Xbox Microsoft to Develop More TV Programs as It Readies Xbox One

My bad. Last I saw there was an increase in sales but this was a little while ago. Either way it is a better tablet than the Ipad however. I enjoy it immensely.

It's all good, not trying to get into some argument or anything. MS has had some really troubled product launches in the last several years however, in fact, they've hardly had any that weren't. The Xbox really has been their biggest consumer product to actually "catch on" outside of course of their up and down Windows sales (partly due to the desktop/laptop industry's questionable growth potential.)

And if you ask some of their big investors, they aren't too stoked on Xbox either. Overall for it's lifetime MS is still most likely (and reportedly from investors themselves) not profitable. They've lost too much money to have made it all back up during their few profitable years.

They aren't going anywhere as a company (largely due to products your average consumer never sees unless they work in an office environment) but it's not some anti-MS fanboy talk to claim MS has been late to the party and a dollar short on many consumer targeted industries in the last decade, it's how Microsoft is discussed in business and investment circles.
 
Marketshare only says how popular a product is, not whether it is innovated or even a better product. IMO WP is better than iOS and Android, Surface is a better product than the iPad, especially the surface pro.

None of it is a waste, not sure how you see launching products after someone else is a waste...would you like to see these industries run by monopolies?

Unfortunately being better doesn't mean bringing a profit which at the end of the day is the most important thing. Surface might be the most amazing thing since sliced bread but the problem with surface is...it's not selling well at all thus it's marketshare is tiny, tiny marketshare means smaller amount of people on your app store which means smaller revenue from app sales, I'm sure you know where I'm going with this. MS is most definitely a reactionary company and that worked brilliantly back in the 80s-90s when things moved very slow.
 
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I'm happy to hear about this. I'm expecting this Xbox One to be more than just a gaming console. I am hopefully investing in a nice entertainment device.
 
I guess this is cool. I have no reference to go by on the quality of programming though since the XBO isn't out yet. I do wish more resources beyond what they have put forth went towards gaming, more for gaming is always good.
 
Shhhhh, Surface isn't doing bad. It's doing good actually. Things nobody says.
Similar negativism was expressed about the original Xbox, so there's nothing new about pathetic little prophets of doom like you. In the meantime, Sony Corporation continues it's slow eleven year death spiral until it's value has shrunk to less than one ninth that of Samsung electronics. Sony's electronic division is hemmoraging capital so badly there's was recent effort to sell it. Microsoft, on the otherhand, is still quite solvent, with more than enough capital to blungeon their way through any transient difficulties that may lie ahead.
 
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A Breaking Bad spin off about Mike. Or heck, let's go for a Metal Gear Solid thriller, a comedy with all the Xbox characters living in an apartment, and an anime series based on Lost Odysee and more Halo Legends.
 
I hope for their sake, because if they don't put Xbox Video on all those platforms and more then it's going to be dead in the water. But I feel they'll try to keep it an Xbox One/360 thing to mark it as some sort of "feature."

If it is compelling content then people will take notice. Stuff like House of Cards is really becoming the content people are looking for.
 
im all for more content, Tv shows sound really good. Looking forward to Halo series.

Also I think xbox one is the start of a new trend at MS.

Think of the Xbox one has the hub/brains of the operation. Its content will then filter to other devices - mobile, tablets etc. All content will be stored in the cloud for easy access.
 
Similar negativism was expressed about the original Xbox, so there's nothing new about pathetic little prophets of doom like you. In the meantime, Sony Corporation continues it's slow eleven year death spiral until it's value has shrunk to less than one ninth that of Samsung electronics. Sony's electronic division is hemmoraging capital so badly there's was recent effort to sell it. Microsoft, on the otherhand, is still quite solvent, with more than enough capital to blungeon their way through any transient difficulties that may lie ahead.

Just because I'm bashing MS' recent failures doesn't mean I'm a Sony fanboy. In fact, I've only purchased 4-5 PS3 games in the 7 years I've owned it. Sony does similar things like their Unlimited product. Sorry, but Netflix pretty much owns streaming tv and movies.

Onto what I was talking about. MS reacts A LOT to what other companies do and what products they release. Often times, it's way too late and their marketshare isn't even worth the trouble investing on tech that regardless of how cool or innovative it might be has no hope in selling (Windows 8/Surface/Phones). The amount of money they've wasted on products that no matter how much $ they pump into advertising simply will not sell.
 
Just because I'm bashing MS' recent failures doesn't mean I'm a Sony fanboy. In fact, I've only purchased 4-5 PS3 games in the 7 years I've owned it. Sony does similar things like their Unlimited product. Sorry, but Netflix pretty much owns streaming tv and movies.

Onto what I was talking about. MS reacts A LOT to what other companies do and what products they release. Often times, it's way too late and their marketshare isn't even worth the trouble investing on tech that regardless of how cool or innovative it might be has no hope in selling (Windows 8/Surface/Phones). The amount of money they've wasted on products that no matter how much $ they pump into advertising simply will not sell.

Except W8 has sold quite well, and WP8 has sold very well in comparison to WP7 as well. WP8 is now slowly gaining more marketshare at a steady pace, and that reason was primarily due to Nokia's Lumia line..which is why MS bought there Device and Services division.
 
Just because I'm bashing MS' recent failures doesn't mean I'm a Sony fanboy. In fact, I've only purchased 4-5 PS3 games in the 7 years I've owned it. Sony does similar things like their Unlimited product. Sorry, but Netflix pretty much owns streaming tv and movies.

Onto what I was talking about. MS reacts A LOT to what other companies do and what products they release. Often times, it's way too late and their marketshare isn't even worth the trouble investing on tech that regardless of how cool or innovative it might be has no hope in selling (Windows 8/Surface/Phones). The amount of money they've wasted on products that no matter how much $ they pump into advertising simply will not sell.
Yes, I discussed this with Ketto; great products but they don't know how to SELL the darn things. Why they don't seek the best in marketing to do it for them, is frankly bewildering. They even forgot how sell consoles, this time around, for Chrissake!
 
Except W8 has sold quite well, and WP8 has sold very well in comparison to WP7 as well. WP8 is now slowly gaining more marketshare at a steady pace, and that reason was primarily due to Nokia's Lumia line..which is why MS bought there Device and Services division.

http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-adoption-rate-drops-back-to-a-plod-7000018847/


http://news.softpedia.com/news/Micr...s-Not-Selling-Well-Enough-Report-370840.shtml

Windows 8 comes out for every new PC. This is the reason it still sells. The upgrade rate is terrible. People don't like Metro on a desktop. If they did, MS wouldn't be releasing 8.1 reversing a lot of W8's selling points.
 
If it is compelling content then people will take notice. Stuff like House of Cards is really becoming the content people are looking for.

People took notice of House of Cards and netflix at large because it's available on anything with a processor. That's the point I'm trying to make. All of the TV shows means s*** if only a few million people at most can watch it.
 
Forward Unto Dawn was a good fan service. Here's hoping the Halo series is good.
 
http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-adoption-rate-drops-back-to-a-plod-7000018847/


http://news.softpedia.com/news/Micr...s-Not-Selling-Well-Enough-Report-370840.shtml

Windows 8 comes out for every new PC. This is the reason it still sells. The upgrade rate is terrible. People don't like Metro on a desktop. If they did, MS wouldn't be releasing 8.1 reversing a lot of W8's selling points.

What exactly is it reversing? other then putting a silly button back in the corner (because people are too silly to figure out that the corner down there is a hot corner that brings up the start menu anyway, other than that they aren't really 'reversing any selling points'.
 
Bring back the VP TV series. My niece loved the episodes I downloaded off the market place.
 
http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-adoption-rate-drops-back-to-a-plod-7000018847/


http://news.softpedia.com/news/Micr...s-Not-Selling-Well-Enough-Report-370840.shtml

Windows 8 comes out for every new PC. This is the reason it still sells. The upgrade rate is terrible. People don't like Metro on a desktop. If they did, MS wouldn't be releasing 8.1 reversing a lot of W8's selling points.

Seriously, you check the stick Windows XP got when it first released, people said enterprises wouldn't adopt this fisher-price look of an OS and would stick to Windows 95/98. Windows XP took off after SP2 which in reality is Windows XP R2 because it was more than just a service pack. Do you see a pattern here?

Windows XP --> Windows XP R2 (Sp2) Moonshot!
Vista --> Vista R2 (Windows 7) Moonshot!
Windows 8 --> Windows 8 R2 (Windows 8.1) Moonshot ? who knows only time will tell.
 
Unfortunately being better doesn't mean bringing a profit which at the end of the day is the most important thing. Surface might be the most amazing thing since sliced bread but the problem with surface is...it's not selling well at all thus it's marketshare is tiny, tiny marketshare means smaller amount of people on your app store which means smaller revenue from app sales, I'm sure you know where I'm going with this. MS is most definitely a reactionary company and that worked brilliantly back in the 80s-90s when things moved very slow.

I lolled at this
 
MS is most definitely a reactionary company and that worked brilliantly back in the 80s-90s when things moved very slow.

While there definitely is some truth to that statement I have to disagree concerning the Xbox division:

MS was very forward thinking this current gen and was pioneering in a lot of areas while Sony was constantly playing catch up.

Just a few words:
* online gaming (aka Xbox Live)
* Xbox Live Arcade (Indies)
* FPS being big on consoles (credit goes to Bungie but MS playing an important part)

I'm curious to see wheter the Kinect-investment will pay off in the long run too - the technology behind that is fantastic (usefulness in games being an other discussion).
And there's the Cloud gamble too (Cloud computing,...).

Plus the always online vision is probably ahead of it's time too.
 
Microsoft has reclaimed its crown as the UK’s No.1 platform holder.
Xbox has shared a number of statistics with MCV to remind us all who’s the boss in the current console cycle.
It follows an impressive run from PS3. Sony’s console trended ahead of 360 during June and July, thanks to The Last of Us and momentum after E3. But in August Xbox reclaimed its crown. Microsoft says more 360s have been sold this year than any other console.
Xbox games have accounted for 38.2 per cent of all games sold in 2013 so far – PS3 accounted for 25.5 per cent.
And to rub salt in the wound the platform holder released stats that say 66 per cent of Saints Row IV sales were on 360 (versus 34 per cent for PS3) and 61 per cent of Splinter Cell sales were on 360 (versus 36 per cent for PS3).
The gloves really are off.
All stats are from GfK Chart-Track reports.
“Xbox 360 continues to be the most popular place to play games in the UK,” Xbox UK marketing head Harvey Eagle told MCV. “Not only is Xbox 360 back as the No.1 console in the UK, software sales are strong across all titles with Xbox enjoying a majority share of some of the biggest games in the UK charts at the moment.
“We see this demand continuing over the coming months, as well as extremely strong pre-orders for Xbox One with Day One Editions sold out at many retailers."

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-360-fights-back-in-august/0121324