Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten says Microsoft is spending time on building out the infrastructure for the service and will skip over its regular bi-annual update.
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Typically in the past, Microsoft has pushed an update in the spring and fall. It does not plan to release a comprehensive update this spring, however, because it is preparing a DRM change that would allow users to take their games with them if they change consoles.
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Typically in the past, Microsoft has pushed an update in the spring and fall. It does not plan to release a comprehensive update this spring, however, because it is preparing a DRM change that would allow users to take their games with them if they change consoles.
That's a shame. First of all, locking games to consoles is a bad idea, considering the RRoD problem and all that. But without a Spring Update, has Microsoft run out of ideas for the Xbox 360, or are they putting the goodies in the new "Jasper" SKU?