Microsoft May Replace Xbox Live Chat With Skype

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @10:50AM from the enjoy-your-hate-speech-at-a-higher-bitrate dept.

CVG is reporting that Microsoft is working on "consolidating all their communications technology" around Skype, which they acquired in 2011 for $8.5 billion. Citing a source within the company, they say Skype will "become the default chat service on the next generation Xbox console as well as on PC and tablets." This would fit in with Microsoft's recent announcement that it is closing Messenger in March and replacing it with Skype. The article also cites a Microsoft job posting from last August which sought a UI designer for "Skype in the living room," with a focus on the next-gen Xbox system.

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Re:Better with Microsoft than eBay by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-16 15:33 · Score: 3, Insightful

eBay bought Skype for 2.5 billion and sold it for 8.5 to MS. Do I need to explain to you why it was a good move for eBay to buy (and sell) skype?
Re:Uh oh... by hairyfeet · 2013-01-16 16:49 · Score: 3, Insightful

Are you kidding? They'll probably just take teabagging to a whole new and even more disgusting level.

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