Facebook and Twitter Head to the Xbox
At the E3 Expo today, it was announced that Facebook and Twitter integration would be coming to Xbox. I guess MySpace gets left behind here too. Liveblogging the event, Daniel Terdiman of CNET writes:
Finally, Xbox Live members will now be able to interact with both Facebook and Twitter through their consoles. They’ll be able to share photos with Facebook friends via Xbox Live, and be able to see their lists of Xbox Live and Facebook friends simultaneously.
As for Twitter functionality, Xbox Live users will be able to post tweets directly from their consoles, without a PC.
It only makes sense that social networks and the gaming consoles get together. Games (particularly a service like Xbox live) are already social by nature, and Facebook and Twitter just happen to be two of the hottest forms of communication at the moment.
"Ever since the Facebook Platform launched two years ago, Facebook has become an increasingly important platform for online game developers. Entirely new companies have been built on the back of the Facebook Platform, like Playfish, Zynga, and SGN, that are creating the next generation of social games," says Justin Smith at Inside Facebook. "However, today’s announcement shows Facebook’s potential as a content distribution channel that could actually lead to more viral growth for games on other platforms."
It will be interesting to see if other consoles and social media companies integrate with one another. Smith notes that Electronic Arts is taking advantage of Facebook Connect for its Xbox version of Tiger Woods 2010.
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