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Spankey on 13 July 2011

to me it just sounds like an upgrade of Windows Media Center with some added XBL functionality...unless I'm really missing the point of this, it doesn't sound much like anything we can't already do - except for the XBL bits.



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Reasonable on 13 July 2011
D-Joe said:
Reasonable said:
Assuming this is real, the challenge is surely going to be cost/justification across platforms, no?

I mean, no way am I paying a dime to access anything through my PC other than my ISP costs. So that means I'd expect Live to be free on PC, certainly no way would I want it to hinder all the access I already have via OS independant browsers.

But as a 360 owner I'd be pretty pissed to see PC gamers getting Live free.

I'm really not clear on how this would work given the existing live model on 360 and the clear failure of trying to charge for Live on PC already.

I guess I'll wait for further details.

there is no GFWL any more

you just use XB Live on PC,but for play 360 games,you still need 360

and you playing PC game(online) still free,and 360 game(online)still need charge

So what would Live in Windows give me then?  Media access?  I have that in spades already.  Also, if Live means OS controlled access, while I can see it might make access simpler for some isn't MS going to run into the same trouble globally it did with IE regarding building in competing elements to standalone solutions?

The more I think about it the more I'm unsure what this means.  The only thing that would make sense to me is stripping the game elements from Live and replacing Windows Media Player with Live as your entertainment access hub.

Either way it sounds confusing at this point and hard to see what it adds apart from potentially more redundant or overlapping functionality I already have.  There's nothing I get through Live on my 360 I don't have on my PC already really, apart from the online game elements and as I stated surely MS would run into the classic free vs fee issue on PC if they tried to charge for matchmaking, party chat, etc. services?



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Jereel Hunter on 13 July 2011
sonicinformer said:

With Xbox Live being confirmed as a PC built-in, gamers will be able to utilize  Downloads, Netflix, Zune and in the future: YouTube, Live T.V. and Bing all through their Windows 8 computer.


Netflix you say? On a computer?? This truely is the future.



Xen on 13 July 2011
Jereel Hunter said:
sonicinformer said:

With Xbox Live being confirmed as a PC built-in, gamers will be able to utilize  Downloads, Netflix, Zune and in the future: YouTube, Live T.V. and Bing all through their Windows 8 computer.


Netflix you say? On a computer?? This truely is the future.

Dude, it will also have Youtube .

!!!!!!!!!! 



d0nni3 on 13 July 2011

Yesterdays products at tomorrows prices, today!

i really don't see the point.... i just don't get it



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thranx on 13 July 2011
osamanobama said:
sonicinformer said:

 

With Xbox Live being confirmed as a PC built-in, gamers will be able to utilize  Downloads, Netflix, Zune and in the future: YouTube, Live T.V. and Bing all through their Windows 8 computer.

But this is just the beginning, expect Xbox gaming to be usable on Windows computers in the near future if it does not become confirmed for Windows 8 now. Microsoft will be changing the PC gaming world forever with this new technological advancement. If this idea is continuously developed like it should be, PC gaming will soon utilize Kinect and much, much more.

wait, why do you need live for that, i thought my pc/mac already did that stuff, and i i dont pay $60/yr. for it. im confused, what does this do exactly.

Perhaps they will add kinect support? That would be nice. Voice controls for the win.



thranx on 13 July 2011

Boy a lot of hate in this thread. Hopefully it means that xbox live arcade games will be playable on the pc, and maybe even 360 games. I am almost 100% sure they are doing this to introduce kinect to the pc market. I hope it works out well as I enjoy live and I like kinect voice and motion controls. It makes me wonder of what their overall plan is for the next console too. I have been waithing for a seamless live launch across all platforms (phones, console, and pc) and now it looks like that will happen, now just to see where this go.



Stadelhuber on 13 July 2011

Perhaps nextbox will run with an os similia to windows 8?
Nextbox, Windows 8, WP8, cloud gaming.
Isn't it possibe that MS wants to connect these systems better than today?