Many more titles will be available after launch for the new system per Microsoft. Both Xbox LIVE and other popular game titles will be available to gamers by logging into the site with their Windows Live ID. The effort by Microsoft is to ensure not only a better gaming experience by aggregating more games into one place, but to make the games available more easily and quicker through the web portal.
Microsoft has also announced that the re-launched website will work with both Microsoft Points and debit/credit cards, so you won’t have to worry about the silly conversion that takes place with the heavily confusing Microsoft Point system if you chose not to.
Microsoft is clearly pushing internet-based gaming purchases and this is just one of the reasons they have given for passing over Blu-ray capability on the Xbox. Microsoft believes that we are headed to an over-the-air download and stream system for both games and movies and this is clearly the next small step to achieve this strategy.
While there is a long way to go to catch up with the similar, but very well-known Steam, Microsoft does have one small advantage in its large Xbox LIVE user base. If they can successfully tie into that network of gamers, they should have no problem adding to a smaller, but very committed PC gaming crowd.
Source: Joystiq
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