MICROSOFT WANTS TO EXPAND XBL FRIENDS LIMIT

[Chandler]

For all you XG junkies that complain about having to make room on your friends list all the time, you may be in luck.

"We've absolutely heard the pleas for that. It's on the list."

Microsoft wants to increase the 100-person Friends limit on the Xbox 360, reports Joystiq. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, Xbox director Aaron Greenberg all but confirmed that larger friends lists are coming. "I can't commit to when that will happen, but that is something we want to do," he said. "It's definitely something we're looking at expanding and, as this social networking grows, we've absolutely heard the pleas for that. It's on the list."

Apparently the limit of 100 is from the old days of the original Xbox, which is a reasoning we've heard before. But now the Xbox 360 has Live functionality built in, which will make expanding lists easier. Additionally, the New Xbox Experience allows for updates to come more frequently without waiting for a large fall or spring update. We'll keep you posted as we hear when the larger lists may be coming.​

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[Draycon]

Thank God, I've had to delete 30 some friends since joining XG

 

[KoG Suislid3]

Its a miracle about time Microsoft expanded the friends list since I had my first xbox Ive had too delete atleast over 50 people

 

[SYN Jerriel]

YES. We can only hope that it will come this spring. More friend WOOT WOOT

 

[XGC FAILSAFE]

Yea....kinda sucks cuz i keep havin to delete people off my friend list and when i want to find them i have to use other peoples friend list or the clan tag....hopefully this will simplify things abit

 

[XGC V3RDICT]

Bout time. You'd think they would've done this awhile ago.

 

[oooZE120Z11Zooo]

it dosnt realy matter to me since i can have 200 freinds on xbl since i now have 2 accounts so for now im set

 

[Jangles]

awesome

more people on my friends list I never play with

 

[SYN Jerriel]

awesome

more people on my friends list I never play with

u dont haz friendz
Poor jangles yo

 

[Jangles]

u dont haz friendz
Poor jangles yo

yeah that's it

 

[Ticklez]

Well... personally I'm glad they are expanding the list. I never know who to remove anymore.

 

[KoG Suislid3]

Yeah watch microsoft somehow manage too make a profit off of this some how.

 

[SYN Skittles]

That's awesome, I have 2 accounts and still had to keep removing ppl.

I do hope that when they come out with the expansion of friends, they make it easier to get to them all. I don't know about anyone else but scrolling down such a long list is...well me being lazy lol but i think it should be re-organized in some different way

 

[XGC V3RDICT]

lol. "For an extra 60 bux a month you can add up to 200 more friends!"

 

[Chandler]

You fail to give Microsoft enough credit.

 

[XGC Halcyon]

microsoft - you want, we give! (at a price)

 

[XGC V3RDICT]

I wouldn't say I fail at giving them enough credit. I just know what to expect. We all want to be able to add friends to our list and they know it, and they can definitely use this as an opportunity to take more of our money.


Will they do it? I say negative, but wouldn't be surprised if they did.

 

[KoG Suislid3]

Most definitly have too agree with Strife when have they ever gave the Microsoft buyers a break only one we had was the dashboard upgrade and that still has its minor problems here and there oh and the random useless arcade games.

 

[SYN EDGE]

This would be great.

 

[Chandler]

Yes, because I'm sure that free three year warranty you now enjoy didn't cost Microsoft billions of dollars....