It appears as though Microsoft has revealed that their popular Xbox Live service will be built into "the PC" – something that indicates it could very well be a part of Microsoft’s next operating system, Windows 8. Mike Delman, VP of global marketing at Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business group, was interviewed by The Seattle Times (via WinRumors) at E3 and had this to say:
Live has been successful on the Windows Phone. Live will be built into the PC. It will be the service where you get your entertainment. We were talking about it — you will not just see consoles and handhelds at this show next year, this show's going to morph into other devices.
When asked directly how the Live service would be part of Windows 8, Delman mentioned how Microsoft wants users to be able to use the service seamlessly between devices, indicating the possibility of a familiar Xbox Live interface in Windows 8 as well as Windows Phone 7. He also mentioned how Xbox Live will be the "passive media service across devices."
With Windows 8 going the way of the Metro Design Language as first seen in Windows Phone 7, and the Xbox 360 following suit, it is not surprising to see that Microsoft wants to integrate their popular media/gaming service into their next operating system. They have already integrated it into their latest phone OS, so the PC market is next on the list.
If thats the case, then it doesnt mean anything to me, I could care less about the avatars and achievements, why just use steam and everything is there, better and free.
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There's no reason games written in Silverlight can't run on Windows 8. By design, Silverlight is platform independent. In fact, it would be a great idea to bring XNA games designed for the Xbox 360 over to the PC where it's a much larger platform.
You're making up a quote that doesn't exist out of different peices of the article. They asked if Xbox Live would be a cloud media service and he responded only with "Live"... no XBox in that particular quote. I'm ok with reading between the lines as it meaning XBox Live, but you just never know.
So 'reading between' the lines, there would no need to mention anything about this unless it was expanded integrated with XBox and WP7 Live gaming services.
So sure XBox <> Live - however the information supplied is SPECIFIC to games and gaming and the online intfrastructure of the content servers. Thus, we can assume that this means XBox Live features and functionality will be in Windows 8.
So keep reading between the lines, just try to add perspective, history, and context.
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