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Microsoft Killing Off Zune, Windows Live Brands?

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-at-first-you-don't-succeed dept.

suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from The Verge: "Microsoft appears to be killing off two of its key user-facing brands with the upcoming Consumer Preview release of Windows 8. Windows Live applications have been rolled into preinstalled apps that work as the core 'Windows Communications' applications for Windows 8, and this lack of Windows Live branding is only the tip of the iceberg. 'Microsoft Account' will replace Windows Live ID in Windows 8, and the software giant has also removed traces of Zune from its Windows Store, Music, and Video applications, although Zune Pass functionality remains."

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  1. I guess this means by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    we shouldn't expect mobile products from MS with names like "Zune Messiah" or "Children of Zune" either.

  2. Zoon? by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Killing Off Zune

    The what?

  3. Let us take a moment of silence... by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

    and think of how boned the Zune lifetime pass owners are.

    --

    "Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
  4. Re:What about Games for Windows Live? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 2, Funny

    For the good of all mankind, they should really just replace 'Games for Windows Live' with a link to Steam...

  5. Re:Great by Grishnakh · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't see the problem. If you like Windows, you should be happy to pay $200-500 for a fully-featured copy that allows you to control the installation and not have it loaded with crapware from Norton et al.

    If you don't like that, I suggest you look into alternatives. Personally, I think MS's prices are much too low, and that they should jack up their prices.