A report over on Gamasutra aims to highlight what certain industry people thought were the most under-reported announcements to come out of this year’s E3 show in Los Angeles.
Outspoken Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter is convinced that the Xbox 360 Facebook and Twitter news along with the instant access to Netflix and last.fm announcements were absolutely this biggest news that went under-reported.
Admittedly, the selection is limited to these four sites, but it’s a start, and is a glimpse into the future of the Xbox 360 as a home media/internet hub. I think that this announcement was far and away the most important one of the show, and think that the media completely missed its importance.
Ultimately, Microsoft appears intent on positioning the Xbox 360 as a functioning computer that happens to be located in the living room and is connected to the television. This gives the company a huge jump start on a hopeful Apple, which has as yet to make a dent in sales of its AppleTV (intended for the same purpose).
Microsoft has yet to confirm a timeline for the addition of some of these new web services to the Xbox 360′s dashboard
Amazing! Not clear for me, how offen you updating your robot-ninja.com.
These were very important announcements at E3, but I’m not sure about being the most important, lol.