Microsoft bringing Xbox games to smartphones

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Microsoft’s tentatively named Windows 8 online service will feature plenty of new games and other downloadable content, but that’s not all. There are currently plans to bring over games from the original Xbox library.

In addition, Microsoft will allow players to swap save data between their console and phone versions of the game. You’ll be able to take your Xbox games with you on the go, and then come home to play them on the big screen. The phones will functions as controllers for the Xbox 360 itself.

It remains to be seen how well these games will translate to touch devices, given the number of buttons on an Xbox controller. Either way, it seems like we’ve come a long way from black and white Snake on Nokia phones, no?

Are there any Xbox games you’d like to play on the go?

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  • It's going to be interesting to see if this ends up being the most effective strategy in dealing with Apple.

    Nintendo and, to a lesser extent, Sony, and trying to offer standalone handheld consoles that don't link in with the console, but Microsoft if advocating a "take your Xbox games on the go" strategy with it's console.

    I like the idea of being able to grind out a few hours on my favourite console RPG when I'm on the train. That's where I see this really fitting in, because games like Halo are way too complex for an exact experience on the phone/ tablet.

  • It's going to be interesting to see if this ends up being the most effective strategy in dealing with Apple.

    Nintendo and, to a lesser extent, Sony, and trying to offer standalone handheld consoles that don't link in with the console, but Microsoft if advocating a "take your Xbox games on the go" strategy with it's console.

    I like the idea of being able to grind out a few hours on my favourite console RPG when I'm on the train. That's where I see this really fitting in, because games like Halo are way too complex for an exact experience on the phone/ tablet.

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