Microsoft Wants to Increase 100 Friend Limit

[modeps]

Aaron Greenberg confirmed to Joystiq folks today that while they didn't announce that the limited friends list would be getting updated, it is certainly something they are looking to do. Also, the reasoning for it that most people don't know, is that the reason it was set to 100 friends in the first place was due to original Xbox games being hard coded to only support that many. Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/09/ces-2009-microsoft-wants-to-increase-the-100-friend-live-limit/):

When we spoke to him at CES today (more on that later) Greenberg told us "I can't commit to when that will happen, but that is something we want to do. It's definitely something we're looking at expanding and, as this social network grows, we've absolutely heard the pleas for that. It's on the list."

Greenberg explained that original Xbox games were coded to be limited to 100 friends, and that limit was brought into the current generation. But now that Live is built in to the system, they've got a little more flexibility. We, and the thousands of potential friends we turn away daily, can't wait to hear more.

Learn something new every day, eh?

[Johan]

I'm nowhere near the limit. I hate people. :D

[modeps]

I'm nowhere near the limit. I hate people. :D

You and me both... I don't even know why I pay for Xbox Live.

[Ozena]

I don't even have 10 yet. I only added close people I know who own a 360, Kamalot (JayVe), and one random kid who I played Turok with once and that was it.

[oldschooldimo]

does anyone even have 100 friends or close to it that they actually play with? i think i have maybe 20 something..

[Johan]

does anyone even have 100 friends or close to it that they actually play with? i think i have maybe 20 something..

100 that they actually play with? That I don't know. I do know that there are people whose lists have been full for ages, and they want to gain friends without having to "prune" their present list.

Personally, I keep it pretty tight. If I want to mingle with a ton of people that I don't really know, I'll just go on the forum, or play multiplayer! :)

[riposte101]

Xbox live is going to become the new facebook. You just watch.

[Meatgortex]

I've been pegged at 100 for a while. All co-workers and friends. I've had to periodically cull out the ones that play less to add new ones in. Would appreciated the boost.

The nice part about having a full friends list like that is there tend to be 10-20 online at any time of the day. Makes it easy to find games to play with people I like to talk to, instead of random 12 year olds who's vocabulary consists of "fuck" and "gay" with random nouns thrown in.

[Earth Djinn]

Ive hit 100 before, but it generally fluctuates in the 80s and 90s.

Although I could easily cut 20-30 (if not a whole lot more) who I never play with, so there you go. It will be good when (if?) they increase the limit, but I don't personally feel its necessary. That's just me though, I'm sure some people are desperate for it.

[3Suns]

I don't mean to sound like I have the biggest unit on the block, but I am always deleting friends to make room for other friends. I want at least a 500 friend limit. Happens when you are active within several communities, and don't like gaming with the randoms.