Article Comparison #3

Article #1  

"XBox now used more for online entertainment then online gaming"

March 26th,2012

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/03/xbox-more-entertainment-gaming-hbo-go-comcast-xfinity-mlb.html

Article #2

"XBox 360 Launches HBO GO and the Future Inches Closer"

March 27th, 2012

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelhumphrey/2012/03/27/xbox-360-launches-hbo-go-and-the-future-inches-closer/

Article #3

"Online Entertainment Bigger Than Gaming on XBox 360"

March 27th, 2012

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/hbo-comcast-come-xbox-360-182414016.html

Notes

• #1 states the average household spends 84 hours a month on the xbox playing games, listen to music and watching videos online.
• Xbox not only has gaming applications but has added Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, ESPN, YouTube and will soon add HBO GO. (36 total services available on xbox Live)
• 66 million xbox 360's sold worldwide.
• #2 gives several first hand quotes about the key features that xbox provides with the new applications.
• #2 focused more on the launch of HBO GO on xbox Live.
• #1 and #3 expressed very similar content but #3 just touched on the subject where #1 elaborated more.
• Microsoft is the creator.
• Relevant to the class because it shows that there are so many ways that the internet  is be accessed that the actual architecture of the world wide web will need to be designed in a versatile way where it can flow through different medias without loosing its integrity.