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360 Twitter/Facebook "before Xmas" News
Xbox 360 News by Ellie Gibson
Microsoft has said that the Twitter and Facebook applications planned for Xbox 360 will be separate applications rather than part of another broad dashboard update.
Microsoft marketing type James Halton, speaking at an event earlier today, told Eurogamer the company is targeting an "autumn" date for integration of the social networking / tedious showing off sites, but wouldn't narrow it down.
However Halton did go on to say, "It will be before Christmas." He added, "A lot of the background work's been done for a lot of applications that are coming."
We already know they're not in the August dashboard update, which has been extensively detailed and goes live on the 11th.
So there you go. Isn't the future brilliant?
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AaronTurner
29/07/09 @ 14:02
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They could do with redesigning the layout of Xbox live since the horrible update. I'm sure there are a number of ways they could make it easier and quicker to navigate otherwise all these added extras will just get lost in the endless pages.
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"im fairly sure that most xbox owners have a pc that they can go on twitter with :) "
You are missing the point of this. FB and Twitter will be integrated with your *games* and avatar. So games could post pictures of stuff that is happening, your new avatar hat ;) or a FB entry of some achievement that you earned or some cool score that you managed to beat. Both services are integrated with the SDK as well. |
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etherfiend
29/07/09 @ 14:25
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I'm sure at E3 when Felicia Day was doing her presentation thing about it all, the introductory chap told everyone that the twitter/facebook/sky/movie stuff was to be introduced in the 'Fall'.
I'm looking forward to it, well not facebook - I won't bother with that, but twitter will be interesting. Yes people will have PC's and stuff to use for social networking if they wish to keep them separate. I prefer the fact I won't have to turn on my laptop or PC just to check updates...what a waste of electricity, plus the xbox boots quicker so easier for a 'quick look' before some gaming or a DVD. |
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discobiscuit
29/07/09 @ 14:25
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If its saying its an application download, this hints that the tweeting won't be very automated, as you will have to open the application
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kangarootoo
29/07/09 @ 14:26
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Grrrr. Twitter is pervasive beyond belief. Adding new ways for it to spam others with even more inane and unoriginal updates is hardly news for celebration.
"So games could post pictures of stuff that is happening, your new avatar hat ;) or a FB entry of some achievement that you earned or some cool score that you managed to beat" This is what I mean. Who on earth wants to actually receive updates everytime one of their friends changes their avatar's shoes? I can only thank God this will almost certainly be opt in (just like MSN in the dashboard, which I turned off with a quickness). |
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kangarootoo
29/07/09 @ 14:27
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@discobiscuit
Not necessarily. It could just be an app you can choose to have always running in the background. |
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"If its saying its an application download, this hints that the tweeting won't be very automated, as you will have to open the application"
No that is for the UI. Integration is in the SDK and the Live servers. Games could "twit" or post on FB almost automatically (User has to agree ofc), just like a normal FB application would post some info to your main FB page ("XXX has reached level 10" in CoD4 for example, with a screenshot). I guess it is probably better to say that Live is now supported by Twitter and FB instead of the other way around (that would just be like a dumb browser and that is not the case).
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kangarootoo
29/07/09 @ 14:44
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"has reached level 10 in CoD4 for example, with a screenshot"
Now a screenshot might be interesting. Something to add uniqueness to the event. Getting an update that someone had reached level ten is boring 'cos everyone reaches level ten eventually. But a unique recording of something the player made their own might have value. |
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WinterSnowblind
29/07/09 @ 15:32
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The integration is the interesting part, although I doubt I'll use either of them much myself.
I'm more excited about Last.fm and Sky. I rarley get time to watch what I want on Sky, so being able to use my 360 would be great... Shame the details are so vague. |
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carlitoswagon
29/07/09 @ 15:45
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Just a hint of sarcasm creeping in at the end of the article.......
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dobisskill
29/07/09 @ 15:46
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Get some more information about Sky, much more interesting than these two.
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Kirly_Wombat
29/07/09 @ 19:47
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If they will be seperate applications, and not rolled out as a broad update, I hope that means people not interested/bothered by it wont have to download them.
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wellzy4eva
29/07/09 @ 21:15
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The xbox360 supports usb keyboards, but I think this is just gonna end up as a load of automated facebook msgs stating every achievement unlocked because most idiots won't know how to configure it properly
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Doctor_What
29/07/09 @ 22:33
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I'm damned if I want my 360 spamming my friends with achievements updates that they don't care about. No, I don't think I'll be going in for this when it releases. I hope MS didn't spend too much money on it.
Anyway, doesn't the PS3 browser work on these sites? I guess it's not 'integrated', but that side of things sounds annoying for my friends anyway. Does anyone actually know what the functionality will be of this integration? What is the advantage to doing it on your 360 rather than the laptop? |
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VandelayIndustries
29/07/09 @ 23:24
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"Anyway, doesn't the PS3 browser work on these sites? I guess it's not 'integrated', but that side of things sounds annoying for my friends anyway."
So 360 owners could communicate with PS3 owning friends through their respective machines?! :D |
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FireMonkey
30/07/09 @ 07:05
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"im fairly sure that most xbox owners have a pc that they can go on twitter with :)"
They also have a PC to play games and watch films on, but they still use the 360 for that! |
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ChthonicEcho
30/07/09 @ 07:06
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@skillian
There actually are updates that aren't dull? Twitter is essentially a watered down blog for the mentally challenged and those with a short attention span. |
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ChthonicEcho
30/07/09 @ 14:41
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Yes, and email is for those too retarded to know how to write a letter, and video games are for those too illiterate to read books.
Quite possibly the most moronic analogies. E-mail does what a letter does, and the main difference between them lies solely in the speed of delivery. The juxtaposition of books and video games is simply too stupid to even respond to. Why not compare Twitter to Wikipedia, while we're at it? |
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abefro2009
31/07/09 @ 20:21
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I hope you don't have to pay for this. It will be nice to have Twitter or Facebook status update automatically with stats from games or progress or something. That would be cool, but I think it should be for may Gold Subscribers only. I don't know if I want to pay extra for it. I just got an Xbox 360 for free from this site so I'm not really into spending a ton of money for stuff. If they charged seperately for each app that would be retarded.
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