Perhaps the most cherished and immensely popular gaming console, Xbox 360, is the dream game machine for kids and adults alike. With high-end graphic, multiple widgets and many other spectacular features, Xbox 360 is virtually in every living room.

Now, Microsoft has decided to bring the world even closer to the users of Xbox 360, with the launch of multiple social networking applications, that are designed especially for Xbox and enables the users to stay connected, share information, status updates and do a whole lot of other activities online and that too on their Xbox 360.

Facebook:

Amongst the most prominent social networking applications, Facebook now sees itself as the primary application in Xbox 360. Microsoft has spared no efforts in ensuring that, the Facebook application is as vibrant and as feature packed as possible. One of the exciting features of this application is the compatibility of Xbox with Facebook connect, that allows the users to send status updates, for the games they play on Xbox and can also notify the world about the achievements they claim in a particular game.

Another really useful feature of the Facebook application enables the users to find the friends on Facebook, who are playing Xbox 360 and can also search for Xbox 360 friends, who might also be available on Facebook.

According to Ron Pessner (GM, Games Windows Live, Microsoft),

“We’re obviously interested in what folks have to say about the desirability of personal videos. We’re going to be evaluating that going forward.”

Via Cnet.