No matter what Microsoft does, they will get crushed by Google. Google will win this TV race just with their low prices. You can get Android Boxes for your TV already for like 50 - 100 €. So even if Microsoft does this or that better, combining every video service on the planet and whatnot, they can't compete. Windows Phone also does some things better than Android but they have no chance in hell. And the fact that all the TV features are only available in the US at launch doesn't exactly feel like they have it all fixed with content providers. Besides, surely you need Xbox Live Gold for all that. so another subscription you won't have to pay with Android.
Just don't fuck with Android. Seriously. If you ask me, it's another useless approach of Microsoft to play with the big boys. They just don't like the fact that they are not the biggest player in this day and age. They really need to get their shit together, especially Windows, as it's their main business and heavily struggling right now. They sure do sit on a lot of money, but if they keep up with their business strategies, throwing out money out of the window like there's no tomorrow, that money will decrease.
I might be horribly wrong, but I just don't see Microsoft having an edge in any way when it comes to TV. It's hard to sell people some additional box for watching TV to begin with and they wanna try just that with a console that will cost maybe 499 €. You can get a new TV for that! We'll have to wait and see, but I don't see a revolution coming.
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