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No Last.fm for Ireland

  • 23-10-2009 4:01am
    #1
    ShaneU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,874 ✭✭✭✭


    Just downloaded the dashboard update (I'm in the preview) and there's no Last.fm

    Apparently It's U.S. and U.K. only, very disappointed as I couldn't give a damn about using twitter or facebook from my xbox.


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  • #2
    Shnitszer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Shnitszer


    Really? I guess it doesn't matter to me anyway since to use last.fm on the PC you have to pay a monthly fee. Really annoying. :(


  • #3
    ShaneU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,874 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    Shnitszer wrote: »
    Really? I guess it doesn't matter to me anyway since to use last.fm on the PC you have to pay a monthly fee. Really annoying. :(

    No you don't, subscribing is optional.


  • #4
    Stagger Lee
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Stagger Lee


    ShanU is right, subscibing is optional, most of the features of the site are free. I subscribe as I think it is worth it. I've not found a better way to discover new music similar to what I like.


  • #5
    Shnitszer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Shnitszer


    Yeah but too hear music recommendations you need to subscribe...as far as I know.


  • #6
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Shnitszer wrote: »
    Yeah but too hear music recommendations you need to subscribe...as far as I know.

    No you don't... Unless they've changed it recently.
    I've been using them since the Audioscrobbler days and they have never struck me as money grabbing opportunists.

    Pretty pissed off about this... I live in the UK, but my console is registered to Ireland, and apparently MS won't allow you to change the country of residence of a gamer tag:mad:
    Means that I'm missing out on Indie games as well


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  • #7
    moonboy52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭moonboy52


    I am thinking about getting a super elite.

    So the moral of the story is to put u.k down for country when getting a gamer tag?


  • #8
    Mr Freeze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,618 ✭✭✭Mr Freeze


    So no Last.Fm and you have to pay extra for Sky even though you have a subscription already.

    These updates are looking worse and worse as they get closer to release.


  • #9
    bucks73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭bucks73


    It does suck and the only reason I can think of is that MS/Last.fm have to strike a deal with IRMA regarding royalties.


  • #10
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    On the last bit of info I read about the preview programme, it only mentioned Tw@ter & FB (I actually noted that they didn't say anything about last.fm)
    Is it definitely not being made available to Ireland, or is it just not included in the phase of the preview?


  • #11
    bucks73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭bucks73


    At the moment it doesnt look like anyone outside the UK or US is getting it. No word on if we will ever get it.

    Edit: Confirmed that its due to licensing issues.

    http://www.last.fm/group/Last.fm+on+Xbox+LIVE/forum/137848/_/575548


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  • #12
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    Last i read was that the last.fm radio is going (has gone?) the pay-to-listen route for certain countries iirc


  • #13
    Dman001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Dman001


    Can you comment on the Zune Marketplace. What are the prices like and any TV shows available?


  • #14
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Well that's pretty crap, last.fm was the only thing I was looking forward to in the new update.


  • #15
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Last.fm have stopped people outside of the uk from accessing music for a good while now, not suprised by this tbh :rolleyes::p

    Nick

    My Beer Glass collection site 🍺

    My Irish Callcards site



  • #16
    ShaneU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,874 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    Dman001 wrote: »
    Can you comment on the Zune Marketplace. What are the prices like and any TV shows available?

    Most of the new movies are 540 points (€6) to rent in HD, and 360 points in SD, however I seen one or two that were 600 in HD and 480 in SD (Gran Torino)

    Older movies are 380 points to rent in HD, 250 in SD

    There's no TV shows.


  • #17
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Lol, where the feck are they pulling those prices from???
    Should be half that if they ever expect to wean customers off traditional DVD rentals


  • #18
    Gunmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,067 ✭✭✭Gunmonkey


    Wooo, they only feature I gave a damn about in this big-mega-update isnt coming to Ireland....YAY MICROSOFT!!!


  • #19
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,220 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Gunmonkey wrote: »
    YAY MICROSOFT!!!
    It more of a Last.fm rights management problem than a Microsoft problem. It's cheaper to add something someone's already done to your console than to buy them out or build your own from the ground up.

    Nothing in this update interests me at all.


  • #20
    CORaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭CORaven


    I just dont get it.
    Last.fm should be available to people who are premium subscribers. And yet they have the zune market place, yet you cannot buy a zune outside the US.
    Can someone please explain this madness?


  • #21
    Hammer of Thor
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭Hammer of Thor


    This is madness! I'm in the preview thing too but I haven't been near the xbox since I got the email, I don't think I'll be rushing back for it now! As much as I love it Xbox Live is proving to be bad value. From the monthly charge to the overly expensive movies and downloadable games, and now this! No last.fm and limited and pricey Zune.

    I'm one step closer to buying a PS3.


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  • #22
    commandz
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭commandz


    Meh, just wanted to voice my disapointment too. No community games, now this... I'm about ready to invite Cromwell back.


  • #23
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    CORaven wrote: »
    . And yet they have the zune market place, yet you cannot buy a zune outside the US.
    Can someone please explain this madness?

    I have a Zune for the past two years, there is aload of online stores selling Zunes, far better than any ipod and they actually work for more than 6 months without breaking down. But there are better mp3 players out there for the money, a la an S9.

    But overall, couldn't give a flying feck about any part of this update weather we get all of it or not. I just use my 360 for the games, I have an MP3 player, phone, PC and laptop for everything else. Digital TV and social networks sites, I don't rate at all.


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