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Jade Links | Now Playing! Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store Comes to Canada
Now Playing! Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store Comes to Canada I know that everyone’s been excited to hear any news on the very popular Video Store on Xbox Live Marketplace coming to Canada, and I’ve got the lowdown for you! I was able to track down Scott Nocas, Global Marketing Manager, Xbox LIVE with Microsoft in Redmond, and ask him some questions about what Canadians can expect ...
Jade: Okay, Scott ... here’s the question that’s been on everyone’s mind: When will Canadians be able to download content from the Video Store on Xbox Live Marketplace?
Scott: It goes live at 4:01 p.m. PST on December 10th!
Jade: That’s such exciting news! Nice to see that Microsoft was able to get Canadians the Video Store before the end of Fall. Now, I know a lot of people expected that the Video Store would be launching in Canada with the Fall Update ... how come the launch is a week later?
Scott: We pushed it back because we thought that the service was big enough to deserve its own launch, and we wanted to make sure we tested everything and had it all ready so you had a great experience when you try it. Right away at launch, you’ll be able to download to your heart’s content.
Jade: Ah, that makes a lot of sense! Well, now that we know it’s coming on December 10th ... what will be available to Canadians at launch?
Scott: We’re going to have the same number of movies at launch in Canada that we had in the U.S. at launch. We have movies from Warner Bros., Maple Pictures and MPI. We’re going to have movies such as 300, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ocean’s 13, The Reaping, Delta Farce, Air Guitar Nation and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to name just a few.
Jade: If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend Air Guitar Nation. One of the funniest movies I’ve seen all year. Okay, Scott, those are some great movies to choose from, but how come no TV shows?
Scott: Any time we bring something new to Xbox Live Marketplace we want to make sure that it’s an amazing consumer experience. We make sure we have a ton of content and we make sure we have local content. We also want to bring it to multiple countries and, right now, we really wanted to focus on the movies because we felt that was really one of the better offerings that Xbox in the U.S. had.
Jade: And will anything be available in HD?
Scott: We’ll have content from all three of our partners in high definition, including 300, Ocean’s 13, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Condemned.
Jade: And now for the nickels and dimes, how much will the movies cost in Canada?
Scott: The pricing is comparable to what you see in Canada for other video on demand services. For Library titles, movies will be 300 Microsoft Points (Standard Definition) and 440 Points (High Definition), and for Current titles, they’ll be 440 Points (SD) and 580 Points (HD).
Jade: Is there anything else you’d like to share with the Canadian Xbox community?
Scott: Absolutely. We’ll be updating movies on a monthly basis. As new releases come in from our partners, we’ll put them up on the same day that everyone else has it, and we’ll be adding to the Library titles. At launch, the U.S. Video Store had 37 titles, but we now have over 300 movies. So, for Canada, we plan to aggressively add movies as fast as we can.
Jade: Well, Scott, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me, and letting the Canadian Xbox community in on the news about the Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store! And here’s the complete list of titles that will be available at launch from the Canadian Video Store on Xbox Live Marketplace:
Warner Bros. Babylon 5, The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark TMNT 300 Lucky You Wiggles: Getting Strong! Believers (UNRATED) Return to Haunted Hill (UNRATED) The Reaping License to Wed In the Land of Women A Dennis the Menace Christmas Ocean's Thirteen December Boys Amadeus Creepshow Enter the Dragon The King and I (1999) Krush Groove The Man with Two Brains The Neverending Story Risky Business Wyatt Earp Maple Pictures Borderline Cult Air Guitar Nation The Condemned Bug Pirates of Ghost Island MPI The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Henry 2: Portrait of a Serial Killer Spider Baby *These films may be subject to change |
