Even though the Xbox 360 probably won’t be replacing your cable box soon, at least Microsoft is making good on their promise to compensate those with UFC woes.
Remember those plans to eventually replace your cable box with your game console? Sure the first steps were shaky, but first steps always are, of a larger plan that had been long in the works. One that included steaming content television content themself, dubbed the “Microsoft TV” project to some. Well, guess what? They’re officially on hold.
According to Reuters, the infrastructure was certainly built and operational; many, myself included, had assumed MS’s recent foray into providing a platform for cable providers via somewhat redundant apps had a grander purpose after-all, as a means to test the waters. But apparently, once MS discovered that acquiring the rights to said programming would be expensive… as in, VERY expensive… they decided to shelf the project entirely.
And for a while there, I had proclaimed that MS had finally won the cable wars, on the behalf of consumers. And once again, we are reminded why are paltry cable packages are so pricey in the first place.
But it’s worth noting that nowhere on the report does it state the Xbox 360 specifically. So, given how everyone is looking to see if Apple does produce an iTV, to then copy it… plus how the Xbox 720 is rumored to provide games and the such via downloads and streaming, and how television shows and movies would definitely sweeten the deal… I personally don’t think “Microsoft TV” is as heads as some believe. Could be totally wrong of course.
In other news, remember MS’s promise to compensate those who were unable to watch UFC 141 via their UFC on Xbox app? Along with my skepticism as to whether whatever they have planned with work? Well details have been revealed and they may work after-all: everyone is getting UFC 142 for free. Meanwhile, the app itself has basically reverted to closed beta status; the upcoming UFC in Brazil, dubbed UFC RIO, will not be available for purchase to the general public.
Well, at the very least, that completely does away with any fears of a repeat incident of the circuits being overloaded. They should have exact numbers as to how many streams they will be servicing out. Sure UFC RIO lacks the excitement of the previous card’s headliner, aka Lesnar vs. Overeem, but that fight turned out to be a bust anyway, so Aldo vs. Mendes might actually be the better showdown. Oh, also, everyone’s getting a complimentary month of Gold added to their memberships, because MS feels that bad about the mess up.
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