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XBox Live Network

Posted by michael on from the passports-for-everyone dept.

The New York Times covers Microsoft's planned XBox Live network, a subscription-based online service for the XBox. Microsoft's "we control everything" approach will probably impact the number of games available, but the article notes that the service will include voice-over-ip, which might be a selling point.

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  1. We'll see about the price by CmdrTaco+(editor) · · Score: 1, Troll
    One reason people dislike Microsoft is the fact that they have a near monopoly on the OS market, and they still do such a bad job on design. If they manage to do a good job with this network, many people may not object to such a controlling situation.

    When MS inundates the market when the lower the price to $99 of the X-Box, they certainly will have a better opportunity for another monopoly.

  2. Re:Microsoft Bashing by Disevidence · · Score: 0, Troll

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