In addition to the on-demand movie and music offerings in its marketplace, for $60 per year Xbox owners could access their existing accounts on Netflix, ESPN 360, Hulu Plus, HBO GO and YouTube.
Would you be willing to pay an extra dollar or two per month for Xbox Live if you were able to watch live TV on it?
Users spend an average of 87 hours on the Xbox per month, with the majority of that being non-game content.
Pay-per-view, video-on-demand, Xbox, iTunes and hotel rooms: puny movie selections.
Truth is, life is teeming with opportunities to see movies: movie theaters, video stores, DVD-by-mail services, TV movie channels, pay-per-view, video-on-demand, Xbox 360, iTunes, Internet downloads, hotel rooms, airplanes and so on.
Available first to customers in Germany and the U.K., the initial lineup of available tech products for rental will include the Xbox One (£39.90 per month), Apple Watch (from £34.90 per month), and the Parrot Bebop Drone (£79.90 per month).
But is it worth the $500 sticker price, not to mention the $60 per year for an Xbox Live Gold membership?
The not so subtle "what doesn't this ad say?" is that Xbox Live costs $50 per year.
It runs a native 1080p resolution at 30 frames per second on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One; the PC version is 4K resolution compatible and supports 60fps.
You get to choose between an Xbox One S for $22 per month or an Xbox One X for $35 per month.
