Microsoft honoring MJ with free Thriller video download (update)

by Griffin McElroy on Jun 28th 2009 11:30AM

We're all still reeling from the passing of the King of Pop, but fortunately, Microsoft's got a nice (albeit brief) memorial for Michael Jackson up on Xbox Live. This weekend only, the Video Marketplace is giving away the full, ten-minute version of MJ's classic "Thriller" music video for your viewing pleasure. Yep, the greatest music video of all time is free to download until the end of the day today.

It's a nice gesture -- but why not just make the video permanently free? We're not sure these wounds will heal in such a short period of time.

Update: Looks like they've already take the deal down. If you don't feel like paying two dollars to watch a music video (and you shouldn't), you can just watch it on YouTube for free.

[Xbox Live Marketplace link - US only (and no longer free)]

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Tags: michael-jackson, Microsoft, music-video, thriller, video, video-marketplace, Xbox-360, xbox-live

Reader Comments (163)

Pretty cool. Too bad my 360 got stolen. Come on PSN!

Download Vidzone of the EU store and you can watch all Jackson's songs and watch some Hannah Montana.

-1 for even mentioning Hannah Montana.

How did you not realise that was a joke.

Regardless,... you brought her up. You shouldn't. Just reading the name of that squirbil (Squirrel and a gerbil hybrid) brings out crazy apeshit-rage in me.

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night.

And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike...

Fucking Awesome, who doesnt love thriller.

Thanks! In my queue.

Everybody loves you when you're dead. Even Microsoft.

Is it wrong that I have _never_ seen this music video?

I can't find the video in the marketplace... is this US only?

It might be, try using this link
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/fbed879f-75ab-451b-a0e5-252dcdea61e2/?bt=0&sb=1&mt=128&gu=fbed879f-75ab-451b-a0e5-252dcdea61e2&p=1&of=0

"Sorry, this page is unavailable"

Free but we cant even download it. Wow.

Yep. I can't download it with my US locale XBL account either. I could try and proxy it, but that's far too much trouble and may not even work then. Fuck you Microsoft and your ass-backwards approach to any non-US marketplace.

I don't know if it will matter, but try this link. It worked for me. (in US)
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/fbed879f-75ab-451b-a0e5-252dcdea61e2/

It's not free on the marketplace, it's 160 points. What the dilly?

Yeah looks like MS is cheaping out on us a day early. Says 160 on the website and on the 360 marketplace.

I think reeling is a bit strong. NAMBLA may be reeling, I'm just fine.

See, mikecjenkins? You don't even know that you're reeling!

The video is region locked. I guess free, does not mean DRM free. :(

No love for Canada.. said not available in my region

What about non-Americans?
(What about us?)

To bad its not available on the marketplace.

Too bad.... hehe

Because I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it, I'm bad.

It was all allegations. He was a weird man, but there is no proof he did rape them. Thats why he was found innocent in court.

Douchebag.

Locked to US - can't even download it through my US account.

Thanks for leaving everyone else out again, MS.

Same here, I have a US account, paid for by a US Visa card. I will never get this region lock shit, pirate away I say! Yarrr!

Yeah, blame MS for the bullshit region laws in the US.

Best thing about watching Top Gear last week? The FIRST song they played was from Star Trek. How much did they pay for that? NOTHING.

Region laws? Don't know how those apply since the video is still available on the UK marketplace but costs 200 MS points.

Never mind though, it seems it's no longer free in the US now.

You don't fuck with the guy who made Thriller.

Uh, he was not found innocent in court.

@CJ

Right, and OJ was innocent too. That's why he was found innocent in court. Reality check: people with crap loads of money can get around the legal system if they really want to.

Dude paid hush money to the family of one of the kids he molested. You don't do that if you are innocent.

Not sure what it was called but he wasnt prosecuted. No evidence.

Really guys? Can we just ignore that for a minute and pay respects to a deceased man?

Anyway, this is a surprisingly classy move on MS's part, as Thriller is their top-selling music video of all time. And it works for me through my US account, too. Scroll down and hit Download in SD.

I agree, man. I feel sorry for those that don't live in the United States and can't enjoy what MS has done but you can't help but appreciate the gesture.

Doesnt work for me and i'm in ny. Says some dumb status code 8000404 and when I try it thru xbox.com it says not available in your region. WTF? Is it west coast only or something??

I agree. R.I.P. Ed McMahon, Michael Jackson, and Farah Fawcett.
No matter what a person is accused of during his/her life, it still hurts the same to the family and friends of said person. The families of these people are grieving and it seems like some of you people don't understand the grief because you've never experienced it.

A man who was ACCUSED of having sex with children. In civil suits. For money. By people with a background of attempted extortion.

Thriller is on the UK marketplace but for some reason it's still 200MSP, as with the other Jacko vids.

Aren't these same videos 160 in the US? Still, largely irrelevant as paying for music videos is daft.

Agreed. I might be able to fathom paying up to 200 MSP for an HD version of a 10 minute video like this... but most videos aren't even shot in HD for some retarded reason... plus they're usually only 4 minutes long.

Either way, if I'm going to pay for an SD music video, it'll be in DVD format and include more than one video.

Actually, Vcize, he was found innocent. He was Acquitted of all charges brought against him in the trial of 2006.. You think you could have researched that first, yeah?

Its sort of working on the US marketplace.I think MS is just having technical issues with it. Im downloading now.

Meh. Thriller is nice, but I would have prefered it if it was Smooth Criminal. Now that's a badass Michael Jackson music video.

This is ridiculous. No one knows if he did it, and I certainly can't prove that he didn't. Either way, he passed away last week, so I think it would be best if we could leave our accusations at the door and pay some respect.

Or at least make jokes about his game, Moonwalker. That's good stuff.

And if he went to heaven, I'll chat with him, k?

You know what nobody seems to consider? Say he did rape some kids and he was able to hush their parents with money. Shouldn't we be worried that these parents are pimping out their kids, for all intents and purposes? So in that scenario, who's the bigger monster?

Microsoft must think only the US liked Michael Jackson... :S

If it was free for life, he's family wouldn't recieve money for it

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