Not that anyone buys a Microsoft Xbox specifically for the movie classics you can watch on it ... But Microsoft announced a new deal with MGM Studios that will make more than 50 of the studio's classic films available for download via the Xbox Live service, exclusively available for the Xbox 360 console. Among those titles are Rocky, The Silence of the Lambs, and the entire James Bond movie franchise.

The software and gaming giant announced previously that it sold 4.3 million Xbox 360 consoles during the fourth quarter of 2007, which built its platform base to 17.7 million units.

The new deal adds another film studio giant to the Xbox Live Marketplace movie and TV content roster, which already included Warner Bros., Paramount, Nickelodeon, Fox, Disney, New Line, Lionsgate, Miramax, MTV, and Turner Broadcasting.

Microsoft announced the new deal during its keynote at yesterday's opening day of the Consumer Electronic Show presentation in Las Vegas.

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