When I read this, I thought... WTH, there is nothing wrong with demanding an XBox Live Account... I complain constantly about unfair pricing and things like that... It's fairly clear that reading an RSS Feed does not give you a good picture of the Netflix arrangement.
TG Daily - What Microsoft does not want you to know about Netflix streaming
Anyway, I already HAVE an XBox Live Gold membership so getting those extra group watch and share features are a great boost to the new XBox Live. Overall, what I saw during the E3 announcements was quite impressive.
What would I have liked to have heard that I DIDN'T?
- Official VB Support for XNA
- Silverlight being used for the Streaming of Netflix (I do not believe they are using Silverlight in the Fall release, but really hope I am wrong)
- XBox enabled to use Silverlight Applications (I seriously doubt this will be done any time soon, but I am convinced it should be done)
I think with these 3 additional thing the XBox could take on a whole new life, it opens the door WIDE for private stream delivery. We do not want to get stuck in the same rut for Internet streaming that exists in Cable and Satellite services now. It could also be made a case for Corporate Content delivery via XBox.
Think about it, these things are dirt cheap content delivery and interaction systems. This IS the Network Terminal we talked bout 10 years ago when the internet first became popular.
Microsoft would gain HUGE ground if they moved the XBox into this arena, forget MediaCenter, this IS the only livingroom box we need if it ran Silverlight and attached to remote applications.
We need VB Support to really drive grassroots content. So if Microsoft really wants to be a permanent fixture in our Living room, let it run Silverlight, VB and make it quiet.
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