LyleLanley
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I don't see how Microsoft is any less well equipped to do this than Netflix. They already have their content delivery system set up and they seem to be partnering with / hiring smart and well respected people from the industry.
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Xbox Original Programming
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I don't see how Microsoft is any less well equipped to do this than Netflix. They already have their content delivery system set up and they seem to be partnering with / hiring smart and well respected people from the industry.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Polygon's story also has them saying they are looking into TV series or features based on any of their exclusive games. "Xbox Entertainment say they are working with the different game studios to see which makes sense as television or feature."
Franchises they have been looking into so far are Gears, Forza, State of Decay, Fable, Age of Empires.
Franchises they have been looking into so far are Gears, Forza, State of Decay, Fable, Age of Empires.
Steverulez
Member
Sounds like MS got some good proven talent to run the Xbox Originals Programming which is good and they seem to be focused on doing it properly and hopefully the shows are good, will check them out when they're released.
But Amazon Instant Video doesn't require you use a Fire TV to view their originals. Microsoft's audience is limited to their devices. I don't think any online service is limited to a specific subset of devices.
No thanks. I'll (reluctantly) subscribe to Gold for online gaming, but anything on top of that I'm just not interested in.
Garrett 2U
Member
Nice, great news if Gold unlocks it all
Castef
Banned
Blockbuster, 1980 circa:
- Hello, I want to rent a movie
- Yep, have you already registered?
- HAH! I WON'T!
condompickle
Banned
As someone who games for about an hr every other week this news is great for me. I just hope it's free with xbox live.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Amzon dominating in original content?
Sweet Jesus, someone said this and they were serious.
Sweet Jesus, someone said this and they were serious.
shinra-bansho
Member
....to what end exactly?
:s
This makes sense as an incentive and value-add for existing subscription services. In itself though it isn't enough to justify a subscription service. And even if it was the revenue would be meager compared to Microsoft's current haul and the money would be better spent elsewhere.
LOL, okay. I'm sorry if I am not a fan of having to pay a subscription fee in order to use the internet that I already pay for. I'll only do it because I want one of the new systems and it is a requirement on both the Xbox One and PS4 now. The Xbox One just has the games and features that appeal to me and that is all I care about. Any subscriptions on top of that can fuck right off.
“Every Street United”
“Every Street United” is an unscripted series of eight, thirty-minute episodes and a one-hour finale, featuring legendary soccer players Thierry Henry and Edgar Davids, focused on the global search for soccer’s most gifted and undiscovered street stars scouted across eight countries (United States, England, Argentina, Spain, Brazil, the Netherlands, Ghana and South Korea). The series culminates this July in a 4v4 street game finale in the shadow of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.
Each episode will feature unique and incisive narratives about the grassroots street stars and the communities that shaped them. Industry veteran and eight-time Emmy-Award winning producer, director, writer and editor Jonathan Hock (“Streetball,” “30 for 30: The Best That Never Was”is directing the series. Emmy-Award winning producer Mike Tollin and Mandalay Sports Media are executive producing. Professional soccer luminaries, Henry and Davids, will serve as coaches for the 4v4 street game in Rio. “Every Street United” will premiere in June 2014. All episodes will be available through Xbox Video for Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows 8 (PC and Surface) and Windows Phone 8.
They are creating an ecosystem. Can't really pick and choose. Even if one part isn't making megabucks, that part is still needed to entice users into the ecosystem or they might completely go elsewhere.
Doug Heffernan
Member
That's an impressive list.
Citizen_Insane
Member
The bonnaroo bit is pretty awesome. Would love for them to start streaming every big festival. Youtube already does it so all they would have to do is just let you use the youtube stream, basically.
The issue is though, they state that only MS devices can view it. If it were simply a case of the device requiring Xbox Video access, than plenty of other devices should already be able to access them through the Xbox Video website. So it seems they're making a conscious choice not to allow these devices access. Which is stupid imo.
It's not like everything carrying the Xbox name is at the expense on gaming. Do you think we'd automatically get more games if there was no Xbox Music? Would OneDrive be at the detriment of gamers if it had been called Xbox Drive instead? MS is a large company with many initiatives. They've chosen to use the Xbox brand name wherever the content applies to entertainment, that doesn't mean it's coming of out the gaming side's pockets. This suggestion is becoming extremely tiring to read.
No, I think the games are there and that is why I will be buying the system. I'm just not a fan of this particular venture and don't see it taking off. That, and I would rather see even more of a central focus on games with those resources. But I guess we shall see.
I'm not really sure about how that stuff works in the Europe, but in the US I know the cable companies will fight to the death to keep sports programming cable exclusive because they know sports is one of the biggest reasons people still have cable subscriptions.
Scottish Sin
Member
Some of the shows on the list sound quite interesting. Would have been nice if they would have announced if this was free for gold members though.
Yeah, true, If MS really, really, REALLY wanted to they probably could since they have the money, but it would cost them a few billions to buy the rights to exclusively show the sports. Maybe they could get into some sort of partnership or something with the cable companies, I don't know, it's most likely not going to happen anyway.
Bullshit, bro.
This "hardcore gaming" forum has no problem discussing Japanese dating sims, casual phone games, The Tester, and all manner of non-hardcore-gaming interests without the same sustained level of nonsense. There's something that compels people who "don't care about this" to open a thread and post a reply just to say that they don't care about it, but I'll let you figure out what that is.
Oppo
Member
Because this is very far outside of Microsoft's core competencies. Its a bigger risk than even the Xbox project itself in many ways.
Think about how Microsoft can leverage their immense software expertise for servers and operating systems. We know that's an advantage for them. They've been doing it for decades, they have a whole giant machine in place for that sort of work.
Sony on the other hand has been doing core content for decades, and across multiple formats. They have the same level of high specialization here when it comes to actually producing TV shows, movies, and music as an overall entity.
I think Microsoft certainly has the money and wherewithal technically to deliver stuff, but producing stuff – especially in the face of incredibly fierce competition from Netflix, Amazon, Apple etc – that is indeed going to be a challenge for them.
Also, platform-specific content is just gross. You'll notive that you don't have any trouble getting Breaking Bad on an Apple TV.
Obviously I'd rather have no ads, but I wouldn't really mind ads like Hulu if the programming is included with gold.
Yea, that's fine. But at the same time that can also be said forever regardless of what they provide. Open 10 more studios, fund 20 more games, and then do some TV shows? "I wish they put those resources to even more games!". The only way for this complaint to cease existing is to turn MS into Nintendo and have them offer nothing else in the entertainment realm. It's not a very reasonable thing to request of them.
You also named checked companies like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and so on as a reason why they have little chance at succeeding, but then also stated that they should approach this as a completely separate entity not connected to their biggest entertainment successes so far. So you're suggesting that they create a new Zune essentially, by having them not leverage areas where they already have brand recognition and leaving it to fend for itself... and you expect that to help them in their battle against Netflix and other established alternatives with tons of mindshare currently? That doesn't make any sense to me. The Zune store languished for years before being rebranded as Xbox Music, despite being an almost identical offering (slightly better in fact). Using the Xbox brand for this purpose makes perfect sense.
The only thing I definitely think they are doing wrong at this point, is having the content restricted to Microsoft devices.
Oh boy Re/Code's sources skewer Microsoft:
http://recode.net/2014/04/28/microsoft-xbox-struggles-in-big-hollywood-foray/
Re/Code is right more often than they are wrong, especially regarding Microsoft.
http://recode.net/2014/04/28/microsoft-xbox-struggles-in-big-hollywood-foray/
Re/Code is right more often than they are wrong, especially regarding Microsoft.
Garrett 2U
Member
Doesn't exactly surprise me. Microsoft and Xbox have been in a period of restructuring recently.
Hope things from now on are smoother.
There is no way everything on Xbox Video would make it into a streaming service. No chance in hell.
Delusibeta
Banned
Pretty much the only way they'll get away with making this available on Microsoft devices that are not Xboxes will be if it's all pay-per-view, and your Live Gold status would have zero effect on how much you'll pay. The odds of any of this stuff being complementary to Gold subscribers is so laughably slim I can't believe anyone's contemplating the possibility.
Meh. The only one on the list I'm even vaguely interested in is conveniently the one that's getting broadcast on Channel 4 (and hence YouTube), so I don't care.
Meh. The only one on the list I'm even vaguely interested in is conveniently the one that's getting broadcast on Channel 4 (and hence YouTube), so I don't care.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
Some potentially interesting stuff I guess and great if it's included in the Gold subscription. Can't see me paying any extra for any of this though.
I guess this really ends any hope of Netflix, Youtube, etc... getting out from behind the GOLD paywall. MS isn't going to let other video streaming apps out when they just put their own behind it.
Even if theirs is at no "additional" cost besides the cost of GOLD, they wouldn't want people falling back to Silver to still be able to use other services and not theirs.
Even if theirs is at no "additional" cost besides the cost of GOLD, they wouldn't want people falling back to Silver to still be able to use other services and not theirs.
There's nothing stopping them from including it with gold. You can still buy a gold subscription without a console.
LyleLanley
Banned
Or they could offer a separate cheaper subscription for non console owners.
Well, they are wrong about 3 people holding Spencer's position since last July.
Oppo
Member
No TV producer in the world is going to want to artifically limit their audience like that.