Following the revelation yesterday that the company would later this year be placing advertisements on Xbox Live, Microsoft have moved to assure users that the ads will âenhance, not interfereâ with their experience.
https://lastchance.cc/ads-coming-to-xbox-360-dashboard-5305087%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Posting on his blog, Microsoftâs Larry Hryb has said:
I need to let you know that you donât need to worry about a huge influx of ads across the dashboard. One of our core principles is to enhance, not interfere with the gaming experience, and we work directly with our partners to only deliver experiences that are relevant to the LIVE community. Silverlight will help make those ads a more organic part of the dashboard, like weâve done with some of the NXE slots in the past. No one on the team wants to turn the dashboard into something that looks like like Shibuya Crossing. Thatâs just not good for anyone.
Which puts to rest fears that the service will look slightly whorish, but then, it doesnât address the more fundamental question of âwhere, then, is my $50 a year goingâ?
Silverlight ads on Xbox 360 [Microsoft]
