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by Andrew Yoon, Apr 17, 2012 12:15pm PDTFancy trying ESPN on your Xbox 360? Or maybe you just want to watch YouTube videos. Microsoft's console has a number of entertainment apps, making it one of the most versatile media boxes for the living room. Unfortunately, all of these services, whether they're paid (a la Netflix) or free (a la Crackle) require a subscription to Xbox Live Gold.
So what if you're not willing to shell out $60 a year for Gold services? Microsoft is hoping to change your mind with its new "Entertainment Unlocked" promotion.
In the US, these are the apps that will be unlocked, starting Thursday, April 19th:
- CinemaNow
- Crackle
- Dailymotion
- EPIX
- ESPN
- HBO GO
- Hulu Plus
- iHeartRadio
- Last.fm
- MSN
- Netflix
- Syfy
- TMZ
- TODAY
- UFC
- Verizon
- VEVO
- Vudu
- Xfinity TV on Demand
- YouTube
Note that while all these apps are "unlocked," some have additional requirements, such as subscribing to a specific cable provider. Some services, like Netflix and Hulu Plus will offer free one month trials upon access--assuming you haven't previously received a trial.
The promotion ends on Monday, April 23rd, and unlike previous Gold free weekends, online multiplayer will not be enabled for non-Gold accounts.
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Fancy trying ESPN on your Xbox 360? Or maybe you just want to watch YouTube videos. Microsoft is hoping to sell you a Gold subscription with its new "Entertainment Unlocked" promotion.
Fancy trying ESPN on your Xbox 360? Or maybe you just want to watch YouTube videos. Microsoft is hoping to sell you a Gold subscription with its new "Entertainment Unlocked" promotion. : Shacknews
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The industry forced them to do this - as your point might be totally fine - it's all about the perception. The reality is that nintendo has to offer this things to survive and they just have to do it because some other company scores better sales because of it while a company like microsoft that doesn't necessairly understand the primary industry which is gaming - microsoft has zero creative/talent interest, it's all employees that do stuff there, directors and boss have only pure western dogshit capitalist background - bill gates is an evil elitist selling toxic vaccines to africa.
Nintendo's CEO Iwata was a game developer who founded and worked at HAL Labolatories, he made Kirby and the idea of Super Smash Bros. were one of his big hits. People and media go like crazy when they see Nintendo Stock dropping and that idiot investor wanting mario on iOS, while it's actually the current directors (iwata and miyamoto included) and Yamauchi family that own majority of the stock - so that apple investor won't be missed nor taken seriously as nintendo already re-confirmed recently that they have no intentions to expand to other platforms.
The legacy of nintendo is far stronger, far better, far longer and actually authentic / genuine talent, than any other gaming company in histroy of this planet. These are all facts if you want to check them your self - i am a humorous person but i don't post BS.
Just look - their DX is proprietary, they have a PC monopoly and in consoles, but it's also don't to the drivers that need to be open.
Good thing we have the people like John Carmack and Tim Sweeny who push the hardware manufacturers (asus,gigabyte,nvidia,intel,amd,and many memory RAM manufacturers) to get to transition to some open source and software driven hardware that doesn't require proprietary firmware, and unified memory. This will then FORCE microsoft to respond and their limited DX will be useless.
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