nightsurge said:
Well, for starters MS did add both Comcast and Verizon's services to their Xbox Live offerings. And in Europe there is Sky functionality. The current 360 made headway, so I think it would only be natural to add in this next bit of functionality to make the next xbox a full set top box for certain providers. |
yes, but not comcast's core service... just the small silver of the on demand service.
their core product still can't be viewed via demand services. it requires a hard connection (not just internet connection) and to change comcast must either A) revamp their entire infrasturure to be internet based or B) keep using a hard connection.
in case B) comcast has nothing to gain by parterning with MS. not the kind of gains that would lead to comcast subsidizingthe xbox. don't forget that comcast currently charges it's customers for cable boxes and dvr recorders and makes a healthy profit off of that.
in case A) comcast wouldn't restrict their service to MS. they'd go out on their own and not share their profits with anyone else.
i just,. no. not happening. comcast won't subsidized xbox.
