Lionsgate joins Xbox 360 Video Marketplace
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Jan 9th 2007 at 2:53PM }
Lionsgate will soon join fellow movie distributors on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace, bringing targeted content to Xbox 360 gamers. "The Xbox gamer is the same moviegoer who wants to watch Saw III or Crank," remarked executive VP Jon Ferro. Ah yes, torture and meth labs ... you've got us all figured out, don't you, Mr. Ferro?Other Lionsgate titles destined for XBLVM: An American Haunting, Blair Witch Project, The Descent, Employee of the Month, Hard Candy, Ninth Gate, The Punisher, Requiem for a Dream, See No Evil, and Stir of Echoes.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Virtua Fanboy @ Jan 9th 2007 3:06PM
I guess he's got a point. Xbox owners all tend to own a shooter in which they have fun killing something or someone at one time or another. lol /sarcasm
B33 @ Jan 9th 2007 3:08PM
Funny thing is, Lionsgate is a big supporter of Blu-Ray...
SquirrelPhister @ Jan 9th 2007 3:07PM
Crank had nothing to do with meth, dude
KaneRobot @ Jan 9th 2007 3:11PM
Interesting - nice Lionsgate is making nice with MS here, I wonder if it'll lead to HD-DVD support in the near future. Not that downloads and physical media are the same thing in regards to stuff like this, but Lionsgate IS one of the companies strongly rumored to be going from Blu-Ray exclusive to "on the fence," supporting both formats.
Markster @ Jan 9th 2007 3:19PM
Targeted movies are not what MS needs.
If Microsoft wants to really push the 360 as a content distribution box, then they need content that appeals to more than the demographic that *they already sell to*.
Wait-- I just looked up a list of Lion's Gate films. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Entertainment#List_of_Lionsgate_films)
Looks like this list is actually representative of the movies they make.
Asian guy from King of the Hill @ Jan 9th 2007 5:26PM
Funny thing is, Lionsgate is a big supporter of Blu-Ray.
Everyone supports Blu-Ray except Universal and Mr. Gates and Co.
raging_evil @ Jan 9th 2007 5:10PM
Well more content is good. I just would hope more of it is in HD. They added a couple of recent movies a couple of days ago but they weren't in HD. What's the point of that, I can just watch HBO in standard def. More High Def content.
I also wish they would release a game trailer in 1080p. I have a nice set with no 1080p content.
Duo @ Jan 9th 2007 5:14PM
I happen to like the 360, but I have no interest in watching either Saw III or Crank.
Sanchinos @ Jan 10th 2007 11:43AM
No, the funny thing is that Lionsgate is based in Canada but their content won't even be distributed in Canada because the video marketplace is only accessible to customers in the US!
Eric B @ Jan 9th 2007 5:56PM
For those that haven't seen it, Ninth Gate is a pretty underrated movie, imo. Worth a rental at the very least.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0142688/
David @ Jan 9th 2007 6:29PM
Maybe HD-DVD is going away to just getting it on the Xbox instead since there's a bunch of crap being released on HD-DVD (like Fireplace HD)?
jason @ Jan 10th 2007 3:54PM
When will they stop charging a ridiculous amount of money for crappy content that isn't worth half what they ask? Someone should make some intelligent films (available)
John Tangor @ Jan 27th 2007 10:19AM
Any word on if/when this will be rolled out to Canada?