Greenberg: Killing original Xbox Live 'will bring more features to 360'
Microsoft product director Aaron Greenberg has claimed that the death of Live on the original Xbox will allow the firm to add "more features" to 360's service - adding that MS is "definitely aware" of consumer requests for extended Friends' Lists.
Microsoft pulled the plug on Live on the original Xbox last week - but not without some final farewell messages for Halo 2 players.
Greenberg said that the end of the service will allow greater "flexibility" for additions to the 360 online interface in future. That could include a new TV show, according to reports today.
"A lot of our partners talked to us about cutting off Xbox Live support, you kniw, a long time ago, and it was really something that we didn't take lightly," Greenberg told CVG sister mag Xbox World 360.
"We're at that point now where that community has largely transitioned off and onto the Xbox 360, and now, by discontinuing that support, we're able to add more features without necessarily having to support things like that firends list integration where you could see your friends on Xbox1 or Xbox 360. Having that new flexibility will allow us to bring more features to the Xbox Live Community on Xbox 360."
When asked if the new additions to Lie on 360 would include extended friends lists, Greenberg replied:
"We have heard from folks that they want to be able to extend the Friends List. It's something we are looking at. We haven't announced anything but it is definitely something that we're aware of."
Subject: Killing XBox live 1.0 will improve XBL for the 360 and beyond 
Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:29 am