P2P2P Xbox Fitness=XboxLive2. Pay to Pay to Play what you already paid for

[theprof00]

Adinnieken said:

theprof00 said:

Just saw this over on the Microsoft fitness webpage.

"*Xbox Fitness coming Holiday 2013. Starting January 2015, unlimited access requires a paid Xbox Fitness Pass subscription and an Xbox Live Gold membership (both sold separately). Additional Xbox Fitness content is available for purchase, and may vary over time. See xbox.com/xboxfitness."

So basically I subscribe to xbox live, then subscribe to xbox fitness and have to buy the different "games" to play on xbox fitness. Interesting. All this time I thought xb fitness was an all encompassing feature, but it's just another paywall to play the games that I already paid for...and alienate all the developers who aren't giving microsoft their cut.

Did you watch the IGN video?  The amount of content that's available to people is HUGE! 

My guess is that a subscription will bring you one exercise series, and if you want more you can purchase additional series.

And considering how much some of these video series go for, I can understand why there is a charge for the content. 

Trust me adinnie, I think it's a great concept. What my jimmies are rustled for is why it's behind a paywall. It was actually while watching the video that made me wonder about the additional content. That prompted me to look at the website, and sure enough, you have to buy each individual workout.

I mean, sure that makes sense. But why should it be behind another paywall? That is what doesn't make sense.

I think, it should be more like:

60$ a year, get xb fitness and all the content in it.
OR
60$ a game, and own it.

Most likely you are only going to buy one or two games through option B. Option A allows for many years of 60$ charges. Option A is better business both from a consumer standpoint and a corporate. Combining both options is only charging consumers without reason.