Hulu Could Be Heading to Xbox 360
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: hulu, microsoft, xbox, xbox360 | Themes: Digital Entertainment
While remaining as a rumor, as nothing yet has been set in stone, a particular tweet written by Attack of the Show's uber-hottie Olivia Munn has re-ignited fanboy chattery in regards to Hulu heading to the Xbox 360.
While remaining as a rumor,a particular tweet written by Attack of the Show's uber-hottie Olivia Munn has re-ignited fanboy chattery in regards to Hulu heading to the Xbox 360. She doesn't offer any details or explosive revelations regarding a possible integration into the Dashboard, but merely announces that she just "finished promos for (the) Hulu/Microsoft event I'm doing on June 8!"
Normally it would be easy to piece together: Hulu + Microsoft + June = a big E3 reveal. Unfortunately, this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo runs June 2 to June 4, ending four days before Munn's Hulu/Microsoft event. Still, that doesn't mean Microsoft isn't planning to announce a collaboration at the show; it just means that the planned event isn't taking place within the E3 timeframe.
Another clue to back up the Hulu/Xbox 360 theory is comments made by Microsoft's Shane Kim back in December. In an interview with the New York Times, he said that the company had no plans to build an Internet browser for the Xbox 360, but rather cut "a handful of deals" that integrate the Xbox more deeply into Hulu, YouTube, and a handful of other sites. The idea may actually seem outlandish, but then again the thought of integrating Netflix into the dashboard seemed just as outlandish at one time as well. "Who would rent movies through the Xbox?" Now it's hard to imagine the console without it.
Another piece to the Hulu/Xbox 360 puzzle points to Sky Player, a media content service similar to Hulu, but also offers live shows. Microsoft is currently integrating Sky Player into the European Xbox 360 XMB. Like Hulu, Sky Player provides premium live television both online and now through the Xbox 360, but will only provide a selection of channels, sports events, films, and television episodes. According to Register Hardware, Sky incorporates the Xbox Live avatars to bring an interactive element to sports games, and even allows the end-user to invite seven other friends into the room to watch a football match together. We assume this is possible with every show, whether it's an old movie or an episode of Doctor Who.
Many may question as to why the Xbox 360 even needs to stream live content from Hulu or even YouTube. A long time ago, Microsoft set out to create not only a gaming console, but a multimedia center where owners can sit down and listen to music, watch movies, and even enjoy other content outside the gaming arena. The original (vanilla) Xbox didn't quite accomplish that feat, but the current Xbox 360 is heading in that direction with the ability to rent and purchase media from the Marketplace, rent movies via Netflix, and now, hopefully, watch the latest episode of (Tuan's favorite) Nip/Tuck.
Microsoft's E3 press event is scheduled for Monday. Perhaps we'll hear an official announcement then, or sometime during the show next week.
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I use PlayOn for PS3 and it works quite well with all the above and others with a proper setup. XBOX360 is ostensibly supported.
Even if they do get it to work with Hulu, what are the odds of it getting through a whole movie without some kind of hardware malfunction?
It seems to me, Microsoft should be spending a little more money on that, unless they like their product being called the $hi#-box 360.
How about HULU be heading to EU sometime this century!!
I'm tired of waiting.
goddam consoles trying to copy pc's lol
That would be awesome. No more cable for me!
@Zoonie. Use a proxy, most can get around the country ban.
I bet there has to be some kind of catch if this is true. There is no way Microsoft is going to allow users to stream content that they are trying to sell on the Xbox Live Marketplace. I bet they will limit content to only items that don't overlap or they will add more commercials.
People actually still watch Attack of The Show??
@Zoonie. Use a proxy, most can get around the country ban.
Most proxies are too slow for convenient streaming.
They should put a Browser on really I mean it is a computer with internet access.. But then people would not bother with media pc at all? today's computer's are not much faster really just with four cores instead of 3 not needed 4 games anyway, unlike when the first x box came out and was already considered a slow computer. Now when ever people are getting over it they can just hype it up again with a new feature, But they could release a Full Browser tomorrow if they wanted to. Maybe when a good mod chip comes out hacking it completely Microsoft will have to catch up.
the rumor has been shot down... munn wasn't speaking of hulu on 360, but she's gonna air something on hulu for microsoft..
Even if they do get it to work with Hulu, what are the odds of it getting through a whole movie without some kind of hardware malfunction? It seems to me, Microsoft should be spending a little more money on that, unless they like their product being called the $hi#-box 360.
You must have one of the early 360's, I'm sorry for you. I got mine about a year ago and I havent had a single hardware problem with it. No crash or anything. So I would say Microsoft did spend money on fixing it and they succeded. Or are you waiting for a magical patch that will fix your hardware?
I bet there has to be some kind of catch if this is true. There is no way Microsoft is going to allow users to stream content that they are trying to sell on the Xbox Live Marketplace. I bet they will limit content to only items that don't overlap or they will add more commercials.
They allow users to watch any Netflix instant movies, some of which I'm sure they are trying to sell on their market place. But then again, one needs to pay for a Netflix account, and Hulu is free, so you may turn out to be right.
It doesn't matter what side of the fence you are on when it comes to consoles. I for one, have an XBOX 360 and love that it can play multiple formats out of the box. Why should I spend more money for another console just to add Blue-Ray?
Microsoft really has done a bang-up job when it comes to gaming/infotainment consoles. As for everyone else having console issues from either a RROD or something else, too bad. I have had two of them and it hasn't prevented me from embracing the system.
Maybe if Sony wants to attract more people, they should consider licensing out XBOX360 emulation!
Even if they do get it to work with Hulu, what are the odds of it getting through a whole movie without some kind of hardware malfunction? It seems to me, Microsoft should be spending a little more money on that, unless they like their product being called the $hi#-box 360.
Well for one thing, you're obviously talking out of your ass. Did you know that streaming video, downloading and using XBoxLive doesn't make the 360 overheat? It only needs to use a fraction of it's processing power to do any of these tasks reliably, which causes it to stay much cooler.. the fans do not even need to spin or they spin at an extremely low rpm, while interacting with content via XBox Live. Whether it's watching a movie, downloading a game or movie or chatting with friends.
They have spent money on fixing the hardware, the newer machines and serviced ones since Jasper released, are much improved over the original 360 hardware and not nearly as prone to failure.
Microsoft admitted they had a bad failure rate on the original 360s.. Yet, those who bash the console can't admit that MS has taken steps to fix it, nor can they admit MS has done a pretty damn good job in the console gaming division considering the 360 is only their 2nd entry in the market and is doing better than Sony is so far, this time around.
I bet there has to be some kind of catch if this is true. There is no way Microsoft is going to allow users to stream content that they are trying to sell on the Xbox Live Marketplace. I bet they will limit content to only items that don't overlap or they will add more commercials.
You're saying this as if they are evil for it???? It is sort of counter productive to offer things for free that they are in fact trying to sell........
yay?
INFERIOR versions of HD television programming with cross site advertisement tracking technology
wooo...
ABSOLUTELY NOT... especially not the payment model
This would be awesome. Excellent news. Hulu is great!
It's so much easier to turn on the xbox for media that hook my laptop up. I can't really upscale my laptop anyways. It get's slowdown. Stupid SMEPON single core processor. Computers are not the best for everything!