Rumor: Live Support Coming to Solitaire and Minesweeper
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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That's a pretty brilliant idea, actually, particularly with their other projects. Hooking solitaire and minesweeper into Live would be a great idea on its own, but it works out even better if they also provide linked versions on their upcoming Windows Phone 7 devices (as they demoed with other Xbox Live games). All the basic Windows games are well-suited for play on a phone, and that array of familiar games could be a strong selling point.
It's also a nice competitive move against Apple/OSX, who doesn't have the ability to offer this kind of feature. Easing older, casual gamers into a social gaming situation could make those games into a primary feature of the OS for them.
As an aside, I don't know if recent updates have cleaned it up, but Games for Windows Live worked pretty well while I was playing through Dawn of War II recently.
It's also a nice competitive move against Apple/OSX, who doesn't have the ability to offer this kind of feature. Easing older, casual gamers into a social gaming situation could make those games into a primary feature of the OS for them.
As an aside, I don't know if recent updates have cleaned it up, but Games for Windows Live worked pretty well while I was playing through Dawn of War II recently.
If that's true, my mom might get a higher gamerscore than I have...
With all the solitaire she plays...
With all the solitaire she plays...
I have to say, I've worked in a call center, and I read this headline completely wrong.
-Live Support Coming to Solitaire and Minesweeper-
"Hi, thanks for calling Microsoft Minesweeper live support, for security purposes can I please have your Gamertag?"
"Yeah, uh... hey, uh... so I clicked on this box, then a bunch of other boxes disappeared and some of them have numbers on them... what do I do now?"
"I can definitely help you out with that sir. You're absolutely right, clicking on boxes is definitely what we have to do... a quick question though if you don't mind... do you happen to see the box at the top right with the 'x' on it?"
"Let's see... uh.. top ri- oh yeah... the one with the 'x' on it right?"
"That's correct sir."
"Yeah I see it..."
"Perfect, that's actually the secret box of 'win'... all you have to do is click that and no matter what, you automatically win the game."
"Okay so I just cli- hey wait... the whole thing disappeared!"
"Thank you so much for calling Minesweeper live support! Have a wonderful rest of your day!"
*click*
-Live Support Coming to Solitaire and Minesweeper-
"Hi, thanks for calling Microsoft Minesweeper live support, for security purposes can I please have your Gamertag?"
"Yeah, uh... hey, uh... so I clicked on this box, then a bunch of other boxes disappeared and some of them have numbers on them... what do I do now?"
"I can definitely help you out with that sir. You're absolutely right, clicking on boxes is definitely what we have to do... a quick question though if you don't mind... do you happen to see the box at the top right with the 'x' on it?"
"Let's see... uh.. top ri- oh yeah... the one with the 'x' on it right?"
"That's correct sir."
"Yeah I see it..."
"Perfect, that's actually the secret box of 'win'... all you have to do is click that and no matter what, you automatically win the game."
"Okay so I just cli- hey wait... the whole thing disappeared!"
"Thank you so much for calling Minesweeper live support! Have a wonderful rest of your day!"
*click*
I haven't used a windows computer in a long time, but do they still have the pinball game on there? The one with the space cadet?
I'm wondering because if they gave that game achievements I would get them all... I BEAT that game.
I'm wondering because if they gave that game achievements I would get them all... I BEAT that game.