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My concern is how FB Gaming will be installed/embedded into the Xbox dash. If it's like the current FB SDK, does that mean that FB will be siphoning data off xb

My concern is how FB Gaming will be installed/embedded into the Xbox dash. If it's like the current FB SDK, does that mean that FB will be siphoning data off xbox users that don't use FB?

jitl 6y ago
A closer partnership with Facebook is going to loose Microsoft the coming console generation just like their focus on “TV is the new water cooler” lost them the last one. Gamers don’t want Facebook. They don’t want TV. Gamers want games.
- TremendousJudge 6y ago
  >Gamers don’t want Facebook. They don’t want TV. Gamers want games. Yeah, the fact that the PS2 could play DVDs had absolutely nothing to do with its tremendous success.
  - twalla 6y ago
    This is how I convinced my parents to buy both a PS2 and PS3 - the PS3 was one of the most affordable blu-ray players when introduced, it just happened to have a game console attached to it.
    - jdofaz 6y ago
      It was a much better player than most dedicated bluray players at the time too.
  - vertex-four 6y ago
    The difference is that everyone (to some approximation) who is likely to buy a PS5 has a computer of some description that is perfectly capable of streaming media - you're not thinking "oh, I need to get that console so I can watch Facebook Gaming".
- jimmaswell 6y ago
  Do you really think anyone is going to base their console decision on a facebook partnership?
  - thejynxed 6y ago
    I can certainly see people not buying them due to such a partnership, especially in Europe.
baggachipz 6y ago
I've been an Xbox player since the very first one, and my gamertag has been Xbox Live Gold (and now GamePass Ultimate) since the dawn of the service. If they have the audacity and malice to shove Facebook on my dashboard, I will buy that hideous PS5 without giving it a second thought and switch wholesale.
mtgx 6y ago
Do you even have to ask at this point? Wasn't even Microsoft's Visual Studio tracking devs by default now? And let's not forget about the hot privacy mess that is Windows 10...

My concern is how FB Gaming will be installed/embedded into the Xbox dash. If it's like the current FB SDK, does that mean that FB will be siphoning data off xbox users that don't use FB?

jitl 6y ago

A closer partnership with Facebook is going to loose Microsoft the coming console generation just like their focus on “TV is the new water cooler” lost them the last one. Gamers don’t want Facebook. They don’t want TV. Gamers want games.

TremendousJudge 6y ago
>Gamers don’t want Facebook. They don’t want TV. Gamers want games. Yeah, the fact that the PS2 could play DVDs had absolutely nothing to do with its tremendous success.
- twalla 6y ago
  This is how I convinced my parents to buy both a PS2 and PS3 - the PS3 was one of the most affordable blu-ray players when introduced, it just happened to have a game console attached to it.
  - jdofaz 6y ago
    It was a much better player than most dedicated bluray players at the time too.
- vertex-four 6y ago
  The difference is that everyone (to some approximation) who is likely to buy a PS5 has a computer of some description that is perfectly capable of streaming media - you're not thinking "oh, I need to get that console so I can watch Facebook Gaming".
jimmaswell 6y ago
Do you really think anyone is going to base their console decision on a facebook partnership?
- thejynxed 6y ago
  I can certainly see people not buying them due to such a partnership, especially in Europe.

baggachipz 6y ago

I've been an Xbox player since the very first one, and my gamertag has been Xbox Live Gold (and now GamePass Ultimate) since the dawn of the service. If they have the audacity and malice to shove Facebook on my dashboard, I will buy that hideous PS5 without giving it a second thought and switch wholesale.

mtgx 6y ago

Do you even have to ask at this point? Wasn't even Microsoft's Visual Studio tracking devs by default now? And let's not forget about the hot privacy mess that is Windows 10...