Microsoft will be launching Xbox Live in India on November 5th, and from the looks of it, they’re getting a pretty sweet deal. Speaking to the press in New Delhi, the company made a slew of announcements, including the simultaneous launch of Games for Windows Live, different XBL packages, accessories, and new features that will be added to the service. Soon after the launch, the Xbox Live Marketplace will also become available, which will include all games and media already available as well as some region specific content, such as Indian cartoons and Bollywood movies. Besides that, they’ve also partnered up with Seventymm, India’s version of Netflix, to rent out Xbox 360 games to subscribers. But wait, there’s more: India will also be the first country to receive educational content through Xbox Live in the form of “educational aids” for grades 1-12.
I’ve never felt so envious of India before in my life. They may have some of the worst poverty and AIDS rates in the world, but man do they know how to handle an online distribution service. Hopefully, this is sign that Microsoft is open to Netflix’s ideas of offering their services through the Xbox 360 as well.
Via The Angry Pixel
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5 Responses to “India's Xbox Live Will Be Better Than Ours”
* India's Xbox Live Will Be Better Than Ours says:
October 25th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
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October 25th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
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* xx-Thor-xx says:
October 26th, 2007 at 1:09 am
so who do they call when "xbox live-india" breaks down?
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October 26th, 2007 at 2:01 am
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* Cox says:
October 26th, 2007 at 3:10 am
I honestly take offense to this article, This is stupid that you say "India's Xbox Live Will Be Better Than Ours" can you please think of all the things you get before anyone else? So, India's Xbox live service has a few new features, im sure the next place they implement it will be USA then JAPAN and EUROPE. In Australia we wait for games the rest of the world has had for weeks (sometimes months in the case of Nintendo). Xbox live Australia has NOTHING on it, there are a few game trailers and thats it, no TV shows, no movies, oh we have choice of two music videos we can download.
I'm sorry, I love this site, but please, remember, what did India ever have else before you?
Maybe I'm taking this to hard, I'm happy to see more features coming to Xbox live for some people I suppose.
http://news.filefront.com/indias-xbox-live...tter-than-ours/