Leaked Xbox Live Tidbits

[Bond]

In a recent interview with Spiegel Online, Microsoft Senior Vice President and Chief Xbox Officer Robbie Bach let slip a few potential tidbits regarding future plans for Xbox Live.
Bach noted that Microsoft was looking into expanding the multimedia aspects of Xbox Live and that MS was looking into the possibility of Live subscribers receiving game invites on their cell phones.

More interesting is Bach's admission that Microsoft was playing around with the idea of offering connectivity between the Xbox and PC. While Xbox gamers wouldn't be able to play head-to-head with PC users, Live subscribers would be able to create and edit settings and rankings for online games with their PC. Perhaps even create mods for use on Live-enabled games?

Both of these options are still in the "Hey, that would be cool" phase and are neither promised nor expected anytime soon. The statements do show, however, that Microsoft is looking to expand the functionality of Live beyond what consumers currently enjoy.

Bach refuted the notion that Microsoft was waiting until the next generation of consoles was out before coming after Sony and their titanic lead. Xbox' big man assured that Microsoft was building "a foundation for attack." He also promised that Sony would not have a head start in the next generation of consoles. "When PlayStation 3 arrives, we'll be ready!"

Source: IGN

Some pretty interesting news I'd say.

[Jonbo298]

I'm glad to hear that companies aren't going to wait more than a year anymore to release their console after the competitor already did. And those are some nifty things. But the cell phone invites sounds kind of dumb. You could out and about town and receive a message saying Y wants to challenge you to a game of Z. I'd like to see how many dates are ruined because of that.