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Microsoft Announces TV and Movies for Xbox Live

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-more-thing-to-tempt-me dept.

PreacherTom writes "In the latest of several recent upgrades to their online service, Microsoft has announced that their Xbox Live service will begin offering movies and television on demand starting on November 22nd. All subscribers (including those using the free service) will have access to movies from Paramount and Warner Bros. along with TV shows from CBS and MTV. Prices haven't been officially released as of yet, but MS has stated that they are attempting to be competitive with similar services from iTunes and cable companies." There is lots of commentary out there on this one, so Read More to reference the many other sites discussing this story. Besides commentary on the announcement itself, Eurogamer has Sony's snarky commentary on this move by Microsoft.

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  1. Re:Haha by jackharrer · · Score: 0, Troll

    As for now XBox 360 is dominating next gen console. And generally is not cr*p. Other thing is they're not giving it for free but pay-per-view.
    And no, I don't have it, nor I like playing games a lot.

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  2. Let me get this straight by MrCopilot · · Score: 0, Troll
    MS is going to let us pay for the ability to watch Television shows and movies on our televisions.

    .........

    Another Brilliant Innovation brought to us by Microsoft.

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  3. Nice to be right sometimes! by bWareiWare.co.uk · · Score: 0, Troll

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=204989&cid=167 38765

  4. Sony by metamatic · · Score: 0, Troll

    I love the idea of Sony being snarky about this. I mean, Sony would never dump loads of movies and TV shows on store shelves in an attempt to shift a game console nobody wanted, right?

    Hey, anyone know when "Lost" is coming out on UMD?

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  5. Re:My favorite part of Sony's commentary by testudorex · · Score: 0, Troll

    "I sure as heck can afford the console, and seeing that I've bought 1 ps1/ps2(mainly cause your hardware is rock-solid and survives years, even though I put mod chips in them) which definitely qualifies me as one of your consumers, you've pretty much "opened up" or welcomed me to "jump in." I hate M$'s approach. Although I dislike Nintendo's the most. Keep it a novelty, keep it a gimmick, offer something boring and mind-numbingly old."

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