Xbox Live Feature Upgrades Include Online Storage?

Flamingcheeze writes "According to a Reuters article: 'Microsoft Corp. is planning a number of new features for its Xbox Live online gaming service this year, including... something called 'title-managed online storage,' a way for game players to store and share data via Microsoft's network.' The piece goes on to note, without directly drawing a link: 'speculation within the industry that Microsoft may not include a hard drive in the next version of the Xbox console, in favor of network-based storage that would reduce the console's physical size and cost', as recently discussed on Slashdot Games." The article also mentions possible "indications... that Xbox Live would eventually allow players to leave each other brief voice messages", and a story at GameSpot has further, albeit brief details on this 'Tsunami' upgrade.

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Holy shit!

[LennyDotCom]

Billy boy has adapted McNealy's idea and is goning to use it in real life. I wounder if M$ will use sun servers?

Re:I think

[AMDude]

I still dont like the idea of the next one not having a HD though.

You don't like it? Well look at Microsoft. They're already pissed at Linux for hacking into 'their' console with Xbox Linux http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/ . Because its a cheap powerful system. And Microsoft won't be making any money because usally the 'people' who do this don't buy any games. So Microsoft isn't making money at all. If they put a hard drive in the Xbox next, that would be plain stupid because the Xbox next will be more powerful than most PC's. Sooo the system will be about umm $750 Cdn at the very least. My computer upgrade was $650 Cdn for a system a fourth of the power!

Windows XP game advisor: If it isn't made by Microsoft, then it isn't a good game!

I see where this is going

[superpulpsicle]

So when's MS windows for xbox coming out?

Let's be honest about it, that's where they are going to end up anyways.