Maybe I should get a new console and go back to my console gaming habits. I’m really dying to know how could a video console fare up as a social networking device. I mean, a couple of days ago Sony announced that the Playstation 3 now supports Facebook updates.  For me that was awesome, and now here comes this report saying that more users or gamers if I may say so are doing their social networking chores on Xbox Live. What the?

Is it just me or are you aware that at least 2 million Xbox Live users have used their console to log-in to Facebook , while half of them used it to create a Last.fm account?  In addition,  the number of gamers who are using the Xbox Live to tweet are also increasing.

Being a console game fanatics not so long ago, this news really amuses me. During my Playstation and Playstation gaming days, all I can do with my console aside from playing game is to play movies and music CDs.   Life was so simple back then as it is not right now.

What’s so interesting about this news is the fact that the 2 million Xbox Live users was accounted only a week after the feature was rolled out.  That’s amazing, right?

So, is thing going to be the future of game consoles? What’s next after social networking features? A game console, netbook, and ereader rolled into one perhaps?

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