Zune Games By July 2008
Microsoft chief Xbox dood Peter Moore (pictured right, with “street cred”), assured everyone at CES yesterday that those Zunes all of us rushed out to buy will finally be updated to play video games by July of 2008. So far, the Zune’s lackluster performance has been accredited to everything from stingy sharing, cockblocked wireless purchasing, and the overwhelming fact that just about everybody who wants an iPod already has one, and doesn’t really need another, thanks all the same.
I kind of feel bad for Microsoft. Wait, I mean that metaphorically. Ok, I don’t mean it at all. Why would they expect to jump into the MP3 game five, six years too late and not be resoundingly ignored? The whole Zune angle seems a bit of a wish and a prayer, if you ask me (still waiting on that unsolicited consulting fee, MS).
It’s yet to be known, so far as I can tell, what manner of games will appear on the Zune; but with a device that already uses MS Points and comes from the people who built XBLA, it’d be silly if it weren’t some sort of XBLA-equivalent thingy. I’d play Zuma on a Zune, sure, why not? I mean, I wouldn’t buy one, but if it accidentally fell into my hands, I’d have a go.
Whatchu think, Willis?
Microsoft Will Add Video Games to Zune by July 2008 [ZuneBoards]
[Via: Engadget]
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Posted to Video Games on 9 January 2007
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I have Zuma on my ipod and it’s not like I am super excited to always play it all the time. It’s a fun diversion, but I can’t imagine something like the ipod or the zune being able to occupy a substantial portion of my gaming time. At least, not enough to warrant their announcement of this a year early. Who cares?
spot-on. the zune is too little, too late. particularly with the iphone coming up fast.
The last I heard, the Zune was at like 1% of the MP3 player marketshare (I’m surprised it’s that much, frankly), while iPod was at around 62 or 63%.
I have an older iPod, when I upgrade, it’ll be another iPod. iTunes is fantastic, and well, Zune is…a flop.
I totally agree. If MS wanted to gain any kind of marketshare with their Zune, they needed to go all the way and put out a machine that blew people away. Instead we got a half-assed first generation that, quite frankly, no one cared about, especially due to it’s lackluster wireless sharing features. This is especially harrowing since MS is advertising the wireless function as a major selling point of the Zune. Now with the iPhone on the horizon, the Zune is dead in the water.