XBOXLIVE FRIENDS LIST UPDATE

XBOXLIVE FRIENDS LIST UPDATE

The NXE was a new UI bundled into the fall update for Xbox 360 which was implemented on November 11, 2008. New Xbox Experience (NXE) New Xbox Experience In a thinking session when the idea of voice chat came up, him and his team taped a microphone head set to an Xbox controller, which is where the idea for the microphone connecting to the controller came from. J Allard fought hard to keep player's e-mail address hidden on Xbox Live to give players a safer, more secure experience while using the service. Also originally Xbox Live was going to display each players e-mail address instead of a unique 'gamertag'. That was a unusual idea at the time because broadband was not as popular in 2001 as it is today. J Allard fought hard to make sure each Xbox shipped with an ethernet port on it.

J Allard was in charge of the development team on Xbox Live and many of Xbox Live's features were his ideas. On February 5, 2010, Marc Whitten announced that Xbox LIVE reached 23 million members. By May 2008, Xbox Live reached 12 million subscribers. By the service's fifth year anniversary in 2007, Xbox Live has reached 8 million subscribers. In just 2 years, Xbox Live reached 1 million subscribers. Xbox Live launched in November of the same year without many of the key features but quickly evolved into the premier online service.

It was a revolutionary service offering voice chat, friend lists and user 'gamertags' that were consistent across all games. It was first shown on the E3 show floor with the game Unreal Championship.

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