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The Xbox 360 Won’t Play Zune in the Background

By Matt Buchanan Published June 23, 2010, 9:18 am ET

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Good news: Zune now streams music on the Xbox 360, making a Zune Pass that much handier. Bad news I confirmed last night at a Microsoft event in NY: Like Last.FM, you won’t be able to play Zune music in the background while you’re playing games, killing our fantasy of a 6-million song soundtrack for slaughtering people in Street Fighter IV. But it miiiight happen in the future.

https://gizmodo.com/zune-music-streams-music-on-xbox-360-5563092

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