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Microsoft considering making Zune services available to Apple users

For all you who still believe Microsoft is still consumed with the impossible task of beating the iPod with the Zune, here's more proof that Zune's future is all about software and services and not hardware.

Microsoft is considering whether it should port the Zune software and services to other platforms, including Apple's. There's no guarantee that the Redmondians will end up doing this - or timetable as to when this could happen - but it's one of many strategies under active consideration.

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Pandamobile5327d ago

They should. The Mac platform is a decent chunk of the overall computer market.

Apple makes iTunes for Windows, so why wouldn't you return the favour?

IdleLeeSiuLung5327d ago (Edited 5327d ago )

That would be great. Unfortunately, I don't subscribe to ZunePass, but I love having choices.

I also don't like to be tied to a specific device service.

SuperSaiyan45327d ago

Try and even take on Apple if they wont even release the mp3 play in other countries?? is the Zune only usable by the american public???

Eiffel5327d ago (Edited 5327d ago )

It's available to people in America and Canada. Despite it has multilevel language support. I have a few friends in Germany who got their Zune's imported. I'm sure it will make it's way noticeably in other countries.

I own a Zune 4GB and now I just got the Zune HD. I've never looked back on the ipod since.

bjornbear5326d ago

He had trouble with it here for a while =P still, good to see MS opening up a LITTLE bit to the competition

Christopher5327d ago

Regarding Microsoft not going for hardware, just software.

Just because Microsoft will spread its services to other platforms, doesn't mean they still don't want their hardware to dominate. All it means is that Microsoft will get money from you any way they can, whether it's their hardware (360, Zune) or their software (Windows, Mobile Windows, MS Office for the Mac, etc.).

It's these software lead that has made Microsoft so successful with their console, why wouldn't they do the same thing with their other hardware?

tojfrd7931z5327d ago

I love the smell of desperation in the morning!

deno5326d ago

This would be perfect, I have a mac and I prefer the zune store and zune over itunes. I actually called zune regarding this issue, asked them if they will bring zunes to mac.

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Manor Lords (Early Access) Preview— The Gamer's Lounge

Do you like subsistence farming, infant mortality and dying of exposure? Do you fear bandits and the possibility that Squire Kubik will drink all the ale? If so, gird your loins for everyday life in the High Middle Ages because Manor Lords is out in early access and we’re going to party like it's 13

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I Think It's About Time We Realize Fallout 4 Wasn't That Bad

Ahmed from eXputer: "2015's Fallout 4 received harsh criticism upon launching, but I think it was unwarranted and the game deserves more praise than it got."

helicoptergirl5h ago

It was totally that bad. I couldn't finish the campaign it was so bland and boring as I recall. Got so sick of it. 1000 stimpaks on hard. It is very rare that I play half a game and then just quit. I usually always finish it. But i was so bored with this game I just stopped and never went back and never regretted it. Just thinking about that game makes me shudder

Furesis3h ago

That's exactly what happened to me too lmao
Fallout 4 is not a fallout game period it's a bethesda game

Vits3h ago

The comparison with Skyrim is mind-boggling. Yes, Skyrim has streamlined many of the systems that Morrowind introduced. However, it did not tamper with the core of the Elder Scrolls franchise; it did not diminish the freedom and sense of exploration that made Bethesda RPGs famous. Fallout 4, on the other hand, did exactly that to the Fallout series. It eliminated what made Fallout such a beloved series to play. There are no consequences for your choices, no reason to explore, and barely any interesting set pieces in the game.

It's not terrible, but it's a painfully mediocre game in a franchise that typically doesn't produce such mediocrity. So that is why people see it as bad, the bar is just much higher.

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These leaked specs for Nvidia's next flagship GPU make the RTX 4090 pale in comparison

Jack writes: "Nvidia's RTX 5090 specs have been leaked, so we take a look at how they compare to the current flagship RTX 4090."