Here are some more updates for the Xbox 360 (from various sources)
- MSN, Hotmail will be connected with LIVE. They want to attract people of all age. They are also adding 8 new countries: South Africa, Chile, India, Brazil, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
- 3 million LIVE subscribers, 6 million planned by next year. Next level of Xbox LIVE is connecting it with PC and the Windows Mobile world. Connecting it with 230 million MSN Messenger users, 150 million Windows gamers and 1 billion game-ready cellphone.
- "We're going from Live to Live Anywhere". Live Anywhere will be part of Windows Vista. 1 interface, 1 identity, 1 friendslist, 1 message centre, 1 marketplace. You could for example start game on 360 and continu it on cellphone.
- "Shadowrun", you can call up friends list and see what they are doing nomatter what platform they are on.
- One gamertag no matter what the platform is. You can even do achievement comparisons across different platforms.
They use a Motorola Q running Windows Mobile. Showing Marketplace on Windows Mobile and how you can play Zuma with your gamertag on your mobile.
- Other example is to edit car skin on Vistawith Paint Shop and race with it on Xbox 360.
Darren, good to see that Microsoft is thinking like you in terms of its Live Anywhere focus.
Posted by: Alan Kelley | May 10, 2006 at 03:49 PM