RicardJulianti said:
This. More and more people are ditching their cable boxes and cable altogether with things like Hulu, Amazon Video and Netflix being cheaper combined than a monthly cable bill. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Microsoft already have some sort of deal with Comcast already? I could easily see them continuing that partnership......but Comcast seems to garner a lot of hate from their customers for one reason or another. Partnering with one cable company would be a mistake for Microsoft, especially if they want to make that a big feature. Europe (jus the UK?) probably wouldn't get it because of weird television laws I believe (same reason they don't get TVii on the Wii U). Nintendo's solution is just to allow you to control the tv with the gamepad. You can even do that in Europe, so it's not like a major function of the system is rendered useless. I'm not sure if they will allow you to control the cable box in the future, but if they do (regardless of provider) that would be an even more excellent counter than direct control of the TV. From what I understand, you would still have to have a cable box to utilize the "HDMI IN" port on the console and use the 720 as a pass-through......that just seems excessive to me. Why not just keep the setup as it is, directly plugged into the TV? Sure you wouldn't have to change inputs, but it's not like you would be gaming and watching TV at the same time anyway on the 720. $300 plus a subscription and the need for a cable box (and maybe internet connection, but to require it for that would be dumb. To require it at all would be dumb) tends to make the mass consumer go......eh. The Wii U is $300 without a subscription and it hasn't set the world on fire. I don't think MS will have anything as groundbreaking as WiiSports for the Kinect, even with the upgrades. They seem to be banking hard on the media hub aspect. |
thats one way. but i dont see them doing it that way. I currently have verizon fios and they have a partnership with xbox and you can access some cable channels already, and they are live channels just like on TV not on demand. I dont currently have to hook up a cable box to do this. just the xbox 360 download the app and put in your subscription info. So although the rumurs have said you would need both i think its more likely they replace your cable box with the next box.
