Microsoft prepping music streaming service, Xbox tie-in possible
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Jul 13th 2009 at 5:29PM } 
Having already announced support for another music streaming service on Xbox, Last.fm, it's surprising to hear this announcement so soon after E3. It's not surprising, however, to think Microsoft would prefer to see its own service on the Xbox 360 as well. After all, the company has seen sizable success in renting movies and selling television shows on Xbox Live Marketplace, making music the next logical step.
With Microsoft set to unveil the Zune HD this fall, we wouldn't be surprised to see the new music service tying into the new Zune Video marketplace as well.
[Via Xboxic]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
skyzbig @ Jul 13th 2009 5:36PM
Wonder if Sony Music will play ball.
Rob @ Jul 13th 2009 5:45PM
I have the sneaking suspicion that they might not.
MystileArmor @ Jul 13th 2009 7:22PM
There is waaay to much money to be made for Sony to pass it up, if they had a choice. Which I doubt.
I don't think you can say "I don't want you to play my music". Radio stations play whatever the hell they feel like. As long as you pay the royalties.
Internet streaming is no different.
AoE @ Jul 13th 2009 8:27PM
@MystileArmor,
That may be true, but find me a single Sony movie on the xbox live video marketplace. Which if memory serves is the #2 online video purchasing source, behind iTunes. If Sony can afford to keep their movies off XBLVM, why not their music too?
Dance Mofo @ Jul 13th 2009 9:29PM
@AoE, what about MGM? Sony owns them or part of them, right?
mahouneko @ Jul 14th 2009 1:48AM
Sony owns Columbia. I'm not so sure about MGM.
The PS3 has a web browser which can watch videos on YouTube and access websites like Facebook and whatnot. I don't remember if the Xbox 360 has a web browser or not, because if not, then it would make sense why Microsoft would talk about Twitter and whatnot on the 360.
mahouneko @ Jul 14th 2009 1:52AM
Having looked through Wiki and their respective websites, Columbia is wholly owned by Sony whereas MGM is partially owned by Sony.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mgm
UK31337 @ Jul 13th 2009 5:45PM
I'm surprised that Spotify hasn't been mentioned before now with regards to the 360. It would probably work quite well but it's not available in the US at all so Microsoft will dismiss it out of hand no doubt.
AoE @ Jul 13th 2009 8:27PM
Ah yeah, this is true, like they did with SkyTV.
MC Double Def DP @ Jul 13th 2009 5:46PM
This is a lil baffling after announcing Last.FM for the 360. oh well, the more the merrier.
Checkers @ Jul 13th 2009 5:47PM
Yeah, well, this won't be as good as the one from Google - oh, wait, that's right, there's NOTHING from Google like this.
I have to laugh, anybody thinking a bunch of search geeks are going to take on & defeat the Redmond crowd. Notgonnahappen.
nukee @ Jul 13th 2009 5:49PM
Idiot.
Squirtforce @ Jul 13th 2009 5:50PM
The fuck are you talking about?
Ashitaka @ Jul 13th 2009 5:54PM
Just wait until Google Wave and Google's operative system ^^
Jakka (DSG Defence Force!) @ Jul 13th 2009 5:56PM
Off-Top aside, Google might be the fastest evolving company ever, given how within ten years they went from nothing to the giants they are now. In fact, they've just announced Chrome OS. One it inevitably become more popular than both Linux and Mac OS combined, they'll definitely get busy with a streaming service :D
Jeph @ Jul 13th 2009 6:12PM
^^idiot
Neptune @ Jul 13th 2009 8:18PM
Jakka, the Chrome OS -is- Linux, but they are going to use a new windowing system.
Arnie @ Jul 13th 2009 6:44PM
Where is the podcast Richard???
Mark @ Jul 13th 2009 6:48PM
that's the least of Microsofts problems. Sony have launched a free VIDEO streaming service, and they are messing around with AUDIO only streaming services.
Sony's free Vidzone (with 15k music videos to choose from, all in VERY decent quality) makes all of Microsofts payfor offerings laughable.
MystileArmor @ Jul 13th 2009 7:31PM
Good luck trying to watch a video while playing a game.
Anthology @ Jul 13th 2009 8:10PM
The fact that you said "music videos" and "decent" in the same sentence made me lol.
AoE @ Jul 13th 2009 8:30PM
@Mark,
Wake me when it's proper movies and television episodes. Free music videos? Whoopty-doo, you can get those all over the internet, and also on xbox live (they've been doing the artist of the month thing since early 2006).
Ashitaka @ Jul 13th 2009 10:01PM
Wake me when it's proper movies and television episodes. Free music videos? Whoopty-doo, you can get those all over the internet.
Yeah, because you totally can't get proper movies and television episodes all over the internet.
eeeeeeeeeeee @ Jul 13th 2009 6:50PM
LOL, keep up Microsoft, Sony offer free VIDEO streaming with Vidzone, and you are offering PAY-FOR AUDIO...
Instant Fail
AoE @ Jul 13th 2009 8:33PM
eeeeeeeeeeee reading fail. Where does MS talk about charging for their service? They liken it to another service that has two listening models, ad-based and subscription based. In your efforts to be the perfect fanboy you... well, i guess you succeeded since you're talking nonsense, capitalizing things strangely, etc.
Paper @ Jul 13th 2009 7:30PM
Just concentrate on getting us some decent non-fps games.
Jrod @ Jul 13th 2009 11:09PM
The Zune is a good piece of hardware,it's the software and music organization that I hated about it.
quinakin @ Jul 14th 2009 8:48AM
Attn MS: Get LaLa