Microsoft delays Xbox Live Primetime to 2009
- October 21, 2008 09:14 AM PST
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Originally scheduled to launch in November, Microsoft's virtual game show over Xbox Live has been bumped to spring.
I'm sorry. The correct answer is 'spring 2009'
Microsoft officials say the delay is necessary to ensure a glitch-free deployment of the new Xbox 360 menu system on Nov. 19, reports Forbes.
"By waiting until the spring, Microsoft's offering will likely go up against a more compelling lineup of television shows--and put its chances of instant success at risk," surmises Forbes' Chris Morris upon breaking the news.
Announced in July at E3, Xbox Live Primetime was described as a regularly scheduled game show where Xbox Live members could compete for real-world prizes. The mainstream-friendly idea was meant to compliment the new Xbox interface this fall, with the first "Primetime" show being an online version of NBC's "1 vs. 100."
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- Oct 21 2008 at 09:38:20:AM PST
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ticl wrote:
lol wait a MINUTE. ITS DELAYED. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ms doesnt delay anything noooooooooooooo wait sony must be doing this nooooooooooooooo oh wow noooooooooooo guess home is going to have to do, nooooooooo please noooooo ms not a sony nooooo. theres never been a 360 delay before nooooooooooooooooo next they will tell us 360,s are breaking noooooooooooooo, lol reminds me of the mac commercial. the dude who plays the pc is a writer. he just wrote a book and lol on a mac nooooooooooooooooooo, oh god not ms noooooooooooooo
lmao....u must have been waiting for that for awhile now huh
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Interesting, but the question is, will it work? Delays can be annoying, but if the product is better do to that extra time spent on it, thats great.
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The idea of Xbox Primetime is extremely tantalizing. And it's one of the best ways to show 360 owners their appreciation for fan support. Very cool.
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Yea that TICL was trolling articles waitin to flame M$. Where has TICL been with all ofthese "negative" SONY flamebait? I mean where has he been with all of his sales figures and how Sony is so much better blah blah nonsense? He was trolling waitin to strike. And he struck on one about a MS live gameshow article. LOL ewww you got the MS fanboys with that one TICL. MS pushed their live gameshow game back...oh no! Since they pushed that game back they must be just like sony lol. AH ticl you make these forums funny with your stupidity.
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Am I the only one who A.) does not care about the Wii looking XBOX live but also B.) would rather live stay as it is now?
I mean come on, if I wanted the wii type look, I would have, you guessed it, BOUGHT A WII!!!
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This is the first time I heard of it but it does sound cool. Real Prizes! If ticl still owned a 360, he could have won a " brain, spine and tes-"ticl"es!"
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