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JaggedSac on 23 November 2009

Xbox Europe Blown Away By Reception Of Sky Player On Xbox 360

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Xbox Europe boss Neil Thompson has revealed just how blown away the team is by the reception of the Sky launch on Xbox 360. To say he's 'happy' would be a little understating:
“We were blown away – literally – by the response we had, and we took some flak, probably fairly."

“We didn’t scale to quite the scale we should have, and I take that criticism on board and we’ve learned from it. But now it’s up and running, people are loving it, the subscription rates, the download rates for the application and so on are just blowing my mind away, they’re blowing the people at Sky’s minds away.”

“It’s proving incredible popular… It is a phenomenal success at this point."

Source: GI

 

 

MS hyperbole, or real success?



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CommonMan on 23 November 2009

I'm just a Yankee, what gives with the Sky player across the pond? What's it all about?



No one in the world ever gets what they want, and that is beautiful.

Seece on 23 November 2009

I want this but we have Virgin Media atm, maybe they'll strike a deal with them too in the future? I prefer Sky but I find V.Broadband better ... hmm



 

sully1311 on 23 November 2009

Sky is the biggest pay-tv supplier in the UK. Basically you have live tv channels and on-demand services on the 360: Sports, Drama, Movies etc. It costs a bit though if you haven't already got a subscription with them, but if you are subscribed, its real good (what I've seen of it anyway)
Have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i-I2gtj5wc



sully1311 on 23 November 2009

Its ideal for people wanting to watch pay tv in their bedrooms, in student halls (dorms? in the usa) flats etc where you can't install a satellite dish



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zuvuyeay on 23 November 2009
sully1311 said:
Sky is the biggest pay-tv supplier in the UK. Basically you have live tv channels and on-demand services on the 360: Sports, Drama, Movies etc. It costs a bit though if you haven't already got a subscription with them, but if you are subscribed, its real good (what I've seen of it anyway)
Have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i-I2gtj5wc


wow,thats pretty damn cool,

i just watched that video,so is he saying that if you have xboxlive gold but no sky subscription you can have sky for £15 a month.....what does that include everything like skysports footy/movies and stuff,sounds liek a bargain,

what does xboxlive gold cost......

 



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sinha on 23 November 2009

US equivalent please



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Aion on 23 November 2009

Great news for Xbox Europe.



 

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slowmo on 24 November 2009
sinha said:
US equivalent please

We'll trade you access to Sky for us getting Netflix, sadly same issues with licensing.



demon123 on 24 November 2009

 

This is so over hyped. Nearly everone in the UK has a sky box which you get for free. The service offered on the xbox is more expensive with less channels available. My friend( one of the few people who does not have sky) was considering this but backed out when he saw the prices and just went for sky directly.