Bootaaay
08 Nov 06, 12:02
Some Xbox Live members received an invitation to fill out a survey for Microsoft which details some ideas Microsoft are currently toying with for the 360;
http://www.xboxic.com/news/1949
Certain Xbox Live subscribers got an e-mail today asking for their participation in a super long survey earlier today. Normally surveys like these are boring, there’s a reason certain companies pay you to fill them in, but this one was rather interesting. It asked participants how interested they were in certain first party accessories and Live features. Among the subjects was a web browser, a joystick specifically designed for Xbox Live Arcade games, a mini-keyboard you can plug into your controller for text messaging and a black ‘premium’ controller.
http://files.xboxic.com/general/survey1.jpg
http://files.xboxic.com/general/survey2.jpg
How interested would you be in buying an Xbox 360 branded mini-keyboard plug-in device for your controller to make text messaging and chat easier, assuming it would cost between $19-$29?
Paying per song (~$0.99/song) to download music to your Xbox 360 hard drive from a music service. You would be able to use this service while playing a game.
Paying a subscription per month (~$14.99/mo) to stream any and all music to your Xbox360 from a library of over 2 Million songs. You would be able to use this service while playing a game.
Paying per video (~$19.99/movie, $1.99/TV show) to download standard definition full movies and TV shows to your Xbox360 hard drive
Renting movies (~$3.99/movie) that are downloaded in standard definition to your Xbox 360 until you watch them and then are deleted
Paying a subscription per month (~$5.99/mo) to access 10-20 internet radio stations streamed to your Xbox 360. You would be able to use this service while playing a game.
How interested would you be in using an integrated Xbox 360 Web browser that would allow you to access and browse the Internet over your Xbox Live connection?
How interested would you be in participating in beta tests for upcoming games if they cost an additional incremental fee?While these are all very interesting questions they still don’t guarantee that this stuff might actually happen. That said, Microsoft isn’t asking you about web browsers and ‘premium’ controllers because they’re bored and it’s safe to say that we’ll see at least one of these products if the demand is there.
Here's hoping Microsoft is exploring other products to offer on a subscription basis so they can make online gameplay free. I must say i'd be interested in purchasing music or movies on my 360 or even subscribing to gain access to a library of streaming music, but certainly not on top of my subscription to live.
The new controller sounds perfect and i'd definetly pay for it, as I hate the d-pad on the current 360 controller - it's the only thing wrong with what is otherwise the best controller available imho.
I don't like the look of that arcade stick though, if MS wants a good arcade stick made they should just phone up SNK and get them to bring their neo-geo pad to the 360.
http://www.xboxic.com/news/1949
Certain Xbox Live subscribers got an e-mail today asking for their participation in a super long survey earlier today. Normally surveys like these are boring, there’s a reason certain companies pay you to fill them in, but this one was rather interesting. It asked participants how interested they were in certain first party accessories and Live features. Among the subjects was a web browser, a joystick specifically designed for Xbox Live Arcade games, a mini-keyboard you can plug into your controller for text messaging and a black ‘premium’ controller.
http://files.xboxic.com/general/survey1.jpg
http://files.xboxic.com/general/survey2.jpg
How interested would you be in buying an Xbox 360 branded mini-keyboard plug-in device for your controller to make text messaging and chat easier, assuming it would cost between $19-$29?
Paying per song (~$0.99/song) to download music to your Xbox 360 hard drive from a music service. You would be able to use this service while playing a game.
Paying a subscription per month (~$14.99/mo) to stream any and all music to your Xbox360 from a library of over 2 Million songs. You would be able to use this service while playing a game.
Paying per video (~$19.99/movie, $1.99/TV show) to download standard definition full movies and TV shows to your Xbox360 hard drive
Renting movies (~$3.99/movie) that are downloaded in standard definition to your Xbox 360 until you watch them and then are deleted
Paying a subscription per month (~$5.99/mo) to access 10-20 internet radio stations streamed to your Xbox 360. You would be able to use this service while playing a game.
How interested would you be in using an integrated Xbox 360 Web browser that would allow you to access and browse the Internet over your Xbox Live connection?
How interested would you be in participating in beta tests for upcoming games if they cost an additional incremental fee?While these are all very interesting questions they still don’t guarantee that this stuff might actually happen. That said, Microsoft isn’t asking you about web browsers and ‘premium’ controllers because they’re bored and it’s safe to say that we’ll see at least one of these products if the demand is there.
Here's hoping Microsoft is exploring other products to offer on a subscription basis so they can make online gameplay free. I must say i'd be interested in purchasing music or movies on my 360 or even subscribing to gain access to a library of streaming music, but certainly not on top of my subscription to live.
The new controller sounds perfect and i'd definetly pay for it, as I hate the d-pad on the current 360 controller - it's the only thing wrong with what is otherwise the best controller available imho.
I don't like the look of that arcade stick though, if MS wants a good arcade stick made they should just phone up SNK and get them to bring their neo-geo pad to the 360.