Microsoft won't comment on plans for Xbox 360 Skype app
In IGN's latest "Ask Microsoft Anything" Q&A, Xbox platform architect executive Marc Whitten flat out dodged a question from a fan who asked about that subject. Whitten's answer was simply, "For now, our focus is on making Skype on Xbox One a premiere experience." Hopefully, the "for now" part of the answer simply means that Microsoft might offer an Xbox 360 app at some point in the future.
In another part of the Q&A, Whitten also said Microsoft has no plans to support HD DVD on the Xbox One. The company placed its bets on the high definition disc movie standard when it launched an HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 in 2006. In the end, the format lost out to Blu-Ray, which Sony not only backed but put inside every one of its PlayStation 3 consoles. Now it looks like the few remaining HD-DVD add-ons will have to remain hooked up to an Xbox 360.
Yet another question asked Whitten if Microsoft plans to let Xbox One owners access old gamertags that have been left behind by inactive Xbox 360 users. Whitten seemed to hint that might happen, saying, "We’ve released inactive gamertags in the past, but it’s been a while. Stay tuned."
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HeisenbergModsPosted:
Lol I can't wait for the Xbox One Skype resolvers to start being flooded on the interwebs.
RaciPosted:
LightyearJPEG I dont care about some freaking Skype on Xbox anyways.. I have PC for that.
Same, I don't get the point of having it on a console, pretty pointless.
It just depends... Some of the little kids with no computers may like it .. Lol
KillzonedPosted:
LightyearJPEG I dont care about some freaking Skype on Xbox anyways.. I have PC for that.
Same, I don't get the point of having it on a console, pretty pointless.
It's just something that makes the seem so much better than it is, but I don't even use Skype so this isn't a "Selling Point" for me.
MentalistPosted:
JPEG I dont care about some freaking Skype on Xbox anyways.. I have PC for that.
Same, I don't get the point of having it on a console, pretty pointless.
MentalistPosted:
I wouldn't use it anyway, I got it on my computer and I don't see a need to have it on xbox one.
SanchezioPosted:
Yeah, not sure why Microsoft are keeping it top secret. o.0
It's just Skype, a free computer app.
It's just Skype, a free computer app.
AustraliansPosted:
-ELiTEx- this would be cool so u can talk to people from xboxOne to Xbox360
I dont know if they'd do that :/
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