Itâs since been edited to remove all mention of Microsoftâs home console, but earlier today, the Redmond software giant was advertising for people to come help work on Silverlight stuff for the Xbox 360. What does that mean?
Silverlight â Microsoftâs in-house rival to Adobeâs Flash â is of course already used on the Xbox, for those animated advertisements you sometimes get on your dashboard. And the 360 is also already home to âappsâ, as thatâs basically what the consoleâs Facebook, Netflix, ESPN and Twitter services are.
https://lastchance.cc/new-dashboard-commercials-bring-ad-breaks-to-your-360-5318124%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Secondly, and more obviously, it sounds a lot like more âappsâ are coming in the pipeline. And while the obvious targets for those would be the above-mentioned games/applications and more TV services, would it really kill Microsoft to put Internet Explorer on the 360? Or, at the very least, a YouTube app? Most times I want to use my console to play games on,but sometimes, I just like having something hooked up to my TV I can show stupid crap to my wife.
Silverlight Future Revealed ? ? [Techtrends, via Gizmodo]
https://gizmodo.com/hello-xbox-360-apps-silverlights-coming-to-xbox-360-5696720
