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Xbox 360 Music Service

Microsoft is launching a new music service on the Xbox 360 that will compete with Apple's itunes and Amazon's Cloud Player. Xbox Music will replace Microsoft's Zune that launched in 2010 and struggled against Apple itunes.

New music service on Xbox 360

Since more than 67 million Xbox 360 consoles have sold starting in 2005, Microsoft has attempted to make your living room your entertainment center.  Now with the launch of the music service, Microsoft continues with its goal.   The new  Xbox music service will offer free streaming from a central music catalogue to the Xbox 360 consoles.   The music service also will be available  on Microsoft PCs,  tablets and mobile phones after Windows 8 launches at the end of October, 2012.

Xbox 360 New Music Service

The music service will allow you to access songs offline by using an Xbox 360 music pass.  The music pass will cost $9.99,  will be free from advertising and will let you  play any track from a subscription service unlimited times. You may also buy songs from an "Xbox 360 Music Store"  from a selection of about 30 million songs.  Apple itunes currently has about 20 million songs.

Microsoft plans to go a step further and add cloud storage within the next year where you can add  tracks brought from other services  to your personal Xbox cloud catalogue.

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