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Facebook on the xbox is so pointless to me. If I want to be on facebook then I`ll get on my laptop. Maybe if notifications showed while not in the facebook menu and in games.

I don't tweet or facebook.

I found these two apps more or less unnecessary on 360. I also heard that twitter and facebook are not necessarily integrated directly with the blade and you can easily access that from within the game. It's kinda failed for me. Everything else with the new add-ons seem okay. Last.fm was good except I wasn't able to play that in games. zune marketplace is currently unusable b/c it does not have much contents. Facebook and twitter seem a bit odd for 360.

Truthfully, Facebook on the 360 kinda sucks too. It has no integration options. The only thing of value I see, is the ability to cross reference people on facebook and your friends list. To facilitate in adding people you may have forgot or didn't even know about.

But as it is, Twitter/Facebook and even Last.FM are kind of pointless because you can't have them running in the background. If they were a bit more intergrated then I could see how it would be better with the 360. But right *now*, all three services are pretty much pointless and a waste of time.

I don't have a problem with FaceBook on the 360, but its so watered-down that yes it is pretty pointless. Why doesn't Microsoft just give us a web browser on the 360, so we can go to the real FaceBook.com if we want to. Having the option to upload pictures from the DSi seems way more useful, than what's on the 360 right now.

this is delicious!

Pfft screw all the haters but I'll be there first in line to get an ebook surgically attached to my face so I can be connected to the service at all times.

Thank god it wasn't on the PS3 first or there would be a petition. Why would anybody sign that? What kind of idiotic person would come up with such a pointless and stupid thing?

I get enough facebook as it is without it being on XBL... He's right it is stupid to have it on a gaming system.

Pure comedy.

This is actually rather funny.

Well, he has a point. That point screws over his pwn compnay's plans and ambitions for the Xbox brand, but he DOES HAVE A POINT.

Face Book on a gaming system IS kind of stupid. Hell I think it's a bit stupid on a PC too.

Failbook moar liek amrite?

@ PEICanada7 at 11/03/2009 10:33
"Why doesn't Microsoft just give us a web browser on the 360, so we can go to the real FaceBook.com if we want to. "
It opens up all kind of support issues and headaches due to the fact that the browser has to support multitudes of plug-ins, etc It can destabilize the entire system or you could end up getting gimpy little browser with 1000 options disabled out the gate.

I personally like the idea of having dedicated app within xblade system and be able to access while you are gaming, etc. However, that also has other cascading issues for actual game you play while you access the xblade stuff, etc. We will see more memory and virtualization within future console products, I am assuming....

@ CtMythic at 11/03/2009 10:55
"I don't know why people are calling out Neustadter for being honest, fair enough he's a Microsoft employee, but making such a big deal out of this is exactly why most industry professionals keep their mouths shut."

It's b/c a lot of statements get used out of actual context and can "spin" into other things. if Microsoft and this guy are smart, they should keep their mouth shut and move on. This will just go away. If they make rebuttals and other statements, you will see this gets escalate out of control quicker than you blink your eyes.

"It opens up all kind of support issues and headaches due to the fact that the browser has to support multitudes of plug-ins, etc It can destabilize the entire system or you could end up getting gimpy little browser with 1000 options disabled out the gate."

There's no way it should destabilise the entire system if coded properly - it should be running in a sandbox. Supporting a plethora of different apps like Twitter/Facebook/Last.fm etc etc etc with their changing features will be just as much work as maintaining a browser for the 360. Bluntly, Sony manages to do it workably and it'd be a lot easier for Adobe to build a Flash plugin for the Xbox 360's architecture than it is for the PS3 or Wii's...

Phazer

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Fortunately, some people maintain opinions that aren't necessarily the official ones from the company they work for. Unfortunately, this person works for MS.
But all in all, the Facebook thing, like the Netflix thing and some others, make sense when you consider that MS's strategy is domination of the living room. Xboxes are only a tool for the job.

hahahaha what a tool

lol wow......I downloaded twitter and facebook to my 360 just to see and im probably not going to use them...I mean I dont use twitter in the first place since its stupid "hey guys im on the toilet pooping!!" ....I use facebook, but its just easier to use my laptop which is...oh look right here, 5 feet from my xbox...the dsi thing wouldn't be bad, i use my ipod touch to check facebook when im bored waiting for my class to start

MS shouldn't say a word about the handheld devices. It's not their market.

Did he not hear the update that his own company is doing that?

Makes more sense for a DS to have it than a 360, since the DS is portable. 360 though? If you have the 360, or any console for that matter, hooked up to the internet, that must mean you also have a computer, since that is the primary device for internet-surfing. Unless you're paying for internet just so you can play games with people away from your house. But then you're stupid.