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The Terminator and Grey's Anatomy Hit Xbox Live Marketplace With ABC and MGM Content Deals

Announced during Bill Gates' keynote by the Robbie Bach, ABC, the Disney Channel and MGM are all putting content onto Xbox Live Marketplace. ABC and Disney are starting out with 500 hours of content in SD and HD, including Desperate Housewives, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, plus Disney shows like Hannah Montana. MGM's offerings are significantly more badass—the entire Rocky series, Terminator, and the Bond franchise. Not a total explosion of content yet, but the door's open now for more stuff to roll in. Press release: More »

9:30 PM on Sun Jan 6 2008
By matt buchanan
1,386 views, 8 comments

Latest by Atrahasis: Excellent news. I'm bypassing the HDDVD/Bluray boondoggle in favor of Xbox Live anyway, so even more content on Live is another nail in the coffin of that unfortunate war over nothing. People keep talking about digital delivery as a future format, more »

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Xbox Live Marketplace Comes to Europe + Canada

Just like we said it would, the Xbox Live Marketplace has come to four parts of Europe: the UK, France, Germany and Ireland. It's also in Canada.

12:58 PM on Tue Dec 11 2007
By Jason Chen
1,659 views, 2 comments

answers

Life's Mysteries: Why Xbox Live's Point System Makes No Sense

One of the most annoying things about Xbox Live is the currency setup. The points aren't 1-to-1 with real money (like on the Wii where $5=500 points), and you've gotta buy 'em in bulk—the bulk aspect made worse by the non-direct setup. There's a good reason for that, right? Well, Xbox Live's Aaron Greenberg actually provides one that sorta makes sense, if you ignore the slight stink of bullshit hovering around it:
"The reason why we do that, the core reason, is around credit card transaction fees," said Greenberg. "If we do this in bulk, we don't have to burden the consumer with the transaction fees, or ourselves or publishers. It's about keeping infrastructure costs down and I know sometimes it's frustrating because you end up with odd points, but we don't have any plans to change that."
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9:45 AM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By Matt Buchanan
7,064 views, 45 comments

Latest by n/a: Wow, I can't believe you people! This is america, were you live remember! So what Microsoft needs to make a profit just like you and don't tell me you'd be more forgiving then them. It must be real easy sitting more »

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Xbox Live Video Marketplace Coming to Europe on December 11

European Xbox 360 owners don't just get the Dashboard update with DivX and XviD playback, they're finally getting Xbox Live Video Marketplace as well! They've been asking for it forever (seriously, they ask almost every time there's Video Marketplace news), but come December 11, they'll be able to pay 380 points for 720p HD video and 250 for SD video. Big list of movies available at launch in the UK after the jump. More »

3:40 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Jason Chen
1,098 views, 8 comments

xbox 360

ESPN and NCAA Sports Hit Xbox Live Marketplace

Microsoft and ESPN have struck a deal to sell NCAA basketball and football games, the X Games and shows like Madden Nation in the Live Marketplace. Standard-def NCAA games are $3; HD versions run $4.50, and they go live "within 48 hours" of the end of the game. ESPN content is $2 for standard def and $3 for HD. [Yahoo!/AP]

1:15 AM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Matt Buchanan
1,038 views, 3 comments

3-2-1 offblast

Microsoft Discovers Synergy, Launches "Ignition" Promotional Platform Across Zune, Xbox and MSN

With its mind increasingly turned to advertising, Microsoft has decided to put its multi-platform positioning to use as a promotional powerhouse. Lamely dubbed Ignition (good Offspring album, bad mid-90s connotation), the program pimps artists (currently, but don't be surprised to see movies, TV shows, etc.) across Zune, Xbox Live and MSN. More »

3:10 PM on Tue Jun 5 2007
By Matt Buchanan
1,803 views, 20 comments

home entertainment

HD DVD vs. Xbox Live Marketplace: Why There's No Big Difference

How can an Xbox Live WMV encoded video which has 720p/1080i and only 6.5 Megabits per second (VBR) compare to an HD DVD, which has the potential to go up to 1080p and 36.55 Megabits per second? It can, and it turns out there's not as much difference between the two as you might think. More »

7:30 PM on Fri Dec 15 2006
By Jason Chen
4,388 views, 21 comments

home entertainment

Battlestar Galactica Story-Recap Available on Xbox Live Marketplace

Starting now, you can download the Season 1 and 2 recap video of Battlestar Galactica, which fills you in on Seasons 1 and 2 and gears you up for the start of Season 3 in October. When we were at E3, we grilled the Xbox Live guys for an answer on whether they were ever going to bring high definition entertainment—movies, TV shows— to the Xbox Live Marketplace for download. They've already got their infrastructure there, plus, people actually enjoy watching content in HD. Our questions were met with a "probably not" and a non-committal "we'll see". More »

5:30 PM on Mon Aug 28 2006
By Jason Chen
165 views, 7 comments

Latest by rich andreas: I never watched the show, but it peaked my interest and I was fine with the format or the overview, however it was letterboxed and 480i with noticeable interlacing artifacts. It was very disappointing that the quality was so bad, more »