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binary solo on 13 May 2014

Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away.

Good that Xb one global struggles is forcing MS to do what they should have done from the outset, but putting other things behind the paywall seems odd. But I guess we have to see what things will end up behind the paywall before Xb users can judge whether it's a net benefit.



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LurkerJ on 13 May 2014

Phil Spencer is good news.



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czecherychestnut on 13 May 2014
LurkerJ said:
Phil Spencer is good news.

Competition is good news. A company under pressure is a consumers best friend. 



The Fury on 13 May 2014

Well done, MS, a step in the right direction. Extremely late but it's in the right direction.



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MoHasanie on 13 May 2014

That's good but I don't see this as huge news. Perhaps a few more people might buy a 360 to use Netflix on their TV.



    

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walsufnir on 13 May 2014
bananaking21 said:
Trunkin said:
Azerth said:
i think they are putting there tv shows behind gold


That much was a given, though. Unless theyre planning to have ads on their shows. They gotta make that money back somehow.

What else do they even have that isnt already behind a paywall?


knowing microsoft im betting it will have ads and be behind a paywall.

 

What has this to do with MS? In Germany Sky is a paid service and you get ads whenever possible to them. Nothing unusual here.



bananaking21 on 13 May 2014
walsufnir said:
bananaking21 said:


knowing microsoft im betting it will have ads and be behind a paywall.

 

What has this to do with MS? In Germany Sky is a paid service and you get ads whenever possible to them. Nothing unusual here.

since we were talking about microsofts show's on microsofts paid service i would have to say that it has everything to do with microsoft. in fact the question is, what does Sky in germany have anything to do with this? 



GamechaserBE on 13 May 2014
bananaking21 said:
walsufnir said:
bananaking21 said:


knowing microsoft im betting it will have ads and be behind a paywall.

 

What has this to do with MS? In Germany Sky is a paid service and you get ads whenever possible to them. Nothing unusual here.

since we were talking about microsofts show's on microsofts paid service i would have to say that it has everything to do with microsoft. in fact the question is, what does Sky in germany have anything to do with this? 

It is rather abnormal to be a paid service and don't have ads..



DerNebel on 13 May 2014
MoHasanie said:
That's good but I don't see this as huge news. Perhaps a few more people might buy a 360 to use Netflix on their TV.

It seems to huge news for some people, it currently has 18.5k upvotes on Reddit.

OT: Good for Xbox fans, "losing" has its perks, doesn't it. ;)