| thismeintiel said: To me, this just seems like a "me too" feature to be sticking in the NeXbox. Those don't usually work out too well. I mean there's no reason to hook your cable box up to the NeXbox when all you have to do is hit source/input on the remote and you're watching cable/satellite TV. And apps aren't going to be a big draw, either, as all the consoles (and most Blu-ray players and TVs) will have most these apps. Definitely the more popular ones. I think MS equally focusing on gaming (probably half core and half Kinect/casual games), TV, and entertainment apps is going to be a big turn off to core gamers next gen. And if Wii U sales are any indication, it seems that casuals aren't going to be coming in droves next gen, either. |
There is plenty of reason. i cant find a single cable box or streaming device that lets me control things with my voice like kinect. its made my xbox my premier device for watching media. if they expand on the cable service and add voice controls to that (i have the fios app and can watch some channels already, but last time i used it it wasn't voice controlled) it will be a gurantee buy for me. the cable side of it is more competing with google tv and apple tv than with sony or nintendo in my opinion.
