Verizon has announced a new feature and related promotion that suggests it is “taking a much more active interest in video games for both distribution and new customers,” reports Mashable.
“FiOS customers who subscribe to both FiOS TV and FiOS Internet and are Xbox LIVE Gold members can use their Xbox consoles to watch select live FiOS TV channels. No extra hardware,” explains a post in the Verizon Forum. “Plus, for the first time, Kinect for Xbox 360 will be integrated into the TV experience, allowing customers to use voice and gesture commands to control their TV viewing.”
Initially, only 26 channels will be available starting in December.
For $89.99, you can get triple-play service, a limited Xbox LIVE Gold membership and a sponsor spot for Machinima’s Gamers’ Choice Award.
It seems apparent that this announcement is part of a larger trend. From the Mashable post: “Consoles like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PS3 are branching out of their own gaming shells by incorporating video streaming from Netflix, music libraries and of course its built in DVD player. Sony is pushing the PS3 into 3D gaming and programing while Microsoft is incorporating its gesture-based Kinect peripheral into how users browse through all sorts of media content.”
Rob ScottDecember 1, 2011 at 04:03am
It seems apparent that this announcement is part of a larger trend. From the Mashable post: “Consoles like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PS3 are branching out of their own gaming shells by incorporating video streaming from Netflix, music libraries and of course its built in DVD player. Sony is pushing the PS3 into 3D gaming and programing while Microsoft is incorporating its gesture-based Kinect peripheral into how users browse through all sorts of media content.”
Verizon has announced a new feature and related promotion that suggests it is “taking a much more active interest in video games for both distribution and new customers,” reports Mashable.
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It seems apparent that this announcement is part of a larger trend. From the Mashable post: “Consoles like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PS3 are branching out of their own gaming shells by incorporating video streaming from Netflix, music libraries and of course its built in DVD player. Sony is pushing the PS3 into 3D gaming and programing while Microsoft is incorporating its gesture-based Kinect peripheral into how users browse through all sorts of media content.”
It seems apparent that this announcement is part of a larger trend. From the Mashable post: “Consoles like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PS3 are branching out of their own gaming shells by incorporating video streaming from Netflix, music libraries and of course its built in DVD player. Sony is pushing the PS3 into 3D gaming and programing while Microsoft is incorporating its gesture-based Kinect peripheral into how users browse through all sorts of media content.”
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