Microsoft To Become Film Distributor Via Xbox 360 Live

A small indie British film will be the first to be released solely through a gaming console. Pulp, a crime caper about the comic book industry, will be available exclusively to users of Xbox 360 from today--and, says Microsoft, using its gaming system as an exclusive film distribution pipe will not be a one-off.

[vishant101]

1 Step closer to the halo movie one day it will happen.

[SJPFTW]

Rumour is Steven Spielberg has taken an interest in it and wants to direct it.

[kingmushroom]

which he dosn't

[Root]

That film looks awful...

[Jobesy]

I thought it looked pretty funny, I'll have to check it out.

[aviator189]

looks pretty enjoyable to me, but i hope they have sci-fi flicks in the future.

[Irishguy95]

**** taste you have young padawan.

Edit---

It's no "Names greatest comedies". So what? Still looks reasonably good, especially in this day and age when the comedy genre has collapsed in on itself.

[Root]

No there's taste and no taste

This film has no taste...it seems cheap and tacky

Seems like it was made by a bunch of douchebags...it's no Anchorman/Big Lebowski/Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz etc

[aviator189]

@above

and personal taste = opinion.
nothing wrong with having an opinion.

[Root]

"especially in this day and age when the comedy genre has collapsed in on itself."

Yeah and this film is a prime example of that

[Jek_Porkins]

If they could get great content like that Halo Forward Unto Dawn, I'd be down. People will dog Microsoft for branching out, but they have the money and resources to do more than one thing. The good news is that if you just like to game, you'll be covered, and if your like me and like to game and watch movies, shows and check out music and things like that, your covered too.

Options are a great thing. Honestly in the early days I'd play on Xbox 360 for a while, then watch movies on cable or listen to the stereo, now I pretty much never turn off my Xbox 360 during the day or evening.

[GalacticEmpire]

Yet more evidence that MS are focusing xbox on becoming some kind of media hub rather than a games console, it's getting really hard to ignore the signs now.

For the record, I think it's fine that a console has media or social features but the main priority should be gaming. Sony have come outright and said the gamer will be the main focus, now I want MS to do the same or they risk losing ALL their core fanbase.

[SDF Repellent]

Hmm, doesn't Sony like owns Columbia and Liongate, you know movie studios? So why can't Microsoft venture into new territory and try something new with all the cash they are raking in? No, they are not loosing their audiences, a console is an evolution just like cell phones. Who would have thought cell phones can be the swift Army Knife it is today, the main function is still a phone but people can't live without the other added functions and features like GPS and internet that are standard in today's smartphone. So my question is, what makes you think Microsoft will abandoned gaming because they are expanding their portfolios?

[GalacticEmpire]

Yeah of course, like I said I have no problem with a console manufacturer delving into new territories to expand media features on their platform. The issue lies in whether or not this is taking the spotlight over creating core gaming IP's and putting the needs of the core gamer first, something which MS has yet to put my mind at rest over.

Anyway, what makes me think Microsoft will abandon gaming? I don't think that they're abandoning gaming just that their focus is on a casual audience now, which seems very apparent to most gamers from MS's lack of new core IPs and Kinect focus.

[dcbronco]

Microsoft has over 50 billion dollars in cash and gain another 10 to 15 additional a year.

http://macdailynews.com/201...

They can walk and chew gum with that kind of money. So they can focus on a lot of stuff. Both consoles will have separate processors for media function so it won't have anything to do with gaming.

[maniacmayhem]

Xbox should take the recently (unbelievable) canceled Young Justice and Green Lantern:TAS and continue it on their service. They would have a guaranteed NextBox adopter. ME!

[TuxedoMoon]

Will this lead to a Halo movie? Maybe? MS's plans to rule your living room with the nextbox media hub seems to be working. This is very interesting.

[ThatXboxGuy]

Ugh..man..

Look Microsoft..this isn't what i mean when i say give us more new IPs! I can't take another freaking Halo..i just can't!