Microsoft inks deal for Family Guy downloads

Wow, because the first two seasons of that (very average IMO) show haven't already been played to death in syndication and on DVD...

it's only the first two seasons, you can get the dvds for about £5 each from HMV, even cheaper on ebay.

Come on guys, you are missing the point, this is just testing the water here. Every time there is a news story on AfterDawn about any company adding content from any provider to their stores online, or as we see here, on LIVE, 75% of comments are "whoopie... im so happy... NOT!!" or "Why would I pay for it when I can get it free anyway?" or of course "this stuff id already on DVD".

The industry is still only new to this whole Internet-delivered video thing, so before the industry catches up with nhow people like us want our media delivered to us, there is still a lot of evolution left. That's why sometimes you see older seasons of TV shows popping up on services, because the provider is skeptical of the results, might be a waste of time if they are bad, might hurt DVD sales if they are good..... all these companies still have their training wheels on.

Sure you can argue about DRM and closed systems etc. but at least acknowledge that even small things like this are a step in the right direction! You know I always see people mentioning that it wopiuld be "cheaper to buy the boxset", now this is true of shows like 24, lost, prison break etc. NBut shows like family guy, you don't have to watch them in order, so if you only want a video or two, you might want to just get those episodes that you would like to have instead of buying the whole box.

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Xbox 360 owners will be able to purchase each of the episodes from the first two seasons as well as the straight-to-DVD film "Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story" for 160 Microsoft points, or about $2, which is comparable with the pricing of TV episodes on iTunes and other VOD platforms.

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That's why sometimes you see older seasons of TV shows popping up on services, because the provider is skeptical of the results

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I don't know this doesn't seem bad at all it is a hilarious show and although you can watch it anywhere it is very cheap to download and as the first season is a little weak i love the second one and the movie is funny as well, i think this will get a lot of downloads for people who don't own any form of the show.

Trying to beat a dead horse is not going to make any progress.