After browsing the internet, I came across this interesting article the future of XBoxs’. Although most consumers buy Xbox Consoles strictly to play games, they now can recieve other benefits. With recent technology, Xboxes can now play movies and television shoes. Right now, Microsoft is also working on Applications that will allow Xbox users to surf the Web and manage digital media such as music and photos. The article continues to exlpain how Microsoft has a partnership with Netflix and Sony that is allowing these advantages to progress. One example of this provided in the article states that one of Microsofts Premium LIve Gold members took advantage of the Netflix application and has watched over 1.5 billion minutes of movies and television. These are definitely applications of the futre. By introducing this application, Microsoft is definitely becoming a first mover. Although the were not the first mover’s in video games, their expansions are both innovative and original. Competitiors such as Nintendo and Wii are having a hard time keeping up. Also, as discussed in class, the internet is expanding at a rapid pace. With more and more user generated content, more consumers not only have daily access to the web, but are allowing it to make up a big part of their lives. This concept is important, because now corporations are trying to connect their products to the internet. This is precisely why Microsoft is now constantly trying to provide more and more internet applications to xbox users.
Xbox and The Internet
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