The Redmond-Wash.-based computing giant made its intentions clear in a recent job posting for an Xbox software development engineer in London. The job ad reads, "We're building the next generations of our products and technology right here in London and Skype is looking to hire a Software Development Engineer to contribute to the development of our experiences on Xbox."
The description then goes on to say, "You will be designing and developing next generation scalable services for millions of end users." Microsoft purchased Skype last year for a staggering $8.5 billion in one of the largest software acquisitions ever. The company said in October that it was in the process of integrating the popular video chat service across many of its business and consumer communications platforms, including Lync, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Phone, and the Xbox platform.
Microsoft said Thursday that users placed over 100 billion minutes of calls via Skype last quarter, an increase of 40 percent over the same quarter last year.
Microsoft has remained mum, however, about when the Xbox integration would happen. It's unclear from the job posting whether Microsoft is looking to build Skype into Xbox 360, or into the console's successor, which is expected to be revealed next year.
Richard Sherlund of Nomura Securities specifically asked whether Skype would be "a big benefit" to the Xbox division in Microsoft's Thursday call. Executives, however, dodged the question.
"Skype will be a big benefit across the company, as we've talked about how it plays across all of our businesses," Peter Klein, Microsoft's chief financial officer, replied.
While Microsoft aims to bring Skype to users' living rooms, those with a Windows Phone can already Skype with their friends on the go. The Skype for Windows Phone app is currently available in beta, and a full version is expected to be released this month.
Earlier this month, Skype revealed that it had reached a milestone: 40 million concurrent users.
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