Comments on: Xbox 360 as Video Platform– Will It Work?

By: Bleam » Blog Archive » Will Halo3 help Microsoft secure the Digital Living Room?

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:47:51 +0000

[...] Enter Halo 3, the jewel in their gaming crown, and the franchise the company hopes can not only boost online membership to higher levels, but bait gamers into purchasing additional downloadable content such as movies, music, TV shows, and episodic game content. [...]

By: GigaGamez » Archive Will Halo3 help Microsoft secure the Digital Living Room? «

Sun, 13 May 2007 13:46:55 +0000

By: GigaOM » Will Halo3 help Microsoft secure the Digital Living Room?

GigaOM » Will Halo3 help Microsoft secure the Digital Living Room? — Sun, 13 May 2007 06:36:00 +0000

By: J

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:40:25 +0000

What about movies that are just renders or the game content from the game disk? That'd be small and probably just as enjoyable as a normal movie.

Also, what about MSFT's IPTV stuff? That may figure in here.

By: Deano

Deano — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:14:47 +0000

I just got a warning email from my ISP about downloading too much data. The main culprit? My downloads from Xbox Live.

I wouldn't welcome having to re-download HD movies because I ran out of space. I think alot of users would experience these sort of bandwidth issues in any case but a small hard drive just exacerbates the problem.

By: Mark B

Mark B — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:51:32 +0000

Provided downloading movies to XB360 sees a decent take rate, you can bet MSFT will make available a new Hard drive with larger capacity to avoid the "what should I delete now".

Perhaps we will see a deal with MSFT and a consumer network attached storage maker (Lacie, Seagate, Ximeta) to provide more storage and additional revenues. That would fit with the traditional Microsoft practice of making users upgrade hardware to get new capabilities.

By: Vista eBooks

Vista eBooks — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:56:34 +0000

The 360's tiny hard drive doesn't make this very appealing and when you look at the # units shipped in the US, I can't see this doing very well. As for the Halo movie…

By: Swissfondue

Swissfondue — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:50:37 +0000

The fundamental difference between Apple and Microsoft is that "iTV" out-of-the-box expands the distribution of your existing multimedia content to your TV (from your computer or iPod) whereas Xbox with Urge video store (or whatever it is called) restricts it to one specific hardware box. In this scenario, Xbox is a sealed system, whereas "iTV" is the enabler for greater redistribution.

I'm betting on "iTV".

By: Jarod

Jarod — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:31:07 +0000

All I know is that you have to be a complete idiot to buy anything from MicroSHIT.

By: Graydon

Graydon — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:49:25 +0000

I can see an accessory play here as well. The 2007 Holiday Season (for Halo game) might be too early for a fully upgraded XB console… but it wouldn't be too soon to launch an external "media storage device" fully capable of working with the XBox.

Something in line with BuffaloTech's TerraStation Home Server…

Make it networkable so that the Media Edition PC could use it to store the tv shows, movies and music… plus they already have MS branded networking gear… full home entertainment manager coming without being seen.

Hell, they could just give away the Halo movie with modified DRMM just to get people to buy the hardware and get hooked… download via the XB, watch on the PC and any computer in the house, transfer to the portable… even share clips with friends.

Of course, if they hadn't thought of all that, then they should.