Pachter On Next-Gen. NeXbox and Sony will be a success, WiiU crappy product

[kitler53]

nightsurge said:

kitler53 said:
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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.

I really don't think they will either, I was just offering some other views.

The released plans with 2015 being "enjoy full xbox experience anywhere from any device" will show that maybe at launch the 720 won't be a set top box, but within a few years after that the services will jump to many more devices, whether that is based on a streaming service like Gaikai, or a bunch of hardware built into TV's/Set top boxes, tablets, PC's, etc I am not sure.

Just some food for thought. I think MS and perhaps Sony as well are gearing up for this to be the last traditional console cycle, where the console experience will begin to move away from a set hardware spec every so many years and become an experience available everywhere, on anything, without upgrading.

can't really disagree much there.  i think we'll get some cool stuff day one and i think we'll get even more cool stuff each year.  i can really see MS having their own gaikai too.  actually, i can't see them not. (<3 double negatives). 

 

..i just can't see MS getting subsidized from anything but their own live subscriptions.