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Xbox Music Details
- Thread starter Barkley's Justice
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Penguins&PolarBears
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I've never used Spotify so can someone who has give me a rundown on how this compares?
- Free streaming - I know Spotify has this.
- Unlimited on-demand paid subscription - I know Spotify has this.
- Unlimited Downloads/Offline playback?
- Purchasing MP3s?
- Cloud storage for purchased content?
- Music-match service like iTunes?
congrats OP, you are famous.
http://www.neowin.net/news/xbox-mus...-main+(Neowin+News)&utm_content=Google+Reader
http://www.neowin.net/news/xbox-mus...-main+(Neowin+News)&utm_content=Google+Reader
You can buy individual tracks, but I've never understood why you'd want to do that.
Microsoft really should get Spotify on the Xbox. I have zero interest in investing in their own music service.
soul creator
Member
I've never really closely looked at the OP's avatar, but I just now realized it's Father MC, and not Shabba Ranks
Penguins&PolarBears
Member
Well I'm glad we cleared that up. 1 person says you can and one person says you can't.
I actually like owning music, not just renting it for streaming like Netflix til the point the music label/movie studio decides to pull it from the streaming catalog. Also the DRM-ed subscription tracks are probably restricted to only Spotify-capable devices.
I hope they will. I believe it's really important for the service and for Microsoft as a whole to 'get' that users use all kinds of devices and offer their services everywhere instead of trying to lock customers in. Otherwise it doesn't look good for their transition to a service-oriented company.
Of course the apps don't have to all be released at the same time. They certainly can focus on their platforms first and get those done.
Penguins&PolarBears
Member
Strategically I would do something in-between like they do with Xbox Live on iOS and Android or Office 365.
Let them use the limited version with ad-supported streaming, cloud storage and music match services on iOS and Android. Let them see what their friends are listening to, but restrict the full top tier subscription service to the Windows devices.
Memory issue with the already huge OS on 2005 hardware. These kinds of features will be day 1 one on the next Xbox.
Mitsurux
Member
My 360 is setup to stream all of my Music from my Laptop (over wireless network), its great to use the feature for custom sound tracks etc.
Zune Pass was probably the most over looked (or so it seemed) feature of the Zune Service.. unlimited music downloads (while active memeber) plus each month the ability to earn credit to buy music...
If this new service offers oemthing similar it would be a very attractive choice...
brotkasten
Member
It's not that bad.
From the Windows Phone OT:
I expect Xbox Music to be available there as well.
so Spotify is Zune.
MrGreencastle
Member
I've already subscribed. I love the service on my Windows Phone, I'm excited for the rebrand.
i searched and this was the first thread, so here goes:
i started the trial today. i was very disappointed that it can't be used to run in the background while playing games on xbox. after the trial i will probably go back to spotify, because i can't find any reason to use this service instead
i started the trial today. i was very disappointed that it can't be used to run in the background while playing games on xbox. after the trial i will probably go back to spotify, because i can't find any reason to use this service instead