India's Xbox Live will be better than everywhere else

Gaming Today reports:

Microsoft will be launching Xbox Live in India on November 5th, and from the looks of it, they're getting a pretty sweet deal. Speaking to the press in New Delhi, the company made a slew of announcements, including the simultaneous launch of Games for Windows Live, different XBL packages, accessories, and new features that will be added to the service. Soon after the launch, the Xbox Live Marketplace will also become available, which will include all games and media already available as well as some region specific content, such as Indian cartoons and Bollywood movies. Besides that, they've also partnered up with Seventymm, India's version of Netflix, to rent out Xbox 360 games to subscribers. But wait, there's more: India will also be the first country to receive educational content through Xbox Live in the form of "educational aids" for grades 1-12.

Gaming Today editor has never felt so envious of India before in his life...

[sak500]

Now how about getting LIVE here in Middle-east?

[frank jaeger]

they didnt have live in india? no wonder there head over there dotis (the towels the wear around there legs) for this news!

nuff saidz

[jay3]

Dude, you're in the Middle East? Where? I used to live in Dubai until this year.

[jay3]

@ the 2 who Disagreed.

Yeah, you're right. I didn't live in Dubai. I was lying.

[Salvadore]

IS the 360 selling well in India?

[green_ghost5]

Probably, anyways good for them. Now they can enjoy something great.

[lawman1108]

pu

[coolbeer1990]

360 is selling great in india.. i live in the capital(new delhi) ...an it is selling great ..last week it sold 37k units ....i think its more than enough ....and talking about live ....i own xbox 360 since october 2006 ...and i used to play on live since then....bu using USA xbox live ...i had no problem to use it in india ....but introducing live india ...they have made a good decision ....it will be a way better than US live .....
because live india has been made new ..and everything will be d*** good
and yes ...bollywood movies ...cool ...and now we will be able to rent games ......ha ha ha INDIA RULEZ (no disputes)

[BloodySinner]

For someone who claims to be living in India, your English is pretty good.

...

Don't post bullshit.

[sak500]

NO their english is good but accent is bit off. I've had couple of indian gfs here and they spoke very well.

[HateBoy]

India was an english colony not so long ago. Hence a lot of people there speak english, but with funny accents...

Edit: @Below
Yes, u are right. Not trying to offend anyone. Sorry if I made it look that way. You should hear my (swedish) accent!
But to be completely honest, the Indian accent, together with the Jamaican and the french crack me up. Can't help it, just think its funny.

[riksweeney]

They speak English with funny accents?

The Americans speak English with funny accents.
The Canadians speak English with funny accents.
The French speak English with funny accents.
The Welsh speak English with funny accents.
The Scottish speak English with funny accents.

The English speak English with funny accents.

WTF?!

[Saint Sony]

WTF are you babbling about? People who can write almost proper English can't be from India?

Lol, that really tells a lot about you.
I am not from India, but I speak 4 different languages and yes, English is one that I had to learn. Thanks for good education in some countries.

[ben hates you]

¿que otra lengua puedes hablar?
what other language can you speak?

[Ares84]

I can speek:
Magyar (Hungarian)
English
German (a little...but I'm ok)

[frank jaeger]

i can speak

urdu
french
arabic
kenyan
english
a lil russian
and only some chinese

lol plus ive got around 10 different accents lol and im only a 15 yr old dude..

nuff saidz

[coolbeer1990]

if people think that India is a backward country ....then i must say that u r absolutely wrong....India...has an annual GDP of 3 TRILLION RUPEES

and we are among the countries have 4 richest people of the top 20 such as - Anil Ambani, Mukesh Ambani ,Laxmi mittal

and TAJ MAHAL IS AT THE TOP ....in the SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

WE HAVE NOW AN ANNUAL AVERAGE INCOME OF 10000$ per family ...which is very good ...

it is a very fast developing country ..

it will surpass the world most developed country by 2050 ..acc to economist

thats all i have to say

[HateBoy]

I am sorry to say that you are very wrong my friend. First, GDP is not an accurate measure of economic development, besides, speak of dollars instead of rupees. Considering 1 USD = 39,47 Rupees, 3 trillion Rupees in GDP is not as impressive as it first sounds. Second, is the fact that 4 of the richest people in the world are from India even relevant considering around 30 % of the population is living in extreme poverty? And the rest aren't exactly rich either, you are aware that your country has one of the poorest populations in the world, right? And not, like they can't get a tv, like they can't get food. India does NOT have an average income of 10000 $, that's ridiculous. Perhaps you meant to say 1000$, in which case you are also wrong seeing as the per capita income is really of 800 USD. Taj Mahal is AWESOME, and the economic development of India is impressive (in relative terms, in absolute terms the development of INDIA is not even close to OECD countries, see gapminder.com), however it remains an extremely fragmented society, with DEEP cleaveges amongst social and economic groups, problems of illiteracy, child mortality and so on. Be proud of your country and culture for you have every reason to be it (been there, ROCKS), but realize that India is a country with serious problems and unless you (the people) realize this, progress will be slow. The prediction that India will surpass the most developed countries in 2050 is far far away from the truth. It will however be the most populous country in the world...

[Tranz]

yea yea india does great on all the development charts and money charts. but the simple fact is there is a huge gap between rich and poor.

who cares about educational stuff on live?

[coolbeer1990]

we speak amazing english not gooodd........all the call centers are established in india due the reason that we speak good english ...we were colonized by britishers and got independence in 1947 ...that why ..we our very good english speakers......now english os compulsory in all schools

i am in standard 10th ...high school and .. i used to go to usa ...and people were amazed to listen to our english

we are unlike china ....where very less people can speak english

dont u think my english is good ....because I have been studying english when we were in class 1st and now its 10 years of great hardwork ... please no more disputes

close the language topic ...it is not related to this topic

You can check my profile at http://preetiscool.hi5.com

if u dont believe that i am from india

[psychotic_duck]

Now please stop bragging. India is nowhere near the United States. Most commonwealth countries have English as a second/third major language. This includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. We can see that you can speak English, but no one asked for a history of your education. As for GDP, the United States beats India by about 13 trillion dollars. So don't even bother. Be grateful that for once, a large American company is actually bothering to cater to the needs of the Third World.

[WilliamRLBaker]

I totally missed this one...you must not be one of them fancy new better them american english speaking indians.

Cause like me there are so many grammar mistakes you have in your post.

[wageslave]

@coolbeer

I apologize for the psychotic_duck.

I am a Canadian living in USA. Psychotic duck is typical of the ignorant masses of xenophobes (people afraid and ignorant of other cultures) in the USA.

It is not correct to say that India has the wealth of America or Europe. I think America and Europe have taken much wealth until recently from South Asia, and I believe we can work together to make sure that there are no poor anywhere, in India, Europe, Canada or anywhere else.

Peace brother.

[psychotic_duck]

You are the one displaying ignorance. You probably never have even visited South East Asia. You assume that I'm a xenophobe, but you don't know a thing about me. Your idealistic views blind you. Poverty is immortal. It would be wiser for the US and Europe to invest in something a bit more productive. Eliminating the current genocide in Darfur would be a start.

So yeah. Don't naturally assume I'm some neurotic supremacist, just because I told this zealot the truth about where his nation stands. It's the Third World, and it will remain there for quite some time.

[rbanke]

Should be great considering it's a local call for customer support.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

lol, no it will be outsourced to rednecks here. They can then relate to how some people feel here(not me, I didnt have to deal that much with support).

[nomad117]

lol Ya India is lucky they have a lot of jobs thanks to out sourcing

[jay 1982]

i too live in india and ...i agree with this coolbeer guy ....everything he is telling is absolutely true...xbox 360 has shown a great sale in india ...specially last week ...every thing is going great in india .....and speacialy its progress

and about introducing live in india it is a great thing for us , god bless microsoft INDIA

[HateBoy]

Lol, no wonder you agree with him, you ARE him!

[ShiftyLookingCow]

yeah its easy to see who this guy really is with all the dots and stuff

[Oblivioner]

@BloodySinner: We(Indians) can speak english better than majority of the US citizens. That is something remarkable for people whose mother tongue language is completely different from English

[BloodySinner]

My first language is French not English and I am not a US citizen.

[WilliamRLBaker]

you must not be one of those fancy speak english better them most americans indians.

""@BloodySinner: We(Indians) can speak english better than (the or a) majority of the US citizens. That is something remarkable for people whose mother tongue language(mother tonuge language? you mean mother tongue, or Native language) is completely different from English""

[Ares84]

Well, there is no such a phrase as "mother tongue language" so there you fail!

[coolbeer1990]

u r right oblivioner ....these people dont read newspapers and news ...they dont know haw many language india speaks ...more than 27 languages . unbelievable .!!!!!!!!!! i am right ....and we can speak english a way better than US ...search on google and read the news people
u will know about Indias progress .....

u can see my example ...dont i speak good english

anything more u want to know

[ShiftyLookingCow]

seriously you are in the wrong place for your bragging, go to some white supremacist BS forum and mess with them. It will be more fun that way(you can feel superior in comparison to the retards there).

[WilliamRLBaker]

you must not be one of the fancy speak better english then americans indians.

let alone the U and R's and such you have used (a way better than US)

A way better then US? lol

[Ares84]

It's funny how you people (Indians) claim that you speak English better than Americans when at the same time what you write is full of errors. Your grammar is way off!

Not that mine is perfect....because it's not but better than your's!
So please stop claiming that you speak better English than Americans because it's not true!

Everytime I call a costumer service and I have to talk to a Hindu(or Indian, which ever way you prefer) from India, I have a difficult time to understand what the heck they are saying!!
Indians speak terrible English and their accents are terrible. It's the hardest accent to understand!!
Even Chinese people have a better accent than Indians!!

PS: I'm not American...not even English. I'm Hungarian but living in the US for 9 years already!
And again, NO! You don't speek English "good" you speak English "bad" !

[sandip787]

im english, but i have indian heritage.
coolbeer, congrats on your ability to speak english - heres a cookie.
i hate getting calls from india to sell me phones or anything else. and i hate when you call a company/bank up and get somebody from a different country answering - id feel that way if it were any country, not just india.

anyway, back on topic, microsoft will do well if they push this.
ps3 ftw though g:D

[SlippyMadFrog]

Good for India. We South Africans are still waiting though. Microsoft said we are part of the next Xbox live roll out. I hope we get a sweet deal like the Indians did. Maybe some Afrikaans content, lol

[TheMART]

Very very very smart Microsoft!

India has a large population that has been growing in income very fast. They are highly educated and I see it as one of the more willing to spend countries (China is a real great upcoming economy, but their level of education and the level of high educated work isn't up to that of India for example).

If MS wins India and other markets like this compared to the PS3, Japan is getting less and less important in the end after all. USA is 360 country, Europe PS3 and 360 are about on par, Japan both 360 and PS3 do bad, Wii is king, so on the markets yet to win the customer is the real battle.

Interesting

[frank jaeger]

lol FREE AIDS CHEAK UP WITH EVERY XBOX SODLD!!! naaa im just kidding , its a gud move , wonder how long its gona take sony to figure out somethin like this , still alot of my friends here (UAE) think the xbox is top , i did a survey and stuff , so im realy hoping that they make an xbox live thing around here 2...

nuff saidz

[brothersimon]

damn indians getting better stuff
isnt right

[creeping judas]

but youre ingnorant. and have been reported.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

MS expanding to the 2nd (or 1st now??) most populated country in the world.

I wonder how much their charging them? I've yet to play an Indian on XBL. I dunno, every now and again I hear some crazy languages...

[WilliamRLBaker]

Because thats pretty much the only work you can get in india and thats oursource tech support or call advetising to american consumers.

*falls over laughing*
@Edit:Reply to cold beers prestige of his country...INDIA has prestige? you sir are a liar and i dont believe live there at all, India is one of the dirtiest 2nd world countries their is.

Just because its being developed doesn't mean any thing, Go to a big high rise building and across the street? shanty village.

[SlippyMadFrog]

Why are you bashing India??? What possible purpose does it serve on this thread???
I'm gonna guess you are an attention craving American. I'd rather live in India than to live amongst arrogant Americans. There is a reason why the whole world hates Americans, the evidence is right here in Williams post.
At least Indians can speak more than one language.

[coolbeer1990]

i am coolbeer and jay1982 is my elder brother ...i told him to write it for me...... he lives in canada .... he has the same problem of dots ...after every point ...

off-course

he is my brother we can have some common things ....sorry for being defending ..but i have to maintain the prestige of my country

[Wii60_FTW]

who cares about the middle-east.

[frank jaeger]

well i do , in fact , for pple who dont actually listen to news bout the middle east let me just tell u it aint all towel heads and terrorests here.. india is incredibly populated , also after the burj dubai , (worlds largest building in the world) its gona b raking in tourists aint it? so techonically microsoft is doin the smart thing here , gud job MS! once again uve outdone sony! lol

nuff saidz

[Wii60_FTW]

ORLY? Well, I guess. Anyway, the Middle-East is filled with a bunch of religious nut-jobs, just like the east and over here in the west. nut-jobs everywhere. Did you know that it's actually ILLEGAL for lesbians to have sex over there? LMAO. And it's ILLEGAL to f*ck before you're married!!! lmao. I COULDN'T MAKE THIS UP. I was originally against the fake war after the US Government planned 9/11, but DAMN, I'm all for it now. These idiots must be stopped, even if it is just for oil.

EDIT:

Yes, but think about the LESBIANS!

"Twisted fantasies"? OOooOOoooooOOoo. maybe! No, it's just the perfect example of what's wrong when nothing but lies rule a society. Thank...god(?) religion is on its way out over here, too. Ahhh, how I wish Rapture were a real place......but, you know, without all that FAILING crap. Now, religion is what's clearly failed in the real world.

[psychotic_duck]

You sir are twisted. You approve of the cold blooded murder of Iraqi men women and children, and young American soldiers, sent off to duty cuz they have no choice, so that middle eastern lesbians can have sex? You have some twisted fantasies.

I bet you wouldn't feel the same if
a) You were a soldier, forced into this war, forced to fight for oil or so that lesbians can have sex.
b) You were an Iraqi teen who just saw his house blown up and his parents killed.

[HundredProofSam]

"last week it sold 37k units"

you must be out of your mind...i live in india too and you must be delusional to think that the Xbox 360 has sold 37,000 units in the last week...it probably hasn't sold 37,000 units in the last 6 months...maybe you meant 37 units and 'k' was a typo....we pay $900 for a premium Xbox 360...that too old stock without HDMI...and we're probably the only country that never got a price cut...so please, stop showing false pride where you shouldn't

[Pain]

Since its all based there anyways, how couldnt it 'Not' be beter there!?

[durran3]

Great news for indians.. Good to do Microsoft Supporting the Xbox globally..

[Nooby McNoobs]

dude, stop bragging and sthu. We've got 22 official languages and not 27, do us all a favor gtho and attend your History class.

@Topic

Good to know Microsoft are doing a hell of a job in India, but i wonder how many X360 owners are gonna take advantage of it. since 256Kbps is the most common bandwidth here and people know they are gonna lag and stuff, leave alone the XBLM downloads which might take forever

[King2008]

You made me lol and everyone in the computer lab looked at me all crazy. "Up the Yang" Funniest sh!t i heard all day. TGIF going to red lobster then out to the bar.

Forgot on all my other post but invite me as a friend:

PSN: Clark_Kent
LIVE: Syguri

[Rhezin]

Thank-you! and come again!

[XxZxX]

because they understand each other during tech support call.

For us to indian, is like hello david, what are you just trying to say again..

Those indian to india, they just get straight to point. BAM problem solved. Better than everywhere else. That's true. FACT

[mirroredderorrim]

Yoga-Xbox!
*teleports away*