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Microsoft in talks with Comcast, Verizon on Xbox TV?

Microsoft is in talks with the world's largest cable provider, Comcast, to bolster its upcoming live TV service on the Xbox 360, a new report claims.

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fluffydelusions5367d ago

If it requires an existing cable subscription I'll pass

n4gisatroll5367d ago

I cant see this being an unsubscription thing. Either you have Comcast, and want to watch while on your xbox on the go, which would be cool when you're out of state. But I can't see it being free with a gold subscription.

kingdoms5367d ago (Edited 5367d ago )

Who frickin cares what you think as if you really thought you would get cable for free lol.

Man if this works out the 360 will sell 10's of millions more consoles a year by default. People will simply buy a super set top box(360) vs renting cable boxes. This will expose millions more people to software which in turn will increase the funding of the gaming aspect of the console.

People will pay for social TV hence Samsung and Sony smart TV's. This will make every TV a smart TV and 100 times better.

n4gisatroll5367d ago

You think the ability to run Comcast on an xbox will make xbox sell 10's of millions of consoles? Just like kinect made the xbox sold 10's of millions? That's a little asinine. Comcast is an expensive service and I doubt people will cancel their provider, especially if they have a deal with phone, internet, and cable, just to run Comcast cable on the xbox, ps3 or Wii u.

B1663r5362d ago (Edited 5362d ago )

Um... When you sign up for comcast they give you a box... I think the idea is, rather than giving you the crappy motorolla set top box you just use the xbox as your set top box, cable modem, and the network port gets repurposed as your "internet wan" port.

And if that is the case then yes... Comcast will give people the option of an xbox instead the motorolla box they give out now, and the xbox will go on to sell more than the ps2... Because people like my dad will have one on every tv in his house.

Solidus187-SCMilk5366d ago (Edited 5366d ago )

I already have cable, so I hope I can watch HD TV with my xbox at no extra cost since I have comcast and Gold all ready. Ill have to wait and see.

If you have certain cable providers you can watch ESPN online. And with a bunch of internet providers you can get access to ESPN3.com and see there sports, has all the NCAA football games streaming for free to anyone who has the internet providers.

MS could have some kind of deal with comcast and verizon(fios) to where you can access cable channels with xbox(through their internet). you would probably have to have verizon or comcast internet/cable.

Ayepecks5367d ago

Of course they are. I mean, given everything Microsoft's said about working with cable providers, this is just common sense -- go after the biggest fish and make deals.

Jocosta5367d ago

Great if this works out, but I am seriously longing for the days when a gaming console was just a gaming console.

Ayepecks5367d ago

Having added features is a bad thing? Do you also long for the days where you could only do mundane things on a computer?

Jocosta5367d ago

That is an exaggeration and you know it, and you are comparing apples and oranges to make a point. I want advanced technology, I would just like to have it separate and undiluted. I realize we are almost to the point of one convergent device, but is it necessarily all good?

SKUD5367d ago

If this would be offered as an option to silver users then it makes sense. I'm still lost as to why you have to have gold to watch netflix streaming.

Godmars2905367d ago (Edited 5367d ago )

To promote XBL. MS justifies it with the group watching option that puts your avatar in a theater MST3K, style, but then they don't do the same with Hulu.

@IM_A_NINJA:
How the heck does Hulu not make the Simpsons available?!

IM_A_NINJA5367d ago

The group thing is fun, I love to watch something like Chappelle's Show, you can emote and things like that. It's actually quite fun indeed. As for Hulu Plus, that is a train wreck in and of itself.
I tried it, but the best shows aren't even available to stream.... I mean if they added the Simpsons it'd be worth it by itself...

IM_A_NINJA5367d ago

I hope this is true. I love not having to switch between HDMI cables and whatnot. I live off Netflix and ESPN on XBL right now anyway. So anything added to that would be fine by me.

As for people saying they liked it when these things just played games, since the mid 1990's they have done more then that. Sony added a CD player first, then DVD and now Blu Ray. I personally love any and all extra features these devices have to offer, because you simply cant live off gaming alone.

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin3390d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905835d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5835d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905835d ago (Edited 5835d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5835d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5835d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5835d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495835d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5834d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5835d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn3425d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One