The real story is why they ever thought a movie store on Xbox was a good idea
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This is going to upset 10s of people
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Hopefully they focus their resources on whatever game studios remain.
Just make easy to access movies and films from other sources on XBox, we don't need a Microsoft monopoly on streaming.
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Microsoft had a movies and TV store?
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Remember when Microsoft was telling shareholders that the Xbox multimedia ecosystem was going to dominate living rooms everywhere, then people stopped hanging out in their living rooms?
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I can see Microsoft just being the Azure company at this rate. Then they’ll have to charge what it costs to run and a lot of companies will wish they had stayed cloud agnostic.
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"You'll still be able to access your content"
Yeah, until they release a new version of the launcher, or underlying framework, which prevents the old app to run, locking people out of the content they paid for.
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I remember when they killed their Games For Windows store and the games I'd bought on there just went poof. Never trust Microsoft to keep a digital storefront around, they'll delete it all at the drop of a hat.
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Remember when Xbox required a Live subscription to use the any streaming entertainment app?
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If you don't own the storage, you don't own the content. You're just renting it.
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You'll still be able to access content. But for how long?
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Ahoy.
Laughs in 1200 disc DVD collection
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First time I hear about this store...
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Oh well. They should have brought back the Zune. And my Nokia windows phone in bright yellow.
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Wait.. they had a movies and TV store?
It was terribly overpriced. No idea who used it.
You’ll still be able to access content you own
Haha yes, that was never in doubt.
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if you can still sign in, then i recommend linking your account to moviesanywhere for the time being so you can at least access any movies purchased there in other apps.
I never knew either of these things existed for Xbox or windows. Who is stupid enough to buy streaming movies or tv shows? Oh xbox and windows users. Makes sense.
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Microsoft slowly gutting everything to pay for another hit of Nvidia hard wear for their data centers.
Man, first Sony. Now Microsoft.
It’s only Apple and Google plus whatever fandango/vudu is right? That’s Walmart?
Current CEO isn’t interested in anything consumer-related.
I'd be deeply surprised if their TV and movie section even paid for the upkeep. Certainly I'd be surprised if anyone was spending money on it anymore. People have to know it's just a matter of time. You might as well light on fire any money you spend there.
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