Microsoft announced this evening that they will be integrating Live Messenger into the Xbox platform on May 7, linking 260 million Live Messenger users with 6 million Xbox Live users. Xbox Live users will be able to chat with up to six contacts simultaneously by plugging a USB keyboard into the Xbox. Gamers will love this. The video below shows some of the new features (taken from Kotaku).
by Michael Arrington on April 9, 2007
Great thats all I need … another excuse not to do my work
Is there a press release somewhere - or is this an internal leak?
One gets the impression from Kotaku that they are not absolutely certain this video is valid
Microsoft sent me a press release by email but it was not posted on their site when I wrote…it’s real though.
Does he say 6 messenger contacts or 600?
He mumbles it quickly
I think he said chat with 6 contacts at a time.
- Honestly I am suprised that microsoft - planned ahead using USB ports for remote controllers ; very cool ….
-RB- if any USB keyboard works; it just makes it that much easier to get people to unplug from their pc to experiment with it on their Xbox ..
- while Ps2 keyboard might cost; 30/40$ - we can get a regualr usb keyboard for $3 on ebay
Full press release at the Xbox PR team’s blog:
http://gamerscoreblog.com/team.....43787.aspx
Pretty old new by now..
They are also going to sell a QWERTY keypad for the 360 controller so you don’t need a clunky USB keyboard anymore.
Details of the 360 updates, both Software & Hardware:
http://liveandbeyond.com/xbox-360-updates
That’s pretty cool. The Xbox is really centering itself as the ultimate living room device.
I may prefer the PS3 for games but the Xbox 360 just does so much it makes it a better all-round choice, and with DVR and IPTV functionality expected later this year it’s going to get better.
This would be awesome for controlling a media center box from your couch! Wonder if that would be possible..
I’ve seen some ppl complaining about ms adding live messenger instead of other IM services like AIM… thats plain stupid… it’s obious that MS will always give priority to their own services, isn’t?
cheers.
SWEET! Gotta wonder what took so long for Xbox, which is basically a somewhat restricted gaming pc, to get the instant messaging, though. Doesn’t matter, here’s to communication and short attention spans!
http://highspeed-internet-provider.com
im confused, it says starting the week of may 7th, but today is may 8th, so does that mean it will come sometime this week?