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    Edited By BradNicholson

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    Hulu Plus may be coming to Xbox Live soon--like, in two days “soon” soon. Joystiq has obtained what it believes to be an authentic scan of the upcoming June issue of Official Xbox Magazine, and in the pages, the rag straight-up states that the service will hit April 29. That's a date that jives with what Microsoft has said in the past, as Kinect-enabled Hulu Plus has always been slated for an eventual “spring” 2011 release.  

    Microsoft has not commented on the April 29 date as of yet.

    Interestingly, Microsoft will be some major marketing dollars behind the launch, so says the magazine. For a solid month, the publisher will reportedly be randomly giving out prizes like free Xbox 360 bundles or resort trips to users of the service. I guess that’s neat, but it’s not like you don’t already have a 360, right?

    Unless, of course, your chance to win isn’t just tied to you using the service on your 360--that is unclear at the moment. Chances are we'll know soon enough. April 29 is only two days away.
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    #1  Edited By BradNicholson

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    Hulu Plus may be coming to Xbox Live soon--like, in two days “soon” soon. Joystiq has obtained what it believes to be an authentic scan of the upcoming June issue of Official Xbox Magazine, and in the pages, the rag straight-up states that the service will hit April 29. That's a date that jives with what Microsoft has said in the past, as Kinect-enabled Hulu Plus has always been slated for an eventual “spring” 2011 release.  

    Microsoft has not commented on the April 29 date as of yet.

    Interestingly, Microsoft will be some major marketing dollars behind the launch, so says the magazine. For a solid month, the publisher will reportedly be randomly giving out prizes like free Xbox 360 bundles or resort trips to users of the service. I guess that’s neat, but it’s not like you don’t already have a 360, right?

    Unless, of course, your chance to win isn’t just tied to you using the service on your 360--that is unclear at the moment. Chances are we'll know soon enough. April 29 is only two days away.
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    #2  Edited By lacke

    US only I guess.

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    #3  Edited By tofford

    Shame I dont have Hulu

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    #4  Edited By Shabs

    Wish we had Hulu in Canada.

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    #5  Edited By Wolverine

    Great, now I can pay another $8 a month for another thing I get for free on my PC!

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    #6  Edited By striderno9

    Thats cool. Not going to use it but for those that do.

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    #7  Edited By delta_ass

    It's gonna be free to those who pay for gold, right? Right?

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    #8  Edited By jacdg

    Yaaaaay, oh wait, silly me I don't access to stuff like Hulu or Netflix or any other cool shit, stupid country.

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    #9  Edited By Colt
    @Wolverine: Hulu plus isnt free...
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    #10  Edited By warmonked

    I gonna guess you have to pay for Hulu plus and Xbox Live Gold. MEH!

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    #11  Edited By Daveyo520

    How much does it cost?

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    #12  Edited By Stayfone
    @lacke said:
    " US only I guess. "
    .
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    #13  Edited By Mr_Skeleton
    @lacke said:
    "

                        US only I guess.

                       

                    "

    Doesn't the magical land of Canadia also get Hulu?
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    #14  Edited By Wolverine
    @Colt said:
    " @Wolverine: Hulu plus isnt free... "
    Yes, but the biggest feature you get with Hulu Plus is that you can watch Hulu content on other devices besides your PC. You get access to hardly any more content and you still have to watch ads.
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    #15  Edited By MOAB

    mlb.tv plz

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    #16  Edited By Gerhabio

    Umm, uay?

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    #17  Edited By White_Silhouette
    @Mr_Skeleton said:
    " @lacke said:
    " US only I guess.         "
    Doesn't the magical land of Canadia also get Hulu? "
    Nope.
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    #18  Edited By foggel

    Better selection in European Zune please!

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    #19  Edited By Saga

    MS knows how to do it

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    #20  Edited By deadmenrise

    I'm actually really happy about this. I got rid of cable over a year ago and have been using Netflix and Hulu as my main source since so being able to watch Hulu on my 360 instead of on my PC will be awesome.

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    #21  Edited By PaulKemp

    Seems like MS is putting a lot of dollars into development and marketing of those.kind of services like netflix, huluand the like. That is good for you us guys, but really dice for the rest of us international users. I guess that least 50% of the xb live subscribers are non us. We are paying the same for the service but not getting the and content. I understand why, but I still feel ripped off. I wish they used more money on different stuff that gained the whole lot.

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    #22  Edited By Allison
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    #23  Edited By spdiscus

    Excellent. Haven't been able to watch some shows since PSN went down.

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    #24  Edited By rmanthorp  Moderator
    @Allison said:
    " Oh god... is Brad Nicholson.... GHOSTPOSTING? "
    Haha, he has posted a couple of news stories recently.
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    #25  Edited By ptc

    This is for reals, according to OXM.  I actually read the real article in the real magazine.  Thems scans are accurate.   Now, the only question is whether or not OXM got the straight dope.

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    #26  Edited By Getz
    @Delta_Ass said:
    " It's gonna be free to those who pay for gold, right? Right? "
    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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    #27  Edited By chads92

    HEy I have HULU on my pc and its FOR FREEEEEE

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    #28  Edited By Choffy

    Even less reason to keep my PS3 now. All that's left is Blu-ray and Uncharted 3 at this point.

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    #29  Edited By mnzy
    @lacke said:
    " US only I guess. "
    You can't expect a multi billion dollar company like Microsoft to think about more than one country, come on!
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    #30  Edited By AndrewB

    Same content as netflix at the cost of a gold membership. YES!


    Okay, I'm so not the first snarky comment, but come on... the gold membership requirement is ridiculous.
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    #31  Edited By Rudy

    Trust me... Hulu Plus is actually Hulu Minus... You'll get less content actually available to stream to your TV/xbox then you can on the PC.  Nothing on my instant queue was available to me to stream to a television versus the PC earlier this year when I trialed Hulu +.


    This will be a FAIL... trust me.
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    #32  Edited By BonOrbitz

    I'd be excited if Hulu Plus had more of what I watched on cable...

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    #33  Edited By MrKlorox

    Cool, but I've had non-plus Hulu on my consoles for about a year now using PlayOn. Also have it on PSP via Remote Play from my PS3, as well as on my Android.

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    #34  Edited By Branthog

    Yet another crap service that I'll have to scroll past ads and buttons for in the crappy 360 interface. I tried to watch something on Hulu once, but after two minutes its said I needed to join and pay them a subscription fee to watch more. So I said "fuck it" and went to EZTV and downloaded it.

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    #35  Edited By FoolInjection

    I also have to echo the statements of the international and non-USA users here.
    It's nice that Microsoft is getting these kinds of services for 360 but really it does seem a bit lop-sided.
    The US seems to get a lot of extra stuff that the UK never gets.

    We pay more in some cases because of currency conversion rates etc... and get less content.

    Although I heard a rumour that the BBC iPlayer was meant to be coming to 360 but because Microsoft wanted it to be a Gold Members only thing... and with the BBC being paid for already by the public through a TV licence... the BBC wouldn't allow them to charge for access to it and it was dropped all together.

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    #36  Edited By Nightfang
    @StriderNo9 said:
    " Thats cool. Not going to use it but for those that do. "
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    #37  Edited By MordeaniisChaos
    @FoolInjection said:
    " I also have to echo the statements of the international and non-USA users here.It's nice that Microsoft is getting these kinds of services for 360 but really it does seem a bit lop-sided.The US seems to get a lot of extra stuff that the UK never gets.We pay more in some cases because of currency conversion rates etc... and get less content.Although I heard a rumour that the BBC iPlayer was meant to be coming to 360 but because Microsoft wanted it to be a Gold Members only thing... and with the BBC being paid for already by the public through a TV licence... the BBC wouldn't allow them to charge for access to it and it was dropped all together. "
    It's not just MS that is getting in the way of that, to be fair. Like the example you gave, a lot of time it's a lack of options and cooperation from the other side as well as Microsoft's "our way or the high way" approach.
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    #38  Edited By xpgamer7

    How much can we make you pay? TOO MUCH!!!!

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    #39  Edited By DaStuph

    It'd be nice to use a combination of Hulu Plus and Netflix to cancel my damn overpriced basic cable. Looks promising.

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    #40  Edited By apoloimagod

    Great timing, after this whole PSN disaster...

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    #41  Edited By Orange

    Booo, we want free stuff.

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    #42  Edited By Stubert73

    Yeah, charge me to watch tv shows, plus make me watch advertising? No.

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    #43  Edited By Aaron_G

    That's nice. I won't use it though. 

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    #44  Edited By Rebirth1337

    I have a Netflix account so this isn't something I'll be getting.

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    #45  Edited By FoolInjection
    @MordeaniisChaos:  In my example though it shows more a lack of cooperation from Microsoft than the BBC.  Due to the UK laws the BBC can't allow people to charge for the services they provide as the mandatory TV licence does that and subsidises them.  It's not the BBC didn't want them to have it... they just can't let them lock it out behind a pay wall.

    If Microsoft really wanted that service... which I might add every other platform has, as its currently available on Wii and PS3, then they would have just allowed it to silver and gold members alike.

    I really do strongly feel that Microsoft view is that if you don't live in the USA then you aren't part of our long-term plans for the 360... if you don't like it... move to the USA or buy a PS3, we don't care.

    I work in a video games store and I can tell you, the Microsoft rep is woeful.  He'll come in and say things like... "No news for you this week, nothing happening... Check the upcoming E3 for any new announcements... oh and Forza 4 will be the next Kinect game... Kinect broke world records you know"... its like he has NOTHING to tell us of any merit.  Meanwhile the PS3 guy comes in with a laptop and a wealth of videos and information on upcoming stuff for the PSN.
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    #46  Edited By OldBoyGamer

    i hope so cuz i cant use it on my dead psn.... :(
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    #47  Edited By MeatSim

    Yea not paying for this.

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    #48  Edited By Airickson

    To be fair, Sky is not available in the US on Xbox live.  That would be a nice service here.

    It's hard to put ALL the blame on Microsoft for not offering all of these add-ons in all countries.  I imagine that said companies (i.e. Netflix, Hulu, etc.) are creating a portion of the limitation -- not solely Microsoft.

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