Microsoft’s Xbox Music service
Microsoft Xbox is one of my valued possessions;
people would think that it would just be used for games but these days that is
no longer the case. It has been based around being a game system now it is
acting similar to a mix of a gaming system as well as a computer. Like I
mentioned before I used my Xbox mostly for games in the past now I use it more
for things not related to games. One of those things would be watching Netflix
through my Xbox as well as watching sports events on ESPN 3. I think the idea of
streaming Netflix through your Xbox was a great idea for Xbox as well as
Netflix. I will always have an Xbox for the sole purpose of being able to
stream movies or TV shows through my gaming device. They also allow you to
download apps in your marketplace. I have the ESPN 3 app that allows me to
watch college football games that are not on TV as a result of the area I live
in. This whole idea of creating a new function for this device was an
innovative idea.
At this time Xbox is now coming out with a music
service that would address several demands by their customers. I am actually
surprised they have not released such a product before this time. Apple is a
competitor of Microsoft, and it appears that Microsoft is trying to come out
with a product that is similar to Apple’s iTunes. “Microsoft announced Sunday
that the all-in-one service will feature streaming online radio (think
Pandora), an ad-supported or paid subscription service (say, Spotify) and, yes,
music purchasing (a la iTunes). It begins rolling out Tuesday on the Xbox 360
system and will expand to the rest of the Microsoft product universe when its
new operating system, Windows 8, is released October 26.” I find this to be
something I would be very interested in using mostly because I like to listen
to sports radio and other radio stations when I do things. Xbox music will
contain 30 million songs, which makes it the world’s largest music library, in
comparison iTunes contains 26 million. “Xbox Music will come installed as a
feature on Windows 8. Using cloud storage, it will let users transport music
from one device to another.” This would also create a larger value for Xbox
down the line, it is becoming more and more like a computer as well as a gaming
device. In my mind this is where the future will be, having a device that
allows you to do everything such as play music, watch TV, movies, games and
surf the web (soon enough..).
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