Currently present in 25 countries, Xbox Live would connect to more than 7 million members across the globe. This online service would offer playable game demos, music videos, movies, multiplayer games as well as new game levels, weapons and much more. Xbox Live marketplace currently offers 190 free trails and demos.

The  Unique Selling Proposition for Xbox 360, Xbox Live offers facilities such as common friend list, gamertag, gamerscore and reputation of players. What’s more, with Xbox Live you can chat with your friends using Windows Live Messenger while playing games, watching movies or listening to your favourite music.

Explaining the features, Microsoft India Entertainment & Devices Division Country Manager Mohit Anand, said, “Some amount of content on Xbox Live would be customised for Indian subscribers, but it would mostly be in the non-gaming content such as music videos, movies.”

Online access
Subscription for this online service would be available in two categories i.e. gold and silver, which can be for period of one month, three months or a year. Downloads can be redeemed through Microsoft point, much like recharge currency of a pre-paid sim-card, which can be bought from retail outlets or online through credit card.
To access Xbox Live, one must have an Xbox 360 console, broadband connection, memory unit/hard drive and Xbox Live subscription.

Microsoft also announced that they will shortly launch other Xbox 360 accessories including a text input device (chatpad), wireless headset and Webcam which would aid gamers when connected to million other users via Xbox Live.