View Full Version : Microsoft Announces Video Marketplace
KilloWertz
11-06-2006, 09:15 PM
This is fairly big news, so I figured I'd post a link to the article about it here. Sounds very interesting, and it starts on November 22...
http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/1778/Microsoft-Announces-Video-Marketplace-Coming-Soon/p1/
r33hash
11-07-2006, 09:48 AM
Geez. My HD can only hold so much stuff.
Are they videos to be downloaded, or just watched for certain amounts of time?
Look Its a Panda
11-07-2006, 09:56 AM
Geez. My HD can only hold so much stuff.
Are they videos to be downloaded, or just watched for certain amounts of time?Movies will be handled differently, with the Video Marketplace process being more like a rental than a purchase. You’ll be able to download the movie to your system, but with some licensing restrictions: You’ll have to view it sometime in the 14 days after your download, and once you start viewing it, you only have 24 hours in which to finish watching it.Seems like a fair enough deal, atleast if it comes at a resonable price.
RandomHero
11-07-2006, 10:13 AM
Aqua Teen Hunger Force =D
Not sure if I'd use it all that much, but it is a good idea none-the-less
KilloWertz
11-07-2006, 06:09 PM
Movies will be handled like Panda posted. You will be able to keep the tv shows forever. As with other Marketplace content, you can delete the shows and not have to pay for them again if you want to download any of them again sometime.
I agree that hard drive space will be an issue with this. There are still some videos sitting on my hard drive that I could delete if I had to (and some I never want to delete), but it still could be an issue if you want to actually keep any of the episodes after you watch them. We'll see how it goes.
Athena Twin PMS
11-07-2006, 06:14 PM
Wow, that is awesome! I can't wait!!!! :)
You know this is going to mean a bigger HD for the 360 in the long run, i mean can you imagine all that stuff going onto the HD :p
KilloWertz
11-08-2006, 12:01 AM
You know this is going to mean a bigger HD for the 360 in the long run, i mean can you imagine all that stuff going onto the HD :p
That wouldn't surprise me. Even though Microsoft has denied releasing a larger one in the past, it's almost a must at some point with so much content on/coming to Xbox Live Marketplace in general.
Dizzydude
11-08-2006, 12:31 AM
Yeah I heard about this, pretty awesome stuff!
I'm pretty sure Microsoft announced a 40Gb and higher, I don't know why they'd deny something like that.
A source told me movies will supposedly be 480 microsoft points and TV shows would be 240. I'm also guessing they'll throw in deals in the future such as a new show is coming out so the pilot is free or a free weekend or just something like that.
I really like this idea though.
RandomHero
11-08-2006, 09:13 AM
They already have one video up, terran something.
If there was a bigger HD I would probably upgrade, downloading demos and soon loads of videos will easily take up the 4Gb I have left.
r33hash
11-08-2006, 10:15 AM
There's evidence already of an 80G HD being used during one of their press events.
KilloWertz
11-08-2006, 04:59 PM
There's evidence already of an 80G HD being used during one of their press events.
Hopefully they release it eventually. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.