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Zeus
07-05-2009, 10:47 PM
Major Nelson has commented on news on Silverlight's involvement with adverts on the Xbox 360 dashboard. MN notes that there will be no need to worry and Silverlight will just make adverts a more 'organic' part of the dashboard.

<blockquote>I’ve seen quite a bit of discussion today about how we’re bringing Silverlight ads to LIVE in the future.

I need to let you know that you don’t need to worry about a huge influx of ads across the dashboard. One of our core principles is to enhance, not interfere with the gaming experience, and we work directly with our partners to only deliver experiences that are relevant to the LIVE community. Silverlight will help make those ads a more organic part of the dashboard, like we’ve done with some of the NXE slots in the past. No one on the team wants to turn the dashboard into something that looks like like Shibuya Crossing. That’s just not good for anyone. </blockquote>

News Source: <A href="http://majornelson.com/Default.aspx" target="_Blank">MajorNelson</a>
unreal maniac
07-06-2009, 12:56 AM
why are there adverts anyway?

it seems everything ms makes has adverts look at windows live messenger
tech3475
07-06-2009, 02:03 AM
You should see the comments at xbox-scene
Knids
07-06-2009, 05:06 AM
subscription plus advertising,
when will people see that if they start paying for this "service"
one day there will be no alternative.
:mad:
tech3475
07-06-2009, 01:24 PM
subscription plus advertising,
when will people see that if they start paying for this "service"
one day there will be no alternative.
:mad:

People have no choice but to pay, that's why.
Mikeyy
07-06-2009, 03:30 PM
Lets have experiment.

PSN is free and has no ADs.

The responses to this post will answer the questions up above.
EL_CAD
07-06-2009, 04:16 PM
subscription plus advertising,
when will people see that if they start paying for this "service"
one day there will be no alternative.
:mad:

Like when everyone canceled cable/satellite TV because they ran ads?
Mr.Do!
07-07-2009, 06:05 AM
well i learned that:

if they can find a way to put an advert somewhere.. they will... This goes for everything. not just technology.

you can thank the internet for having ads plastered on your game consoles.

I am surprised they havent gone as far as putting un-skipable commercials before games on disk...