When the Xbox One launches later this year, one of the burning questions owners will have will be in regards to party chat. While owners of the Xbox One can voice chat with another user who owns the console, the burning question as of late has been if they can speak to Xbox 360 players. […]Read More
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Today Microsoft has announced how game and Xbox Live subscription sharing will work with Xbox One. I say announced, but a lot of these “features” are almost identical to what you can currently do on Xbox 360. First off, there’s game sharing. Now don’t get too excited, this isn’t the cloud based shareable library talked […]Read More
The Xbox One’s Games DVR service, which allows players to record and upload footage from their games, will only be available to subscribers of Xbox Live’s Gold service. Xbox.com’s Xbox Live features page lists various services for Microsoft’s upcoming console, such as NFL on Xbox and the system’s TV guide feature. This page lists Game […]Read More
Microsoft will invest almost $700 million in a new data center in Des Moines, Iowa in part to support the cloud services of the upcoming Xbox One. This investment will put Microsoft’s combined investments in the area at almost $1 billion and will support products like Xbox Live and Office 365, according to the Des […]Read More
It’s been a long, long week for Microsoft. From being banned on Xbox Live causing you to lose all your games, to E3 demos running on high end PCs, everyone’s just looking for an excuse to bury the Xbox One six feet under. But Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter doesn’t think that this all spells […]Read More
During their E3 media briefing, Microsoft announced the phasing out of Microsoft Points starting this fall. What they didn’t tell you, was that the Points, after being converted to real funds, will expire in a year. “The purchased funds you deposit into your account after the transition will not expire. However, the funds we deposit […]Read More