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Xbox Music Launching Tomorrow With 30 Million Songs

Posted on Monday, October 15 @ 08:53:11 Eastern by Alex_Osborn

Starting tomorrow, Xbox 360 gamers will be able to enjoy all that Xbox Music has to offer... for a fee. While both free and subscription options are coming to Windows 8, those who wish to stream music on their gaming hardware (30 million songs worth at launch) will have to cough up some cash on the order of $9.99 a month. Oh yeah, and you must be an Xbox Live Gold subscriber.

In addition to the cloud-based streaming service, you'll also be able to purchase individual songs or albums—so at least there's that. Microsoft's Don Mattrick had the following to say about their new service:

The launch of Xbox Music is a milestone in simplifying digital music on every type of device and on a global scale. We’re breaking down the walls that fracture your music experiences today to ensure that music is better and integrated across the screens that you care about most — your tablet, PC, phone and TV.

It's clear that Microsoft is aiming to create the definitive music/entertainment hub with the Xbox platform, but will they succeed? After all, toppling Apple will prove quite challenging. Let us know whether or not you think Microsoft stands a chance in the comments below.

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  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:05 am
    Do we really need another entertainment platform? Microsoft has already failed with the Zune, and not a single person I know rents movies or listens to music from XBL. We already have iTunes and now Google Play. What happened to just sticking MP3s on your phone and being happy with that?
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  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:16 am
    I'm sure people are waiting more for the Internet Explorer browser to release with the dashboard update. It's irritating me, because people in the beta should be allowed to talk about it now. I have a few pros and cons to publish.
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  • xxmrcyanidexx
    xxmrcyanidexx
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Oct 15th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
    That sucks. XBOX live subscribers already have to pay $60 a year, so if we want to stream music , you have to pay more now? No thank you. I already pay 10 bucks a month for Spotify (which is amazing) so I'd rather have seen a spotify app on the Xbox. Now I know that's not happening so this is balls.
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  • sli
    sli
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Oct 16th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
    Interesting ordering of devices: tablet > PC > phone > TV... Does this indicate M$'s priority for the future? In other words, is the xbox/console going to potentially/eventually get phased out?
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