Will XBox One original TV programs drive sales?

Looks like they are beginning to launch in early 2014. If MS pulls an AMC (Mad Men, Walking Dead) or a TBS with original programming, will it spur sales?

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/16/original-tv-shows-landing-on-xbox-in-early-2014

Thoughts?

i think the market is too divergent for any one thing to be a 'killer app'.

i can't imagine the content would be immune to piracy, people would find ways to watch it which circumvents the whole buying an xbox one process

but at the same time i guess it depends. i don't know what this content is nor the appeal of it. however, i suspect an exclusive game would be far more effective at driving xbox one sales.

Essentially, this. At the end of the day, downloding shows is far more convenient than watching them on TV. There have been strides toward correcting this, but MS would really need a killer show.

Will Xbone original programming drive sales?

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I am a bit weary of it, since no actual shows have been announced.

Xbox watch microsoft. Yes they have a nice team together that includes the breaking bad people. Lol at people who think if microsoft has a good show that people won't watch. Most likely the same dopes that predicted diaster for xbox one lol

I doubt they're going to announce anything stellar, but i'd be happy to be proven wrong.

If it's exclusive to X1, how will it drive sales? It's speculation.

People get HBO just to watch TrueBlood.

I think coupled with the whole package, it could drive sales.

I wonder though, if they will allow people to just get Xbox Live w/o a console and watch it on a PC.

Just to watch? HBO harbours a few high-quality shows. I understand what you are trying to get at, but it isn't provable... Unless you wish to do so.

TV IS TV. again my wife watches this and gets into a show, and it has interactive elements to it which it will, you have no idea how marketable that could be. its a differentiator if you ask me

it honestly depends on how good the shows are.

IPTV, you have no idea what you are saying. Its coming just like PNF has said.

It might but I guarantee you it'll be available through Xbox Video, which is cross platform. Sony's gonna do the exact same thing with PSN but they have the advantage of having an in house movie studio via Sony Pictures.

lol@only gamers buy xbox consoles. I thought the cows said the xbone wasn't for gamers. if only gamers bought consoles the wii wouldn't have sold over 100 million units. Yeah you can buy a smart TV that does what the xbone does...for $2000. Chromecast doesn't come with anything special just streams from your computer and while I love my Roku box, it doesn't do what the xbone can. So the xbone does have a nice spot carved out for itself. It's just a matter of marketing it correctly. Since it is an all in one device that does many things they should market it differently to the different demographics it targets. People will buy it if they know what it does. I mean people are buying it now. It is a neat device when it's all said and done. I know people who bought one just because they liked the new tech and have no interest in gaming on it seriously. I also know people who bought it and are hardcore gamers. Seems to be just as Microsoft envisioned the product.

It's not impossible if the series is good enough. Which shouldn't be hard to be honest. Yet we have an abundant amount of shows that do suck.

IPTV elements definitely coming with these shows, basically going to have an xbox channel and you will have interactive elements, real time polls, real time votes, stats and other stuff. People are going to love it, I think women is a growing market and its growing in favor towards the xbox. alot of 2nd consoles purchased for the mancave, im getting an xbox one soon, a 2nd one for the MC

xbox one is the smartest tv

A smart TV that can do what they xbone does. You can't use voice commands on that $300 samsung. Can't skype chat either. Or use motion controls. Lol in all serious that $300 "smart" TV of yours isn't that smart compared to what is available today. It's 2013, when I say smart TV I mean the full blown 60 inch, web cam, motion controlled, voice controlled TVs that LG makes. You know, the ones that can do what the xbone does.

No, Cable/Satellite harbours numerous stations, with numerous shows. What your wife does, is anecdotal.

one more console. 4k gaming is the way to go, 2020 is going to have the tech world on pressure to deliver greatness. Its a big year for technology in 2020. I predict next console is xbox 2020. anyway, xbox one brand has a ton of selling points, is it about gamers? yes, is it about women? its trying to be, is it about dads and moms? yes, its about the brand, xbox live, and this I believe will be another added value in the ecosystem of the worlds smartest TV xbox one.

just because you don't doesn't mean other don't. You do not equal everyone else on earth. You should realize that by now. You sound like one of the cows who thought that no one would buy the xbone because they didn't want it.

not true, my voice commands of the xbox is an awesome feature. id only be upset if I lost that now, its very well down and its only getting better. so many more voice commands coming which is great.

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I love the idea of Tim Doggermania sitting down to watch Every Team United or that skater sitcom they're making and forcing himself to like it so he can go "HELL YEAH IT'S AWESOME XBOX WON @albertpenello" on Twitter.