Microsoft’s Xbox One unveils behavior-based rewardsMarch 21, 2014 - 11:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In an effort to promote better behavior on Xbox Live, Microsoft is planning to give rewards to Xbox One owners who contribute positively through their online interactions. Instead of simply penalizing players for bad behavior, the Xbox maker hopes to "actively encourage them to be better" in future Xbox Live updates, Polygon reported. During a talk at GDC 2014 aimed at ID@Xbox developers, Frank Savage, partner and development lead at Microsoft, said that rather than just ding players for poor, unsportsmanlike behavior on Xbox Live, players may be rewarded for exhibiting exemplary behavior. "If your reputation is soaring because you're this amazing player that everyone wants to be with," Xbox Live's reputation algorithm may recognize that and dole out unspecified rewards. It's Microsoft's way of saying, "Thanks for being such a good member of the community, here's a reward," Savage said. The reward system sounds different from Microsoft's Xbox Community Level system, detailed last year, which recognizes actions from the existing Xbox Community Ambassadors initiative. After the panel, Savage told Polygon that Microsoft hasn't determined what those rewards might be, as that component of Xbox Live's reputation system is still in the "brainstorming" stages. The current implementation of Microsoft's reputation system for Xbox One, outlined last year by Michael Dunn, program manager for Xbox Live, interprets direct feedback from players to identify which members of the community are more troublesome than others. Players who are frequently blocked or muted, along with other negative feedback from Live users, will see their negative reputation exposed through their gamercard, be grouped with other bad players and could be deprioritized in multiplayer matchmaking. Savage said Microsoft sees about 425,000 feedback submits per week via Xbox Live. "Our new reputation model helps expose people that aren't fun to be around and creates real consequences for trouble-makers that harass our good players," Dunn said last year. Related links: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Welcome to CaseKey 2024. Byblos Bank Armenia firmly stands by future innovators Strategic business cases, invaluable experience, innovative approaches and more than 25 events are in store for the participants of CaseKey 2024. Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. |