Your console speaks
What is perhaps scarier is that some people are using an online service to show this information to the world. 360voice.com is a blog created by the Xbox, telling the world what their owner has been up to. It can be sort of cute. Some Xbox posts:
- Overburdened didn't play any games yesterday... big loser...Weird? Creepy? The surveillance society gone mad? You decide.
- WhitePhantom87 likes to game, I like to game, this is a match made in heaven! It takes a gamer score like 4361 to be as cool as him. He played G.R.A.W., PGR 3, DEAD OR ALIVE 4, and almost cried with joy. I have that affect on people.
- Good thing I have access to Major Nelson's entire MP3 collection streamed off his computer. It keeps me busy on days like yesterday when he never shows up to game.
- Pick it, pack it fire it up, come along, lets get Karl89's gaming on! Gamer score is 2338. He played Battlefield 2: MC, and laughed with joy and glee the whole time. I like making people happy.
UPDATE: The Xbox360 does have privacy settings.
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2 comments:
All of the online presence from Gamerscore to games played and such can be turned off from public view.
I know that means that MS probably still has a way to track that information, but it is not public knowledge at that point.
I think that this is innocent enough though and I actually use 360voice.com as well as MyGamerCard.net.
I still haven't taken the 360 plunge, I still use my old trusty Xbox.
I will probably not buy the 360 yet, but I will probably turn off the gamer card when I do.
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