Microsoft today announced it’s bringing xCloud to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in time for the holiday season. It’s going to change the way people experience games on its consoles. As nice as it is to be able to download and play games without having to deal with the hassle of physical copies, downloads come with their own problems. For one, it can take ages for a game to download, especially if you don’t have the network....
Well, it seems that at long last we have our answer about Zune: it’s likely set to be folded, as expected, into Xbox LIVE and then distributed under that label to every Microsoft consumer platform. New comments from Microsoft at E3 point to this reality. The company’s Mike Delman, a VP in the its Interactive Entertainment Business division, sat down withthe Seattle Timesand let drop new knowledge that is sure to make waves in the market....
We knew that Microsoft’s Xbox Live platform was popular, but not quite as popular as new figures released toKotakureveal. The online service, launching in 2002 on the original Xbox, has helped many a teenager burn through many hours of gameplay. Boosted by popular franchises including Halo, Gears of War and Call of Duty, Xbox Live users have amassed a total ofover 4 billion hoursof multiplayer gaming in the nine years across two generations of the console....
The downside to selling goods and services to the technologically savvy is that if there is a way to exploit the system, they will. Microsoft is relearning that lesson today as its new promotion to sell a one month Xbox LIVE Gold membership for a single pound in the UK, to entice Xbox 360 owners who are not currently paying, is attracting undue attention. Numerous Xbox 360 owners are reporting that they have managed to purchase additional months of Gold service at the one pound rate by simply repeating the process....
TNW Quick Hit: Microsoft has confirmed that many Windows Phone 7 handset owners are experiencing downtime issues with Xbox LIVE services on their phones. Users of Samsung Focus, HTC 7 Mozart, and Omnia 7 devices have reported the problem, confirming that it is not a handset or manufacturer specific issue. In a tweet, the companysaid that“[the outage is] a new issue that users are unable to access Xbox LIVE features at this time,” unlinking it from yesterday’s Marketplace downtime....
