(Updated with Pricing after the Jump - Thanks to Tipsy McFragger from the forums)
Hey all,
Just got a call from Morgon (MyGamerCard.net) who is on-scene at the Xbox Showcase in New York right now where they just made a big announcement concerning the future of video content on XBL Marketplace
From the GamerScoreBlog article:
Wow, I honestly didn't see this one coming.... I'll post the full list of content (thats been revealed) after the jump, but the titles that really jump right out at me on the list are Robot Chicken, CSI and Southpark.... Mmm.....
Full list and commentary after the jump
Commentary first:
This is potentially awesome, but how much will this stuff cost? If EA has a hand in the pricing (or another company decides to follow their "business" model" *cough*) then you can expect to see 5 dollar episodes of The Real World stuffed chock full of ads for HornyHornyHippos.com just for giggles.... If they decide to price somewhere in the 1-2$ per episode range, I can see this getting to be huge.
Another thing this instantly brings up: If they're planning on having all of us download lots of hours of programming and own it FOREVER then we're gonna need bigger hard-drives.... Or the ability to transfer the videos to our computers (which will never ever happen because it'll be instantly pirated)
At first glance, this is badass-superawesome but there are just so many things that can instantly go wrong if it's handled improperly. Worst case scenario we're looking at DLC2
List of content from the original article:
- "Robot Chicken” and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” from Adult Swim
- “CSI,” “Survivor” and “Star Trek” from CBS
- Emmy and Peabody Award-Winning “South Park” and “Chappelle’s Show” from COMEDY CENTRAL
- “The Real World” and “Pimp My Ride” from MTV
- ”Avatar: The Last Airbender” and ”SpongeBob SquarePants” from Nickelodeon
- “Skyland” and “The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival” from Nicktoons Network
- “Nacho Libre” and “Jackass: The Movie” from Paramount Pictures
- “Carpocalypse” and “Raising the Roofs” from Spike TV
- “Race Rewind” provided by NASCAR.COM
- Select episodes of the original season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series and the “UFC: All Access” shows from the UFC
- “Breaking Bonaduce” and “Hogan Knows Best” from VH1
- “The Matrix,” “Superman Returns” and “Batman Forever” from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Update: Pricing
Pricing Details:
TV Shows
SD Version 240 pts
HD Version 240 pts
Movie Rental
320pts for SD
480 pts for HD.
You get to keep it for 14 days, until you WATCH IT. Then you have it for 24 hours.
Batman Forever
SD movie 1.3GB
HD movie 5.4 GB
If you watch the video on the link you'll see how the system works. Pretty obvious stuff, but there are some important points:
It appears that tv shows will be 240points (3 dollars) and episode. Pretty steep if you ask me, but its nice to have the option.
You'll be able to rent movies for 320 pts. (4 dollars) When you rent it, you have 14 days to watch it. Once you've actually started watching it, it expires in 24 hours.
The movies are the same price as Blockbuster which wins me over. HD on demand and no premium? Sign me up. The TV shows are pretty steep though if you ask me.
I would imagine they'll be annoucing that these shows will work with the Zune? Or that purchasing a show here will let you download it to the Zune?
If so, I finally have a reason to switch from an iPod to a Zune...
"...over 1,000 hours of hit TV shows and movies to Xbox 360™ gamers in the U.S. by the end of the year."
I figured there would be no love for us Canadians/non-US.
But I could see a bigger hard drive needed if you want to download every episode of CSI. A 20GB hard drive would last about 7 episodes.
A movie rental system is a neat idea, but the movie can't leave my hard drive so why not give infinite access to that movie for a 14 day period. 3-4 dollars I could live with, I just need it in my part of the woods.
Nice idea, still too expensive and we need a bigger HD to use this feature.
At the end of the day we are still better off getting the dvds.
Two things:
One: I wish I had gone to the event.
Two: I predicted this MONTHS ago when they did the Battlestar Galactica thing. Where's the props yo?
Perhaps if they could come up with some kind of streaming technology.
MajorNelson's blog says that the video has been taken down, since people were getting confused about the pricing.
Does this mean that those prices were place holders?
smis,
One hopes, 6 bux for an HD Movie is a bit steep.
Indeed, $6 for a RENTAL is steep, I hope they make it more like $4 (for HD, less for SD).
My only question is when do they announce the big hard disk?
Good call on this when talking about the Battlestar Galactica episode Hawkes:)
This is cool news, but some of those "20 GIG" hard drives are full or filling up. Where is all this content going to go? Please dont make the next [hard drive] 500 bucks.
20 gigs = 100
100 gig = 500
Don't worry, they will. Which will suck big time.
what! shhhhhh! no way in hell they would make a hd cost $500
and why would you need more space its not like the movies/shows will take much room seeing as they only work for 24hours! ffs think
and if they did make a hd it would more be like 40, 60 or 80
the 100GB was just bullsh*t
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