According to Microsoft, Facebook will launch on Xbox LIVE on November 17th, facebook integration is relatively robust including the ability to update your status, view your Facebook stream, photos, and profile, and the ability to share scores with your Facebook friends.
This isn’t exactly surprising news considering XBox LIVE support will officially go live next week, the clear trend here is the digital socialization of games, something which has already been occurring on Facebook for a couple years now and is moving to console platforms.
Facebook support and other new features will only be for XBox Live Gold members, however Silver members will be able to demo the features for free until November 23. Also, users under 18 will not be able to access Facebook unfortunately, as was first reported last week. According to Sync, “Microsoft [has] decided to restrict use through Xbox Live to those 18 and older because parents are unable to customize the Xbox 360 Family Settings for the apps”
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