Why not just make it ad supported? That makes the most logical sense for Microsoft... you can't block the ads without modding your 360 so it seems like a good idea.
Pachter: Microsoft Wants to Own the Internet
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Honestly who didn't see the reasoning behind this? But really is web browsing on a console really that important? If I'm going to have to sit down to use my internet, why shouldn't I just use my computer? Browsing on portable devices are important because you can access the internet anywhere where you have service, but I don't really see the point for a console. Just my two cents though.
Sounds greedy, but if thats what it takes to keep physical media, then maybe. Always been pro phys, but as I started playing MUA again to learn Activision removed ALL the DLC, it only further makes me love phsyical stuff that cant be taken away through the internet.
I do love an unbias, unresearched viewpoint. /sarcasmIldecia said:
I don't have my xbox connected to the internet because a) I don't have a wireless dohicky to attach to my xbox or a cable long enough to connect it to my modem and b) the money to use XBL for a gold membership. While I don't hate the idea of a paid membership, I just don't have the disposable income to spend on something like that. Also, why would you want your console to have a web browser anyway when your computer does it better and probably cheaper too?
I... agree?
Remember when all we had were fast moving blades that did exactly what they needed? Now we have a chunky, slow loading NXE with Avatars! Yay! Another MS creation designed for the sole purpose of siphoning cash from people with more money than sense!
The NXE serves no practical purpose and has made my console slower, and for what? MS cash grabs. Freeing up the consoles for internet browsing would be unimaginable! People could watch Hulu, and unless MS can charge a fee for that other than a gold membership, there's about a snowball's chance that it'll happen.
To hell with this... I'm about to rant... and it's too late for me to get this pissed off.
Remember when all we had were fast moving blades that did exactly what they needed? Now we have a chunky, slow loading NXE with Avatars! Yay! Another MS creation designed for the sole purpose of siphoning cash from people with more money than sense!
The NXE serves no practical purpose and has made my console slower, and for what? MS cash grabs. Freeing up the consoles for internet browsing would be unimaginable! People could watch Hulu, and unless MS can charge a fee for that other than a gold membership, there's about a snowball's chance that it'll happen.
To hell with this... I'm about to rant... and it's too late for me to get this pissed off.
This is silly. Who is saying that we need to close all bricks-and-mortar videogame stores in favour of Superdistribution?
Can't we have both?
Won't this drive the adoption of ever larger hard-drives for the 360?
I for one want this simplicity of having my 360 be a multimedia jukebox and I don't want to have to wait months for Games on Demand to finally get around to stocking what I ended-up buying from a shop because it looked like it was never going to get a digital release.
This pretty much. Yeah, it is like 'what's new' but the new generation of gamers should know what they are up against. I like the statement for one. It really lets MS have it. And it sounds better when it comes from someone who has an online show. We pretty much fall on deaf ears every time we say that MS wants to conquer the freaking universe.veloper said:
It's taken him until Internet Explorer 8 to figure this out?
Though actually, Microsoft don't really care about owning the Internet any more, they used to own it back when IE6 was the standard, because websites used horrible kludges for IE compatibility because that's what everyone used. Now IE's market share is falling, they're focusing on the business desktop, where IE will basically remain king because it's designed to be centrally configured and pushed out to workstations in a standardised configuration, unlike home browsers.
Though actually, Microsoft don't really care about owning the Internet any more, they used to own it back when IE6 was the standard, because websites used horrible kludges for IE compatibility because that's what everyone used. Now IE's market share is falling, they're focusing on the business desktop, where IE will basically remain king because it's designed to be centrally configured and pushed out to workstations in a standardised configuration, unlike home browsers.
Microsoft is Teaming up with OnLive guys(rumour ofcourse but i actualy believe it).
And nintendo is gonne show of the nintendo Cam in E3 next month.
This pretty much means playstation is done for...no doubt in my mind.
Onlive is going to be huge you've no idea.. they are making deals with internet providers.. if that doesnt say enough then i have no idea WTF u guys are thinking lol
Just look at that digitalTV crap how fast and how big it has become in such a small period of time.
Btw patcher is a stupid dickhead the guy is one of the biggest idiots in gaming industry.
Dont listen to that fool... hes old.
And nintendo is gonne show of the nintendo Cam in E3 next month.
This pretty much means playstation is done for...no doubt in my mind.
Onlive is going to be huge you've no idea.. they are making deals with internet providers.. if that doesnt say enough then i have no idea WTF u guys are thinking lol
Just look at that digitalTV crap how fast and how big it has become in such a small period of time.Btw patcher is a stupid dickhead the guy is one of the biggest idiots in gaming industry.
Dont listen to that fool... hes old.