Microsoft Australia has announced that XBox Live, its online gaming platform, will be available locally in October this year--up to three months behind the launch of the equivalent service for PlayStation from rival gaming platform operator Sony.
Microsoft may backtrack on a pledge not to use its online gaming service to crack down on "mod chips"--chips that modify the Xbox console so it can run copied game discs and unlicensed software.
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it now has more than a million subscribers for Xbox Live, the online gaming service for the company's video game console.
Xbox Live will launch in Australia on 8 October, several months after it launched in the rest of the world.
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Microsoft has today announced the local availability of its XBox Live online service, which will go on sale in October.
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