Zune Marketplace Coming to Live

baboo72 · May 27, 2009

More Zune news....

http://uk.xboxlive.ign.com/articles/986/986761p1.html

US, May 26, 2009 - The Guardian is reporting that the Zune Marketplace will be available in the US, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Ireland and Spain on Xbox Live this Fall. More territories are slated to be added in the future, though specifics were not given. Xbox 360 owners will be able to access all of the music, TV and movie content therein and play it on their console.

According to the report, instant streaming, renting, and full purchasing options will be available. Additionally, Xbox Live owners will be offered a subscription service that gives them unlimited access to the content. More details will be provided at the E3 press conference next week.

Chris Stevenson, Microsoft's General Manger of Consumer Marketing for TV, Video and Music Business said, "The idea of having your LiveID sort of bringing together all of your experiences, all of your friends, and being able to create linear links between your content, is going to be really important." This suggests that the entire service will be fully integrated as one multi-platform offering.

In the same vein, Microsoft has confirmed the Zune HD. Head over to IGN Gear for the details.
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dolfan32323 · May 27, 2009

Doesn't do anything for me, but it only makes sense for them to do this.

mor911 · May 27, 2009

i dont see the big deal, but a lot of people are up in arms about this.

Phin-o-rama · May 27, 2009

don't care...just like I don't care about the ps3 and psp ****

ChrisKo · May 27, 2009

The biggest portion of this that kinda of gets me excited is that Zune support was added to the last XNA release. So it seems like MS will try to make Xbox Live the app store for Zune games.

It's very doubtful that they even come close to the Apple app store success on the iPhone, but I'm not a Mac developer and I don't care. :D

baboo72 · May 28, 2009

They've got to make the Zune appeal somehow, everyone has an Ipod (except me!) so why not tap in to the millions of XBL users and at least try and convert a few

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