Microsoft's confirmed cloud storage for Xbox Live, via a statement released after its E3 press conference.
"Here at Xbox Live we listen to your feedback," said service VP Marc Whitten in a statement. "We are making it easier for you to sign into your Xbox Live account from any console at any time to access your game saves and full profile, including items such as Microsoft Points to make purchases, Achievements and friends.
"Gone are the days of gamertag recovery. Now all you need to do is sign in, no matter where you are," he said.
Also slyly announced for the Xbox online service are 'Beacons'. "We want to make it easy for you to connect with friends over your favorite games on Xbox Live, so we are introducing Beacons to the service," explains Whitten.
"Beacons are a way to tell your Xbox Live and Facebook friends that you want to play a game on Xbox Live. By setting a Beacon, you tell Xbox Live what you want to play. Then, Xbox Live lets you know when friends are playing or want to play the same game.
"With Beacons, no matter what you're currently doing on Xbox Live your friends know that it's ok to ask you to play your Beaconed games."
Comments
11 comments so far...
Houdini Splicer on 6 Jun '11 said:
Good to hear, the fact that you had to recover your whole gamertag to sign in on another consle was annoying.
jtthegame on 6 Jun '11 said:
good news if you have you game save on the could you want to access it when you are playing on a friends console
roynluc on 6 Jun '11 said:
I just keep my Profile and saves on a memory stick and use that on the downstairs and upstairs 360's, or if I go to a mates place for a gaming session.
Soviet1918 on 6 Jun '11 said:
As roynluc said memory sticks people memory sticks unlike broadband they dont go down.
corkscru74 on 6 Jun '11 said:
Just bought a second Xbox so this is great news! Was worried I'd have to mess around with a memory stick everytime I wanted to play the bedroom one.
alan666 on 6 Jun '11 said:
is it free ?
sjholland87 on 6 Jun '11 said:
But then you're buggered if you're USB stick goes to s**t...
Shot in the arse then!
Ok I should stop with the buggery jokes before they get awful. I don't like poking my rod in things...
DAMN IT!
Clusks on 7 Jun '11 said:
That beacons system will come in handy. I was getting a bit sick of climbing to the top of the roof and flashing the Xbox Live symbol in the sky to let my mates know i wanted to play.
laminated0 on 7 Jun '11 said:
Damn, I thought batman was calling the X-men
Old Skool Gamer on 7 Jun '11 said:
Great news for the 20GB owners.
The Bossman on 7 Jun '11 said:
Too bad that PSN has this for PS+ users only. OK I know they gave us a months free of PS+ but it'd be nice to have cloud storage as standard, as a nice back-up for USB sticks. Nice news for 360 owners.