It sucks, but it's like Netflix. You pay Microsoft to allow you to pay for Netflix. 

Netflix has been around for over a decade and you're providing a graph that shows just in the last 7 years cable has added million of new subscribers. But oh noes, they maybe lost 257,000 subscribers in 2013. I hope Mike Comcast and Julio Verizon can feed their kids tonight. So now I guess they only have around 100,000,000 subscribers.

Again, LOL.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/10/netflix-was-supposed-to-kill-cable-so-why-is-it-begging-to-join-cable/280627/
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/08/economist-explains-17
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/cable-tv-is-not-going-away/309376/

Those are just 3 quick Google links that show that no, Netflix has certainly not been "killing" anything. The economy, unemployment, and ridiculous high cable prices likely have just as much to do with a small 1% drop in television membership as Netflix does. Only around 1/5th of Netflix subscribers actually cancel their cable. So what you're actually seeing is most people view the service as a nice add-on, which is probably why Netflix is actually trying to be added onto cable TV packages.

So hey, you're welcome. This is kind of off topic though so I won't respond about it again.

So the Fitness app is behind a paywall? Dang! There goes my plan of getting a free X1.

Let me get this straight.

First you pay for XBox Live. Understandable.

Next buy an XBox Fitness subscription.

Next you buy an XBox Fitness program like P90x.




Sounds like playing an MMO while also having to pay for Live on top of the MMO initial purchase & subscription cost.

Classy

I actually think it's the other way. The costs of making this app are ridiculously low. And I mean really ridiculously low. The videos are already made and they aren't changing a single thing in them. The only thing they are adding is the integration, but all the Kinect software needed to detect movement is already made, so no added costs here. The moves are also pretty basic, there isn't many of them, as there are probably 20-25 exercises max in a workout, so... Yeah. Looks extremely basic and easy to be done by any single studio. There are tons of people who could do that in their basement in a manner of days. I actually do believe a single modest subscribtion should be enough to get all the content. The only thing here is MS has to share the money with Beachbody, which made the videos and will probably lose a part of their DVD sales, but on the other hand MS is expanding the market for them. So yeah, I see no reason to justify such a model of payment and I sure won't support it.

I think this needs adjustment... that's probably why it is free for gold members the first year (it is still free right ??)

like a lot of new ideas... they will need tweaking.... if it doesn't work well with the double paywall chances are it will change.... if people like it enough like that it won't change....

Wait what? You're taking only Netflix as the argument? I just meant streaming software LIKE netflix. I actually didn't literally say Netflix is killing cable, I said "ever since netflix" and ever since netflix (which proved that streaming is viable) cable has been decreasing. That is a fact. You spun what I said and argued a strawman. Good job.

No.  Posting below for clarification, but nope. 

Ok.

Here is how it works:

1. Gold Members who subscribe to Xbox Fitness can get the entirety of the content available for free.

2. Free Members and Gold Members who do not subscribe to Xbox Fitness can purchase content a la carte.

http://www.shacknews.com/article/81908/xbox-live-fitness-will-allow-a-la-carte-purchases-for