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I'm very impressed by the XBox 360 top-level UI. It is now the primary channel for me to consume Netflix. That honor belonged to my Mac Mini controlled via iPad
by throwaway1979 14y ago
I'm very impressed by the XBox 360 top-level UI. It is now the primary channel for me to consume Netflix. That honor belonged to my Mac Mini controlled via iPad until recently. That said, there are some deep problems:
1) Charging for XBox live Gold is annoying from a customer's perspectively. I only got XBOX live Gold recently because they were giving away 5 free games. I doubt the better UX of netflix is sufficient to get me to pay for this service.
2) Content pricing
The cost of movies/tv shows on Xbox live is pretty steep. I'd rather drive to my local redbox to get the latest movies. If they charged 2-3 dollars for 24 hour rental (a 100-200% higher cost than redbox, I'd use them for sure).
- akanster 14y agoRE: point #2. To be fair you should also factor in the time, effort and gas it takes to go to Redbox, wait in line to rent and return discs. All the while hoping that new release is available and not scratched up. For most of us, that extra $2 to get it from Xbox is money well spent.
- prg318 14y agoRedbox is a movie rental vending machine (AFAIK there are not any stores). You don't really need to ever wait in line for it in my experience. There is a redbox at almost every drug store in my area so it's much more convenient than paying the outrageous XBL prices.
- beersigns 14y agoIt depends on how close you live to a Redbox or if you stumble across them during the day. I only have to walk across the street to one & as as result have started using it a lot more over premium streaming services. They tend to have'm in grocery stores and other heavily trafficked areas as well. For reference I'm in the mid-west....