EA *FINALLY* signs on with X-Box Live

[Morfiend]

Now, I just wish I could get online with SSX3.

http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/11/technology/e3_xboxlive/index.htm?cnn=yes

Microsoft and Electronic Arts announced Monday that EA Xbox games would begin supporting online play in July, with the release of "NCAA Football 2005." All totaled, EA plans to release at least 15 Xbox Live enabled games this year, including "Madden NFL 2005," "Tiger Woods," "NASCAR," "Goldeneye: Rogue Agent" and "Battlefield: Modern Combat.

As a side note, all I can say about this is SMART. Fucking smart.

To further boost the appeal of Xbox Live to a widespread audience, Microsoft also plans to launch a line of arcade, card and puzzle games this fall. Bringing in card and classic arcade games won't help Microsoft attract core gamers, but could appeal to older adults and women, who traditionally play such games on the PC.

Converting that audience could be a tremendous boost for Xbox Live. A February study by Digital Marketing Services for AOL found that women over 40 are the most active players of online games, beating men and teens. Women in this group, the study found, averaging 9.1 hours of online play time per week.

[Glamdring]

Is Hotmail next?  Then my grandmother will have access to her online card games and her email in a system that doesn't require me to be over there twice a week for repair work.

[daveNYC]

I think we can look forward to a rebranding of the XBox.