tech crunch writes:
Microsoft just threw down at E3 2012. After exciting the crowd with Halo and Gears of War titles, the company unveiled new additions to the 360′s vast media offering. Don’t be distracted by the video game trailers: this is Redmond’s biggest news of the show. In fact the new offering could lead to a rival of the cord cutting movement.
The Xbox 360 has nearly always had an impressive suite of media streaming options with Netflix and others. For most households, though, the offering was never enough to replace cable. In fact, it was more of a supplement. But today’s announcement brings a host of new options, stations, and apps to the Xbox 360.
GeekDiscover: Microsoft has announced that the production of new XBox 360 will be stopped with immediate effect while the online servers will still remain active.
Oh, boy I can imagine how this thread will turn out. I'm kind of surprised by this news but then I'm not because....well....
Grabs popcorn.....
Xbox 360 had a good run. I thought Wii would be globally discontinued before this happened.
It's sad to see it go but some good things must come to an end. I met a lot of good people who have become longtime friends on the Xbox 360.
I hope they will not abandon the manufacturing of X360 controllers, i find them the best.
Xboxed: "You don’t need to pay a single dime for the overpriced Xbox Music pass (Groove pass) anymore because you can listen to your personal playlist directly on the Xbox One or Xbox 360 for free."
Xbox Music has been renamed to Groove for the incoming Windows 10 Operating System
That's where they should be focusing now, if the thinks keep on going the same way, the gamers will be left with no choice but to look the other way.
The fact that you still need a cable subscription kills the whole Idea for there big media pitches. They've got a very long way to go before its even a possible option to replace a cable box for an xbox on that entertainment front.
If anything happens to the box or remote I can just go down and get a free replacement throughout the life of the service. Will MS offer something like that?. Doubt it.
My PC lols.