The Hulu Plus premium video streaming service will finally arrive on Xbox 360 this Friday if a new report is accurate.
A scan of what's claimed to be the next issue of the Official Xbox Magazine pins the service for release in just four days, April 29. The service costs $7.99 and will only be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers.
To promote the service on Xbox, MS will apparently be hosting a competition in US, with Xbox owners entering by firing up Hulu Plus to be entered into a draw for a holiday at a Beaches resort or a 4GB Xbox 360 Kinect bundle and free Gold Live access for a year.
We await official confirmation.
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originalbadboy on 26 Apr '11 said:
CVG ... why are you telling us this ... it's US only ...
I know CVG is global site but still the majority of viewers are UK based and really dont care to be reminded that we dont get these services in good old blighty ...
gmcb007 on 26 Apr '11 said:
Isn't this a UK site?
Windowlicker79 on 26 Apr '11 said:
Hulu is only available in the States. Thanks for another pointless piece of "news" CVG
IbanezLewis on 26 Apr '11 said:
'Hulu Plus to be entered into a draw for a holiday at a Beaches report or a 4GB Xbox 360'
Come along CVG. Beach Resort!
Windowlicker79 on 27 Apr '11 said:
All these U.S based articles do is make me annoyed about all the stuff that we're missing out on in the UK.
Its like the guys at CVG get some sort of kick out of saying to us "look at all this cool new stuff that you'll never get to see cos Microsoft doesn't give a f*ck about you"
Windowlicker79 on 27 Apr '11 said:
Nope, they were right with "Beaches"
Beaches Resorts
Not sure why they said "report" though
g_marrs on 27 Apr '11 said:
Seriously, so US gets yet another service. Fantastic
How about chasing up why UK has got nowt but s**tty SkyPlayer. At least there should be BBCIplayer!
gmcb007 on 27 Apr '11 said:
BBC wanted to bring out their Iplayer on XBL but refused to let MS charge users for the service.
g_marrs on 27 Apr '11 said:
Friggin' ridiculous. They were also originally working with BT for BT Fusion inclusion but that went south as well.
Sod MS and Sony, I'm sticking with Nintendo alone for next gen.
smash-4000 on 27 Apr '11 said:
Nintendo wouldn't be too big on this either. They did offer Netflix in US and BBC iPlayer for UK (I live in Ireland so I can download it, but can't use it). We'll have to see with Cafe.
cranium2001 on 27 Apr '11 said:
It would be like posting a Lovefilm advert for us yanks on a us site.
aawells07 on 27 Apr '11 said:
Since its for US only its suddenly not important and shouldnt be posted? Kinda selfish and childish dont ya think?
steve_2003 on 27 Apr '11 said:
I browse through a lot of US game sites and occasionally find out info relevant to me in the UK, so I'm sure gamers from other countries browse CVG. CVG is a pretty well known location for gaming info, so I would imagine this may be the first stop for some US gamers.
You can't blame CVG, It is called the World Wide Web after all.
g_marrs on 27 Apr '11 said:
This is true but Nintendo ain't pretending otherwise. At least online details would be safe. 3DS seems to be getting a video service shortly though.
aawells07 on 27 Apr '11 said:
@steve_2003
Yeah thank you CVG is my first stop when hopping online as its the one with the most news and its the easiest one to go to and scan all the days top stories my absolute fav site hands down
humanhand on 27 Apr '11 said:
I swear you guys, with all of your “isn’t this a Uk site… wah wah wah”…. People in the US read this site every day. EVERY DAY.
g_marrs on 27 Apr '11 said:
What? You mena you don't dedicate EVERY HOUR to this site?!
You see CVG. Why do you want to cater to the US when they can't dedicate every waking minute to you?
agentxnofx on 28 Apr '11 said:
lol @ Hulu plus.
It's a free service, but MS wants you to pay for it? Not only that but you actually have to go ahead and upgrade to a Gold Account first? So, thats $8 a month, plus $50 a year.... for something that is otherwise free?
This is all too much money grubbing for me... I'm building a new PC this year, it'll likely be better spec-wise than the next gen systems that come out in two years, all my games will be 15-20 cheaper, free dlc, mods, i don't have to pay for avatars, hulu is free... wtf. Console gaming is really becoming quite a drag lately.
Windowlicker79 on 28 Apr '11 said:
Out of the first 250 people listed on the forum members list, only 2 of them are American. So that's less than 2%. I'd say that's enough to be able to claim this as a UK site.
I think people are just moaning because CVG is one of the few places where we can get proper UK news, because, believe it or not, a lot of the news we see on IGN and other US based sites is not applicable over here in the UK. This is why we get annoyed when stuff like this comes up, because it isn't applicable to 98% of the people who view this site. It also just shows how MS is screwing us over in the UK with regards to the services we're missing out on.
humanhand on 28 Apr '11 said:
Understandable. However, I don't want news to be excluded. I love the layout, and feel I get the most info here. Plus I just like it here. I lub u guyz!
Windowlicker79 on 28 Apr '11 said:
They could at least put "US Only" in the title. Or at least make it an interesting comparison article asking why America is getting this but we're not getting similar UK based services such as BBC iPlayer, 4oD, ITV Player, 5 On Demand etc. All we get here is the sh*tty Sky package where you have to already be a Sky subscriber and it costs the same as getting a second Sky receiver but offers far less functionality. You guys get Netflix and Hulu and we get pretty much nothing
gmcb007 on 28 Apr '11 said:
Always been the way with XBL, very US favoured. I hate our current dashboard here in the UK as its more filled with adverts than features and the game marketplace is a mess to navigate through.