Currently,
Microsoft is preparing to further extend the Xbox Live service to the Microsoft
mobile platforms including mobile phones and also handhelds as component of
their total domination plan in their Live Anywhere initiative. Microsoft is
actually driven to follow up with expansions of the service due to the
popularity of this gaming service.
Since
2006, Xbox Live has actually been extremely successful. The data that Microsoft
gathered was actually that more than half of the gamers which purchased the
console also used their service. Regarding 85 % of those which bought gaming
consoles also made use of the gaming console to download exclusive content
coming from the online marketplace. The service has actually also been used as
a social network tool along with chat, voice chat and video chat abilities.
Xbox Live
is actually an online gaming service created and also operated by the IT
industry giant Microsoft Corporation. Since the release of the popular video
gaming console Xbox, there has been actually a constant increase in the number
of games and also subscribers to Xbox. Currently, it is the only online gaming
service based on consoles that charges fees to users, to allow them to engage
in multiplayer gaming. The Xbox system was launched in 2002 and an updated
version in the Xbox 360 console was made available in 2005. In 2007, the
service was expanded on Windows platforms and also allowed Windows machines to
connect to the Xbox Live video gaming community.
The
popularity of Xbox Live allowed this gaming service to build up around 30
million subscribers in which 10 % or 3 million are constantly active at any
moment. The large user base is another benefit this video gaming service
offers, as there are plenty of competitive players to have matches with 24 7.
The boom
has generated several off-shoot projects for Microsoft and also third-party
developers and manufacturers. Certainly there have been actually plenty of
devices that were actually made based upon Xbox Live games that are essential
to the gaming experience like the Xbox rapid fire controller which allows the
user to fire their weapons at a much faster rate than the usual controller.
With the
continuous growth and increase popularity of Xbox Live video gaming services,
Microsoft has actually become identified to completely develop itself as a
one-stop shop for the online needs of people. Among the latest developments
enables users to listen to music while playing a game via the XMB.
Due to the success of the Guitar Hero game,
certainly there are lots of game developers who are integrating a multiplayer
feature into to their games that needs access from the gaming service. For the
developers of Halo, Call of Duty and also Gears of War series, it has actually
become a good move as they have become the top Xbox Live video gaming series to
date. Rest assured,
