New Xbox Experience Available on November 19 for Download
The highly anticipated update for the Xbox 360’s dashboard is about to finally launch globally on November 19 — Microsoft announced at their Tokyo Game Show press briefing. The update will include the Avatars that seem oddly similar to the Mii’s offered on the Wii System. The concept is the same as the Nintendo’s idea when it debuted back in 2006 — create a virtual person in the Xbox menu, than at one point you’ll be able to transport them into certain games that take advantage of the new Avatars. The first game to adapt to the new update will be the movie trivia game, ‘Scene it?: Box Office Smash.‘
The biggest feature included in the update has to be the ability to watch Netflix movies through Xbox Live. Not only can you just watch a movie in your queue, but you can view the movie with a friend on another Xbox using their online service. You can even put on the headset and talk to him/her while the movie is playing. And the best part of the Netflix support, it’s free! All you need is a Xbox Live subscription and a Netflix account and you can watch what ever movies are available through Netflix’s streaming service, which is about 12,000 right now. But it could grow by November 19.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Here’s the question I pose (and if it’s already been covered, then I’m sorry for wasting your time):
Netflix offers the ability to rent Blu-rays for an additional $1 charge. Now, with Microsoft and Blu-ray not being fond of each other, will Netflix offer you the option to download Blu-ray movies through this new Xbox Live Experience?
Somehow I doubt it, and I don’t have a Netflix account so it doesn’t matter to me anyway, but it’s an interesting thing to think about.
How many people would sign up for a Netflix account if you could rent Blu-ray quality films through your Xbox 360 without having to buy a Blu-ray player? I know I would.
It seems like an idea Sony would hate but Netflix would be all about. I would give Netflix money if they made this happen.