Topic: Microsoft: iPhone Xbox Live Apps Must Be Free (Read 82 times)

Xbox-Scene · « **on:** August 19, 2008, 06:22:00 PM »

Microsoft: iPhone Xbox Live Apps Must Be Free
Posted by XanTium | August 19 19:46 EST | News Category: Xbox360

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Microsoft has officially halted the distribution of all Xbox Live-related iPhone applications via Apple's App Store -- not to quell creative coding, but instead to mandate that all such programs must be offered to users free of charge.

The creators of an application dubbed "1337pwn Friends List" that allows users access to their Xbox Live Friends List via Apple's multi-function handheld revealed the news this morning, as per a recent conversation they had with Microsoft's developer relations department.

Full Story: wired.com
Official Site: http://1337pwnblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/1337pwn-xbox-live-friends-list-appstore.html

tomgreen99200 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 19, 2008, 06:49:00 PM »

oh thats kool ! Maybe they should follow their own advice and give me and all other Gold members something free !!

CollinstheClown · « **Reply #2 on:** August 19, 2008, 07:19:00 PM »

HAHAHA I just pictured you avatar screaming "oh thats kool!"

Microsoft won't let anything go.... unless they get a piece of the pie.

-CollinstheClown

0794 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 20, 2008, 12:19:00 AM »

something just doesn't seem right here. don't get me wrong - i am all about free - but why code applications for the iphone in relation to XBL if you cannot recover any costs except through advertising. unless i am missing something here - i wouldn't image that MS would pay these independent coders anything...

the iphone just keeps getting better and better...

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