Ok so after taking in entire semesters worth of social media knowledge, you’d think I’d be pretty up to date on a lot of things. Well, I just found out about Xbox’s connection to the social media world and it has been out for just around a year now! As if things were not easy enough for generation Y and Z folks, Xbox has made it yet again, easier by integrating Facebook and Twitter in with its gaming console. No need to get off the couch or grab the laptop; Xbox now allows users to connect to Facebook and Twitter straight from their gaming controller. According to Marc Whitten, Xbox's General Manager, Xbox's social media ability will be just like that of a computer. Users will be able to flip through albums and photo's of friends and family. The great thing about connecting social media platforms and a gaming system like Xbox is there will be instant user generated content and tremendous consumer interaction through things like wall posts, updating twitter status's, Facebook chatting, and uploading new photo's of games.
