Friday, September 3, 2010

XBOX with Facebook and Twitter — Winner of The Dumbest Console Idea Award for 2009

The basic notion of Xbox Live is social media for gaming and then some. No one actually goes on there to “catch up” with old friends. You go on there to shoot dudes with your buddies, demolish other gamers in some hella fun frag war or play some goofy games together. Occasionally there will be some kind of tournament or other gaming opportunity/contest to win stuff, then there’s all the other things we’ve grown accustomed to having with our gold memberships (beta tests, demos, movies, music, TV shows and the supremely awesome Netflix). Putting Facebook and Twitter into the the mix — well it’s stupid.