Windows Live Marketplace set to launch (08/06)
Windows Live Marketplace set to launch
According to some employee blogs, Microsoft is getting ready to release "Windows Live Marketplace," a replacement for the existing Windows Marketplace online store, where people can download games and other applications using Microsoft's "Digital Locker" technology.
The new Windows Live Marketplace will add a number of features to the site, and bring it closer to its console-inhabiting cousin, Xbox Live Marketplace. Microsoft is considering adding support for "micro-transactions"—new content for existing games that can be purchased for small sums of money:
"On the original Xbox Live, transactions had to be around five dollars
Clearly the use of the "Live" moniker for Windows Live and Office Live was no accident—Microsoft is going to try and leverage some of their online assets in the console world over in PC land.
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