cinematical.com — Are the Xbox 360 and upcoming PS3 "Trojan horses to get Microsoft and Sony devices into as many homes as possible"? A great article on how gaming is impacting - and could potentially, evetually revolutionize - the film industry.
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johnhummelNov 28, 2005
It's an interesting idea - I think that both MS and Sony would like to do for movies and TV viewing what the iPod and the iTunes store has done for music: make either of them the "one stop shopping center" for all things video related.However, I think their systems may backfire in small ways if that's their true goal. If these are game systems, then they will alienate a good portion of the populace that does *not* care about games, and those people - no matter how many cool features the PS3/Xbox 360 has - will only see them as "game devices".Though, either one of them could use that to segway other products that are not game related but still serve the video function. MS hasn't had much luck pushing the MS Media Center into homes - but perhaps another device that's only $400 that is *primarily* a video device (and a game console second, a reverse of the Xbox 360) might get more traction. Sony could do something similar with a tivo-like device that just *happens* to play PS3 games - but not pushed as a PS3.Eh. I'll wait and see.
gabebearNov 28, 2005
What would entice someone to use Live to download movies? Most cable companies already offer a nice "Movie on Demand" service that won't monopolize your bandwidth for hours. You wouldn't even be able to build up a library with only a 20 gig hard disk.Sony on the other hand has a lot of money tied up in Blu-Ray Discs. Six months ago I was sure that this console war was also going to decide the successor of the DVD, with Microsoft pushing HD-DVD and Sony with BD-ROM. Microsoft practically handed Sony a victory over HD-DVD by rushing the 360 out before Christmas. I think quite a few people are going to get the PS3 as a cheap Blu-Ray player so they can finally watch HD movies on their HD TVs, I probably will.
omnioneNov 28, 2005
I doubt that getting an XBox in every house is really the primary direction Microsoft is going, simply due to price point.There is no doubt, however, that the next killer App will be medialess ala-cart media distribution for video/film. I firmly believe that DVD will be the last _major_ physical distribution medium.Please: TiVo, Apple, Microsoft, SOMEBODY, bring a product to market that makes it easy for anyone to download _ANY_ of the video/film content, for play on the television and compressing for mobile players, without commercials on either an ala carte or carte blanche price scheme. If you build it, we will come
killakevNov 28, 2005
Old news, and PS2 already did it.
lollerskatesNov 28, 2005
Is "trojan horse" really the accurate way to describe a Microsoft product?I say yes, yes it is.
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