Everyone knows about Xbox, the gaming console developed by Microsoft. Microsoft has promised to change the Xbox. The Xbox is about the become more than just a gaming console, but a television and internet hub as well. There has been tons of people who brought X-Box just to watch DVD's and movies instead of getting DVD players. It is a growing trend that X-Box and even PS3 is being used outside of gaming. Xbox really encouraged that trend by being the first gaming console to partner up with Netflix. Soon after that, Xbox added partners such as ESPN, Hulu Plus, AT&T, U-verse, and last.fm. Each and every one of these partners have influence across the web as providers of entertainment.Not only that, Microsoft plans to add content from 40 other new partners to make the X-Box more diverse with a new upcoming update.
The new partners, or updated apps, to be unveiled soon include content from ESPN, Hulu, Netflix and MSNBC in the United States. Within the next few months, Xbox plans to make deals and add on YouTube, Best Buy's CinemaNow, HBO Go, Major League Baseball and Comcast's Xfinity On Demand. Time Warner, HBO's parent company, also owns CNN. Though Apple maybe the dominant power house in tablets and Google in smart phones, Microsoft will be the leader in an interactive television and entertainment market.
I think this incorporation can hurt our economy, but do good in the long run. The Xbox will definitely get rid of satellite and cable which play a pretty big part in the economy. With the fall of these two technologies, the economy might fall quite a bit. The Xbox has potential to join markets as well as expand markets. With the Xbox more people who watch movies might think to play games and more people who play games might want to use Netflix. Xbox is just one of few technologies that are integrating our markets now.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/05/tech/gaming-gadgets/xbox-upgrades-microsoft/index.html
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