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Old 02-09-2007, 07:28 PM
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First, I highly doubt that I would people to transfer a game such as Uno that I downloaded on my Xbox onto my PC AND Zune for no additional charge. Where's the profit in that? It would be nice, but I just don't see that happening.
Well, maybe, maybe not. You can already, today, play your games on a friend's Xbox, as long as you're signed into your live account (you can download them there I think right?). Worst case scenario you can bring along your storage device. All this Xbox TV and movie stuff? With the TV shows, you can log into Xbox 360 at a friends house and download a TV show that you bought on your own Xbox - that's one of the main reasons why Microsoft gives you the standard definition TV show for free when you buy the HD version. So, trust me, they're really thinking about this - and I think they grasp that people will not want to pay for the same game/content for every device they have.

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Second, I don't think the Zune would be playing the same game as is being played on the Xbox and PC. The Zune will obviously have to have dumbed down versions of the game due to limited hardward abilities.
No, of course not - I wasn't suggesting that the Zune would be able to play a game at 1920 x 1200 resolution. But they can scale down the graphics and voila. Although whether or not the games are charged for may depend on how much work porting it will be.

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Of course, this is all based on the current Zune on the market today. Microsoft could release a Zunev2 that is able to do all that you're talking about, and that would be AWESOME!
What exactly about the Zune today makes what I'm talking about impossible?
 
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