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Skype coming to Xbox

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  • #2
    Korvanica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭Korvanica


    Healium wrote: »
    ...eventually :D

    http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/10/microsoft-buys-skype-plans-to-add-support-to-kinect-and-xbox-li/

    Great News... :)


  • #3
    Raze_them_all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,477 ✭✭✭✭Raze_them_all


    Will it be in ireland though or will it be like the indy games? Must go read link now


  • #4
    Healium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭Healium


    I can see a Skype app alongside Facebook and Twitter coming in the Autumn Dashboard update, along with an improvement to party chat :D


  • #5
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    So finally Kinect will be good for something :D

    Video call or call to a mobile / land line from the xbox would be handy at times I guess.

    Any game sessions I've been in lately with more than 2 people has been awful distorted voices and mad echos, so this might improve things.


  • #6
    allanb49
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,419 ✭✭✭allanb49


    Knowing Microsoft, we won't get this


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  • #7
    TheDoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,137 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    Its not really news.

    MS buy Skype and its the obvious connection to make.

    I would imagine it will eventually come to Xbox but in fairness its long overdue. When you use something like Ventrilo for years and then compare sound quality with the Xbox voip, its ****ing disgraceful to hear the comparison.

    Skype though is massive in europe and the US, its pretty dribble here in Ireland but you cant fault having something like it on your Xbox to make free calls from to other subscribers.

    Its definitly a decent push into making the Xbox a more central unit in your household.

    Dont see myself using it though, at all


  • #8
    CORaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭CORaven


    TheDoc wrote: »
    Its not really news.

    MS buy Skype and its the obvious connection to make.

    I would imagine it will eventually come to Xbox but in fairness its long overdue. When you use something like Ventrilo for years and then compare sound quality with the Xbox voip, its ****ing disgraceful to hear the comparison.

    Skype though is massive in europe and the US, its pretty dribble here in Ireland but you cant fault having something like it on your Xbox to make free calls from to other subscribers.

    Its definitly a decent push into making the Xbox a more central unit in your household.

    Dont see myself using it though, at all

    The quality you get on XBL voip, is it a case of the quality of the service, or the hardware?


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