Xbox Live Video had a booming year

Online entertainment sure was the hottest thing this year. With Time Magazine naming each and every person contributing to user-generated content on the worldwide web as their Person of the Year, that ought to be more than enough affirmation that indeed, there’s now way to go but up for both downloads and uploads.

But apart from YouTube, which dominates the content-sharing scene, Xbox Live Video showed that it is the leading choice when it comes to video downloads. Now, although there isn’t exact sales figures to date, people have agreed that “it is the most, and maybe only, positive story in digital movie downloads this year.”

It’s competition? Well, there’s Amazon.com’s digital download sales. But it’s taken quite a hit with the launch of Apple’s Disney movie downloads. So, how come the Xbox Live Video remains stable inspite of this?

For one, the Xbox 360’s direct connection to the TV and its focus on HD content allows a more efficient and hassle-free way for moviegoers to stay home and just watch a movie on their TV. And that’s the beauty of technology. Not only is it for gaming purposes, it also eliminates the need for you to go down the nearest video store just to get a copy of your desired video.

Some of the titles included in Microsoft‘s Top Ten video downloads chart are V for Vendetta, South Park, The Lake House, Failure to Launch and CSI. Abstracting from these titles, its fairly easy to say that the patrons of Xbox Live Video is actually a rather diverse bunch, and not necessarily conformed to the gamers demographics.

All in all, this is looking good for Microsoft. Let’s see how it holds up next year, now that the PS3 is around, and also planning on hosting movie downloads.

Via Variety

Online entertainment sure was the hottest thing this year. With Time Magazine naming each and every person contributing to user-generated content on the worldwide web as their Person of the Year, that ought to be more than enough affirmation that indeed, there’s now way to go but up for both downloads and uploads.

But apart from YouTube, which dominates the content-sharing scene, Xbox Live Video showed that it is the leading choice when it comes to video downloads. Now, although there isn’t exact sales figures to date, people have agreed that “it is the most, and maybe only, positive story in digital movie downloads this year.”

It’s competition? Well, there’s Amazon.com’s digital download sales. But it’s taken quite a hit with the launch of Apple’s Disney movie downloads. So, how come the Xbox Live Video remains stable inspite of this?

For one, the Xbox 360’s direct connection to the TV and its focus on HD content allows a more efficient and hassle-free way for moviegoers to stay home and just watch a movie on their TV. And that’s the beauty of technology. Not only is it for gaming purposes, it also eliminates the need for you to go down the nearest video store just to get a copy of your desired video.

Some of the titles included in Microsoft‘s Top Ten video downloads chart are V for Vendetta, South Park, The Lake House, Failure to Launch and CSI. Abstracting from these titles, its fairly easy to say that the patrons of Xbox Live Video is actually a rather diverse bunch, and not necessarily conformed to the gamers demographics.

All in all, this is looking good for Microsoft. Let’s see how it holds up next year, now that the PS3 is around, and also planning on hosting movie downloads.

Via Variety