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Microsoft mulls phone-style contracts for Xbox

Subsidised console coming?

Microsoft has plans for a subscription package that'll offer customers an Xbox 360 console and Kinect add-on, as well as access to the Xbox Live Gold service and media content, for a monthly fee.

The two-year Xbox subscription could be launched in the US as early as next week, the Verge reports.

Microsoft will punt a 4GB Xbox 360 console and Kinect sensor for $99 (£61) as long as customers agree to sign up to the $15 (£9) per month package, which will come with Gold membership, a bunch of additional streaming services and a two-year warranty, it's claimed.

Xbox 360 250GB

With the Redmond firm set to launch its own Spotify service at E3 2012, and new streamed content hitting the Xbox 360 platform on a regular basis, a subscription to get the lot seems a shrewd move by Microsoft.

Who can offer the best all-encompassing home entertainment setup? The battle continues... ®

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