Facebook and Twitter come to Xbox Live

So Microsoft unveiled some new services coming the console this year that I believe are ridiculous. I'm not saying that they aren't going to do well because I believe people will not only eventually try anything once, but also do things wrong.

Facebook and Twitter are the two services hitting the Xbox this year. These are super huge web apps that practically everyone and, literally, their mom use. We all log on to our computers at least once a day and check to see what kind of princess each other are. We are very busy people. But why would I want to turn on my tv, receiver and Xbox to check all that stuff? Not including having to login to your Xbox Live account (if you have more than one person on your Xbox). The same with Twitter. You couldn't possibly make it any harder to check your accounts when you could just as easily hit a bookmark link on your computer.

But I'm sure that social gamers and heavy Facebook/Twitter users will find a happy marriage here. And just like the recent ads for Conan O'Brian say...

"I'm here to tell you about an exciting new technology called television. Television allows you to watch things just as you would on your computer or cell phone, except while seated in a more comfortable chair."

Gamers already know this chair. A little too well.

And just to be a green geek, doesn't it have to involve a lot more electricity to check Facebook on a home entertainment system than, say, a laptop? Or do a lot of gamers have both up and running?