Microsoft has locked down a deal with 20th Century Fox to release the first two seasons of Family Guy on the Xbox Live Marketplace, and U.S. gamers will be able to download episodes starting Monday of next week. This marks the first deal between Microsoft and Fox as well as the first time Family Guy has been available for donwload, though it looks like we can expect more.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, Fox executive vice president Jamie McCabe told says, "This is our first one. We hope to have other content on there, but right now with the launch of Halo 3 and the launch of the new [fifth] season of Family Guy coming out [on DVD], the timing worked out really well for this one."
Each episode will be available for 160 Microsoft Points ($2) in the United States. Family Guy fans in other territories will just have to buy the (probably cheaper) DVD collections.
[Via GamesIndustry.biz -- Thanks, AB]
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1:40 PM on 08.30.2007
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What about all the people who already have them on UMD or DVD or the billions of other formats everything comes on these days?
I'm sure they'll sell like hotcakes anyway...
Which caused the original fans to balk at the commercialization of their cult hit.
This deal is just another step down that road.
Christ, that is all I hear these days. I'm a fan from when it first went on the air, and it's definitely no Simpsons in terms of sell-outs. Sure, the start of the fourth season had a lot of rocky moments, but I was just watching one of the new episodes last night, and it was prime material on par with the end of the first run. Quit your bitching, the show's still great, even if more people are finally watching it like they should have years before.
Other than that, I don't have a 360, I have a psp to watch videos on. And porn is strictly the only video format available on psp. lawl
It's a cartoon on TV! Since when has TV ever been a family friendly local industry? I swear, if that shit had Che Guevara in the theme song, you guys would eat it up like candy. TV is business. It's made to sell. Shut up.
It's a cartoon, it makes me laugh, I'll buy it. I don't have to DVD either. And frankly, if you believe this won't sell, please get the fuck out my office right now. It's Family Guy.
You know what a waste of money is? flOw. $8.00 to make your acid trip better.
The world revolves around me, and everything I say goes! Screw everyone else. I don't want you posting a very popular television cartoon even though it will bring about great profit. That's just stupid and wrong.