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Microsoft and Sky in talks to sell discounted Xbox One with TV subscriptions
According to this article on Neowin.net, Microsoft has been in discussions with Sky aimed at securing a deal whereby Sky would sell the Xbox One to its customers with its TV and broadband subscriptions, with the device being made available to subscribers "at a hugely reduced cost".
It will be interesting to see whether this story is true and whether it will be offered to existing customers or new customers only.
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Re: Microsoft and Sky in talks to sell discounted Xbox One with TV subscriptions
Sounds interesting, my questions to the sky dev team have so far go unanswered but articles like this give me hope.
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Re: Microsoft and Sky in talks to sell discounted Xbox One with TV subscriptions
It's sad that even the board room forum is not being manned as much as it should Originally Posted by speedyrite Yes like most of our questions to Sky on any matters of significance, as far as I can see!
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Re: Microsoft and Sky in talks to sell discounted Xbox One with TV subscriptions
There are more details in Neowin's source article HERE.
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Re: Microsoft and Sky in talks to sell discounted Xbox One with TV subscriptions
Nice idea but Sky have now responded to the claim:
Sky committed to 'longstanding partnership' with Xbox - but won't sell its hardware | Games industry news | MCV
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Re: Microsoft and Sky in talks to sell discounted Xbox One with TV subscriptions
Shame.
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Re: Microsoft and Sky in talks to sell discounted Xbox One with TV subscriptions
So much for "Sources familiar with the situation"
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Re: Microsoft and Sky in talks to sell discounted Xbox One with TV subscriptions
I have no different knowledge on this, but the Xbox One is a HDMI pass through box, so given Sky's history of having a close relationship with Microsoft then I wouldn't be surprised if there are new Apps launched exclusively to Xbox.
Obviously any NDA would mean both parties denying this until ready to launch.
Furthermore Sky doesn't usually publicly announce a new service until it is ready to go to on sale.
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Re: Microsoft and Sky in talks to sell discounted Xbox One with TV subscriptions
After today's revelations, i wouldn't have an xbone if they were giving it away:
microsoft kills game ownership & expects us to smile
I just hope sony don't go down the same road...Last time they shipped a console that didn't work by accident. Here's one that doesn't work on purpose.
Bet they do though.
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