What is Xbox LIVE?

Xbox LIVE is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation. Xbox Live is the network gaming system that uses the Internet to connect Xbox machines to one another through Microsoft's network using the Xbox 360 consoles as servers for multiplayer matches, instead of a dedicated server system.

Xbox Live is a subscription-based service that can be purchased in 1 month, 3 month, and 1 year periods. The Silver level service is free, while the Gold level requires a paid subscription. Xbox Live Gold subscriptions can be purchased directly from the Xbox 360, with a credit card and many retailers sell subscriptions, often at a discount. If users associate a credit card with their Xbox Live account, when the current subscription ends, it is renewed automatically.

Xbox LIVE is the first and most comprehensive unified online entertainment network seamlessly integrated throughout the entire console experience, making it easy for people to find the friends, games and entertainment they want from the moment they power on their Xbox 360 system. And to further this experience, as part of the Xbox LIVE Fall Update, the Netflix Xbox 360 client will allow anyone with a Netflix subscription of more than $9-month to stream, for free, any of the more than 10,000 back-catalog movies Netflix makes available on demand.

This is just one major upgrade in the new Xbox LIVE Fall Update, also included will be a new interface for the Dashboard, Wii-like avatars to associate with your gamercard, and the ability to access the Xbox LIVE Marketplace from your PC. Although not much else has been reported by Microsoft at this time, it is rumored that the ability to create clans and track clan stats is also part of the new update.
Will this new update bring a renewed vigor to current disappointed users? We can only hope so!

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What is a Xbox 360?

Xbox 360 is a powerful video game and entertainment system, delivering the best games, the next generation of the premier Xbox LIVE online gaming service, and unique digital entertainment experiences that revolve around you. The Xbox 360 is a video game console produced and marketed by Microsoft. The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsoft's original Xbox video game console. With a hard drive attached, Xbox 360 is backward compatible, allowing anyone to play their favorite original Xbox games. Backward compatibility on the Xbox 360 is achieved through software emulation of the original Xbox. The Xbox 360 is backwards compatible with certain original Xbox games. Xbox 360 is the future-generation video game and entertainment system that places gamers at the center of the experience. Microsoft's decision to upgrade the Xbox 360 is the latest of many steps the software maker has taken to position its products at the center of home entertainment.
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Consoles vs. PC's

I always laugh when companies say that PC gaming is dying, what non-sense. Every couple of years, usually after a fresh crop of consoles hit the market, the drumbeat starts to sound: PC gaming is finished. As well all know, PC gaming will probably outlive any console, but the funny thing is, console gaming is essentially becoming PC gaming.

Consoles are simply a more affordable option for people who want a good gaming experience without breaking the bank. Consoles will evolve to the point where they are no different from PC, so in a manner of speaking, console gaming will be PC gaming. Now that the major consoles support HD there’s just not much reason to game on the PC anymore. I expect that consoles will remain immensely popular until something truly new and revolutionary comes along.

Three years into this so-called “next-gen” console cycle, sales of the game systems — and by extension, the games for them — have generated a boatload of cash, but you don’t hear much about PC gaming these days. The fact that pre-built systems cost more, is a perfectly salient aspect to a discussion of how PC gaming is more expensive. Computers still offer the richest, fullest gaming experiences due to the flexibility of PC hardware configurations. Consoles will always outsell a PC its got a strangle hold on the market but does that mean that PC gaming is dead, no.

I'm pretty sure computer gaming is here to stay (huge market, plus some games just don't work well on consoles), but the simplicity of console gaming is pretty appealing, especially if you don't already have a computer capable of running today's games. So the war is winding down, and while consoles may have been the initial underdog have they emerged champion?