Saved game on a different platform? It's possible!

Have you ever saved and quit a pc game and thought, wouldn’t it be awesome to pick up where I left off on my iPhone or Xbox? Well recent technology shifts have given us the answer. At Tech Ed Middle East, a Microsoft engineer demonstrated just that using a Windows computer, a Windows 7 Series phone, and an Xbox 360. Granted all the platforms were created by Microsoft, the idea of syncing systems isn’t revolutionary – it’s just common sense. The technology keeps your games saved on a server, so whenever you load your game on a different platform, it allows you to pull up your previously saved game and continue. Microsoft needs to gimmicks to keep up with the competition and keep itself ahead in the gaming department over Sony. Of course it also keeps consumers buying Microsoft products and systems.

It’s a mixed blessing. On one hand you have most popular operating system, a top gaming system, and a quality audio device, interaction between them was inevitable and desirable. On the other the Microsoft definition of cross-platform can be translated as “Runs on Microsoft, and runs on Microsoft, and runs on Microsoft."

There is also the consideration of do you really want to play COD on your phone? In public?! Pass.