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Microsoft Set To Debut Xbox Live Upgrade

Posted by simoniker on from the talk-smack-without-sports-game-excuse dept.

Thanks to reader dj_paulgibbs for pointing to this Yahoo story talking about further upgrades to Xbox Live that Microsoft plan to unveil at E3. Yahoo's sources say these include "advanced community features such as voice chat and locater services that operate independently of games in progress", and also mentions a new "Xbox Music Mixer" for audio, as well as the ability to play video transferred from a PC. This is separate to the Xbox Live software upgrade we mentioned last week.

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  1. Will it dissuade modders? by handsomepete · · Score: 3, Insightful

    One of the big selling points for having a modchip (for me at least) is the ability to run the Xbox multimedia apps. Is this Microsoft's answer? A sort of "you can have your music and your video *and* not be banned from Xbox Live" thing? Or is this just a jumping on the do-everything bandwagon (a la Tivo's Home Media)? I'm getting kind of tired of having so many separate things doing so many different things, I'm ready for a little consolidation.. but only if it does each thing reasonably well.

    And when will the first of the original Xbox Live subscriptions start expiring anyways?