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Hulu and YouTube to come to the Xbox 360?
BY Antonio Hernandez Dec. 21st, 2008 More on:

So the New Xbox Experience is out, people are watching their Netflix and playing their games. It seems to be going over well, and one would think Microsoft would be done with their update. Well, any thoughts that they were finished were quickly erased in a New York Times interview with Shane Kim, who now heads the strategy and development department for the Xbox 360. In the interview Kim hints that they are far from done with the NXE. In fact, Microsoft is “just beginning to scratch the surface” when it comes to their deal with Netflix and other services.

Apparently, Kim imagines a world where 360 users could watch a sports game and chat with friends over LIVE, and also hinted at adding a music service (please not another one) for use on the Xbox 360. However, Kim has no plans to put a browser on the 360, explaining that “we are about delivering higher-quality experience, not having the most varied experiences.” Instead, it seems that Microsoft’s interests lie in cutting deals with video services in order to fulfill that dream of sports watching on the 360.

In the article, the author paraphrases Kim’s idea: “He argued that while there might be hundreds of video sites, most of the activity was concentrating on a handful of sites like Hulu and YouTube. So his first instinct is to cut a handful of deals that integrate the Xbox more deeply into such sites.”

Personally, I can get YouTube on virtually every other device on the planet, so this really isn’t a big deal. However, Hulu, which allows users to stream entire shows and movies, is something that may benefit the 360.

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    1. Gmagnum
      December 21st, 2008
      at 11:21 pm

      Watching shows on Hulu on my TV would be great

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      FFS
      December 22nd, 2008
      at 5:44 am

      WTF, you all chat about Netflex, tv shows, ect….WHAT ABOUT US IN THE UK, we get F@=k all….Loads of people over here are buying PS3`s, im gutted at that, due to supporting MS for years…In the UK, we have nothing to talk about regarding the 360, about time MS got of their arse and sorted things out.

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      HiTechH8
      December 22nd, 2008
      at 7:46 am

      I already get Hulu, YouTube, ESPN, & CBS on my Xbox 360 using Playon.

      http://www.themediamall.com/playon

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      PantherDST
      December 22nd, 2008
      at 7:59 am

      Already available on the PS3…through the browser.

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      Dork
      December 22nd, 2008
      at 2:07 pm

      Why not? PS3 doesn’t and when has anything stopped MS from copying another company? ZING!

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      Mitch
      December 23rd, 2008
      at 1:00 am

      Music Service = Zune Marketplace, which when used with Zune Pass results in the ultimate music playing machine.

      Hulu support is all I would need.

      @FFS, you just explained why MS isn’t putting stuff on in Europe, both restrictions by the EU and people have chosen the PS3 for the most part.
      @HiTech, why pay for something that is free.
      @Panther, last I heard you couldn’t use fullscreen, I maybe wrong.
      @Dork…yup name says it all.

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