Microsoft will place Skype at the centre of a whole suite of online-capable communication devices, CVG has learned.
A person familiar with the matter said Microsoft will be "consolidating all their communications technology" around the Skype platform. This means that Skype will become the default chat service on the next generation Xbox console as well as on PC and tablets, the person said.
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Very smart Microsoft. Love when smart decisions result in better vertical integration.
My family and I are huge fans of skype and we use it nearly every day to get together with our other family members so this is pretty cool.
Fantastic idea hopefully you won't need a gold account to use it though.
Finally something I can say is a good move from MS. Should make voice chat and video chat much more simplified. How much will they charge for a Next-Box webcam though? In-built Kinect camera??