No thanks.

I'd rather they focus on bringing some decent games to the table.

Meh, sounds okay.

Now you too can watch television on your television.

I don't watch t.v. anymore. I either netflix the show or buy the blu-ray when it comes.

They already have Netflix, this is getting redundant. I'm starting to think there just adding whatever they can get there hands on to justify the recent price hikes.

Besides you can watch TV on your ......tv, because if you have 60 bucks to shell out for live, you probably have cable.

i work for the cable company and get free services. I have two 18x1 internet connections and a DVR with every channel possible plus a standard DCT for free... so yes i would probably pay for 360 tv as well.

Microsoft has 'mind numbing' 360 TV programming plans

I like the header.

Made me laugh.

Hell, I've already thought about cutting my cable service. When you can have Hulu plus for $10 a month, why even pay for cable? But I still live at home, so I'll piggy-back off my parents stupidity for as long as possible.

I mostly gave up TV a long time ago... XboxTV doesn't do much for me.

Having original content and programming for it is interesting though.

"Just to let you guys know we'll be raising the price of all dlc's/downloadable games by 5 dollars and raising XBL subscriptions to 70 a month, Why you ask?

We feel that we're pushing a "true " next generation gaming experience where your 360 and xbox live are your entertainment zone that fits your every need! So the extra cost is warranted!"

I can see the statement now, mark my words.


I'm getting fed up with all these "extra" features that they used to raise the price of live, like facebook and last.fm, which has a paid feature now. They need to implement dedicated servers for live.

It'd be cool if Dtoid had a show on XBL, actually there are quite a few professional internet streams which I could see working well on the Xbox.

i heard conan o'brien once looked at a vidjagame.

@dreamscape

Agreed. Xbox live really should be modified to some sort of sliding scale pay scheme based on the services you actually use as opposed to the ones Microsoft think we need.

Sliding scale... that's a pretty good idea. If microsoft implemented that I think they would make it lame though, splitting up the features people want to use so they have to end up paying for the more expensive service and still getting stuff they don't need.

Maybe if I got hulu and other stuff included with the price increase i'd be cool with it but as it stands I have to pay ontop of xbox live to use these services to their full potential. I think microsoft saw the casual train get into the station and aren't ever planning on letting it leave.

It had better be more "mind-blowing" than Hulu Plus. I had the "free" trial, you know, the one you pay for? And it blew.

If Microsoft was able to provide cable tv through the xbox for a cheaper price than normal cable, and in HD format, I think that would be huge to be honest. If you think about it, in the long run, your 360 would be the ultimate entertainment console, gaming,music,movies,sports and cable tv. What's not to like?

But like many other people are saying, they really do need to start focusing more on gaming. I haven't been excited for an XBox exclusive for a long time, same with my PS3. For the past year I've been gaming more on my DSi more than my consoles and that makes me sad.

Sounds great, I currently only have Satellite hooked up in my living room, so I can watch for TV shows, or whatever they are planning, in the other areas of my house.

@spuhgeddi - It won't take much to be better than Hulu Plus. I bought in for a month and was shocked at both the low selection of videos available and the fact that it's not @#$*ing ad-free.

This, though, is something I'll appreciate assuming that it's included with Xbox Live. I'm a college kid and I don't have the time or money to enjoy full-blown cable service.

@Bakewell

Agreed. Heck, I think they could just add a third option, Platinum or something, have it be $100 or so a year and get everything, Gold gets several additions (maybe different variations) and bump Silver up to allow online play since the price of Gold has gone up.

Don't care stopped watching TV 2 years and never looked back since. Now when I want to watch a television series I either watch the season box sets or stream it online. It's nice that they are expanding beyond gaming, but honestly only a handful of people care you buy a 360 to play games not stream television.

@Black Nexus

"Besides you can watch TV on your ......tv, because if you have 60 bucks to shell out for live, you probably have cable."

Live is $60 per YEAR. A decent cable package will run you at least that per MONTH.

I'm with scissors. I literally never watch TV.

If they add a service comparable to cable/satellite subscriptions for a lower monthly price Ill say its a steal ... considering that you actually watch less than 1/3 of the channels that you pay for normal cable/satellite TV.

Also choosing the the channels from a list would help too, combined with a "payment per channels" plan.

if i dont have to pay more then whatever. other wise fuck that.

I'm going to say what I said on Kotaku earlier: Microsoft wouldn't have paid enough to anyone involved, Microsoft wouldn't have been able to provide nearly a quarter of the viewers Conan would have had if he even if he went with a straight internet only show, and Microsoft probably would have stifled Conan's creativity. THAT'S why they didn't go with the Xbox live show.

I'll also say that I'm sure Ross was just being nice about not getting the format.. I'm sure they got the format because the format is simple: It probably would have been a 30-40min show with no commercials that would have been exactly like all of Conan's other shows. I just bet that they didn't jump on it because its not the type of show they want to do. I mean, the show would have been non-stop without breaks to segway between bits, interviews and such, thus leaving it to Conan to handle transitions and set changes -it would have been sloppy. Even if they did it in a format where they shot everything and spliced it together thats still not the way Conan works things, he doesn't really do takes and editing -all of his comedy would surely have been left on the editing room floor.

So yeah.. those are the reasons I see for them really not going with Microsoft, I'm just seeing that they're trying to be nice about what they say because the 2 factions seem to still be on good terms with one another.

Many of us have already "cut the cord" and moved on to non-traditional content distribution methods. Some are legal and some aren't, but the fact remains that you do not NEED a television (and subsequently cable service) in this day and age. Why pay $45+ extra a month to watch rehashed garbage and reality TV when you can pick and choose favorites with an internet connection. The only reason you'd have a television is if you love a huge screen. For me, a 27 and a 24 inch monitor display is just fine. I do commend Microsoft for trying something different with their little "family entertainment center" they got going there.

Meh, they can always try something new. I don't watch a lot of TV so this hardly matters to me.

blaw. i only watch the news and the occasional adult swim. i do watch fox sundays, amc shows (when they're on dammit) and other seasonal stuff but not really tv on at all times.

i just can't see what ms will do with xbl on tv other than extreme game reality challenge. where you earn cheevo's in your game by doing them in real life. can't wait to see the 1001 cheevo done did.

I NEVER WATCH TV RAWR

Just bring us some more games and I'll be happy.

If I could sever my satellite, this would make me happy. Anything shy of that, however, is garbage.

If they started showing content from groups like Revision3 and TWiT I would use my 360 more often. Currently when I get home the first thing I do is watch content from those groups via podcast subscriptions on AppleTV. I don't fire up the 360 until after I finished watching them, and even then only if there's enough time left in the night to get some gaming in. I ditched mainstream TV years ago and have never missed it. If you have a fast internet connection there is no reason to have TV service.