"Can you believe it? I never have to make new friends ever again," said Marcus Sandoval, though the UT student is known on Xbox 360 as Gamertag NIIXXON.
The popular gaming console has its own form of online communication: Xbox LIVE, which allows members to communicate and compete from all over the world for about $50 a year.
"It's sick," NIIXXON said. "I can keep in touch with all my friends from high school and it is basically like they are sitting right next to me."
The console works off either an Ethernet cord or wireless Internet and allows members to communicate through a headset or text.
"Most of my friends will send me voice messages on Xbox instead of calling my phone or emailing," said gamer Phil Partipilo. "It is just more convenient."
Xbox LIVE makes it so there is really no need to make new friends.
"I really don't need to make new friends," said gamer Ryan Drury, also known as Blarg4lyfe. "That sounds really dorky, but I don't have to with LIVE. I can spend hours just chatting away through my headset with old friends."
Many of the members prefer to play and chat on Xbox Live than to go out and meet new people.
"I really don't know the people where I moved," said NIIXXON. "I prefer the friends I grew up with. I just feel more comfortable talking to them on LIVE than with people from here."