Because you're not watching CBS, and CBS is going to show national ads too. They also have to pay the play by play guys, the lead-in guys, yadda yadda. It's a giant web, but it isn't complicated. Everyone wants their piece, and the only person that gets fucked is the fan.
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There are designated spots for local ads though. Everyone else should still see the live national ads which is where the large bulk of advertising dollars are from. There are ways to track how many people are watching something on the internet, in most cases those metrics are way more accurate that TV ratings, which are probably so projected that they aren't even accurate.
 
see5harp said:
There are designated spots for local ads though. Everyone else should still see the live national ads which is where the large bulk of advertising dollars are from. There are ways to track how many people are watching something on the internet, in most cases those metrics are way more accurate that TV ratings, which are probably so projected that they aren't even accurate.
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Not sure what this has to do with what I was saying. He's asking why they black out local games. Not every local game broadcasts nationally. I'm a Falcons fan. If the Falcons play at 4:25, I'm seeing that regardless of what the national game is.
 
gamechanger87 said:
Like Sunday ticket which is available in app?
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Can you elaborate? The article doesn't say anything about this. Can I pay for Sunday Ticket without getting DirecTV, and stream live games? In the US? How much is it?

I couldn't care less about stats and all that other fluff, I just want to watch games.
 
Is Sunday Ticket through the console going to be restricted to people that live in like 3 cities like it was last year?

NFL, pls let me give you money to watch the games not in my local market...
 
Steelyuhas said:
Is Sunday Ticket through the console going to be restricted to people that live in like 3 cities like it was last year?

NFL, pls let me give you money to watch the games not in my local market...
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It says it's available to everyone but it's out of market games only.

I'm in UK so not sure how all that works though.
 
Launched it finally and after that initial load, I'm liking what they have right now. It's much clearer how to find things than the previous version and all the new things seem cool.
 
Troy said:
I don't think it gives you Redzone. You have to have a subscription to Redzone for the app to allow you to use it.
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Yeah I already have a sub.

I rarely touch my PS4 and there are no real exclusives I want on the horizon. And I play most multiplats on my PC anyway. I've been wanting to make the XB1 my one and done media hub.
 
Steelyuhas said:
Is Sunday Ticket through the console going to be restricted to people that live in like 3 cities like it was last year?

NFL, pls let me give you money to watch the games not in my local market...
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They opened up quite a bit. If you can't use or aren't allowed to get a dish where you live then you should be elligible. Doubt it's going to be 100% but if you fit that criteria and are not deemed eligible by their site I would just do it over the phone.
 
Wow, decided to fire this app up this morning in celebration of my Team FINALLY getting a win (even if it was handed to us) and I gotta say, The improvements from last year are awesome...

It went from being a slow, buggy app, with little value, to something I can see myself using extensively every weekend...

Yahoo fantasy support is just icing on the cake.

I was debating with a friend over whether or not Flacco's INT was a brainless QB error, or a simply a perfectly executed defensive disguise, and finding the highlight and sending it to him took a matter of seconds... (It was an excellent defensive disguise, as much as I hate to admit it)

I know how I'll be getting my football fix on Sunday

(I'm using it on Xbox btw)
 
The windows 10 app kind of sucks, going to be honest. It has the nice interface but none of the nice features, unless i'm missing something?

Scores don't seem to update in real time. If i click on a game, instead of loading stats and stuff in the app, it just takes me to the game page on nfl.com in a browser. The windows version also only has NFL fantasy support, no yahoo or espn.

Am I missing something or is this WTF microsoft?
 
j-wood said:
The windows 10 app kind of sucks, going to be honest. It has the nice interface but none of the nice features, unless i'm missing something?

Scores don't seem to update in real time. If i click on a game, instead of loading stats and stuff in the app, it just takes me to the game page on nfl.com in a browser. The windows version also only has NFL fantasy support, no yahoo or espn.

Am I missing something or is this WTF microsoft?
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I have yet to try the Windows app during a game, but compared on My surface pro 3 it doesn't run nearly as well as the Xbox app does...

Also the UI isn't as nice... Which is surprising... Also, the it lacks the next gen stats, as far as I can tell...
 
Redzone still doesn't work if you have Comcast, which is completely ridiculous because the list of supported providers is like 200+ long. Makes the app pretty useless to me. UI is nice though.
 
So I never used this app during the season, but have a quick question for those that did. I am a big Panther fan and thinking of moving another tv into the living room and have this app up side by side with the game for my Super Bowl party. Is it worth that, or would it just distract from the game?
 
ahoyle77 said:
So I never used this app during the season, but have a quick question for those that did. I am a big Panther fan and thinking of moving another tv into the living room and have this app up side by side with the game for my Super Bowl party. Is it worth that, or would it just distract from the game?
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What information are you hoping to have available on the second screen? I do second TV during regular season to have the second TV showing red zone from the Sunday ticket app on PS4 but for single games, not really seeing the point of the second screen if you don't have a fantasy team to keep track of.
 
BigDug13 said:
What information are you hoping to have available on the second screen? I do second TV during regular season to have the second TV showing red zone from the Sunday ticket app on PS4 but for single games, not really seeing the point of the second screen if you don't have a fantasy team to keep track of.
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Didnt know how quickly they do stat updates, replays, things like that I could play with during commercials. Although might be better to use that time to eat and drink!
 
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