Xbox One Xbox and NFL sign Multi-Year Agreement

[Damnlag]

Imagine Sean Payton holding up a Surface tablet instead of a cardboard playsheet on the sideline.

Envision Peyton Manning sitting on the bench and dissecting the last series from a variety of camera angles on his hand-held device instead of looking at still photos. Or sitting at home and pulling up real-time highlights on a Sunday afternoon.

It's coming.

The NFL and Microsoft, through its next generation Xbox device, are combining to upgrade interactive TV viewing of pro football games in a multiyear agreement announced Tuesday. The next step after that, perhaps as early as 2014, will be bringing technology to the sidelines on tablets.

The deal is worth $400 million over five years for the NFL, according to a person familiar with the agreement. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because financial details have not been made public.

"When you think about the sidelines, what is most important for us is how you make the game of football better, make what the coaches and players do better, using technology but preserving the competition," said Brian Rolapp, chief operating officer of NFL Media. "The challenge is how to bring technology to make it a better experience for them and for the fans.

Source [Yahoo]

 

[BlackSolaris]

Again, games. Where are they?

You could be competing with Sony and Nintendo for the best exclusive titles, but no, better waste money on sports.
What bothers me is the "Xbox and NFL" part. They could do "Microsoft and NFL", but no, they had to tie a console... to something that couldn't be even farther from games.

 

[Damnlag]

Again, games. Where are they?

You could be competing with Sony and Nintendo for the best exclusive titles, but no, better waste money on sports.
What bothers me is the "Xbox and NFL" part. They could do "Microsoft and NFL", but no, they had to tie a console... to something that couldn't be even farther from games.

They have already stated that they would be revealing the games at E3 many times. This was the console reveal, not game reveal. They tied it to NFL because the NFL will now be using tablets on the sidelines and people who watch sports (many do) will be able to interact with stuff such as fantasy leagues on the Xbox while watching the game at the same time.