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Rumored Xbox Live Spring Update List
- Thread starter Domino Theory
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Francias Castiglione
Banned
pswii60 said:
I think we should just assume this is a product of SDF.com until proven otherwise. They certainly have the time and twisted motivation for it.
Monkeylord
Member
I must admit, I've been hoping for an update to the Media Centre Extender (more codecs plz), and a better mix of audio/video codec support (who only wants 2 channel audio with MOVs???) but overall, if true, this will be a great update.
Opus Angelorum
Member
If it is indeed fake, a fair amount of thought has been put into it.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
There's way too much stuff in this list. I'm calling at least partial BS on this list.
Oh, and I'm sorry for you monitor users, but 16:10 is never going to happen. Not until next gen, anyway. It's not not as easy as flipping a switch or throwing up another resolution to pick from. Most games are rendered at 720p and scaled to the other res. If you did this with 16:10 then it would just look stretched like it does when your monitor does it now. What's the point?
Sony doesn't support it either, right?
Oh, and I'm sorry for you monitor users, but 16:10 is never going to happen. Not until next gen, anyway. It's not not as easy as flipping a switch or throwing up another resolution to pick from. Most games are rendered at 720p and scaled to the other res. If you did this with 16:10 then it would just look stretched like it does when your monitor does it now. What's the point?
Sony doesn't support it either, right?
a real list is actually much longer.
http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-system-update.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-system-update.aspx
Yeah, poor choice of words. I should have said "disappointing". It's 4x better than it is now, but I was hoping for at least eight. As I said, in-game lobbies support up to 16, so I assume that same functionality can be used in the Dashboard.m0dus said:In wouldn't say it's BAD, per se. It's like getting your icecream without the cherry on top, but hardly 'bad'
I have my doubts as to the validity of said list, of course.
But it's a rumor. Let's see how it pans out. The hitrate on these is low.
Agent Ironside
Member
This is how you update, to bad Sony doesnt take note :/
pr0cs
Member
38. Support for headset, Xbox LIVE Vision in Windows Live Messenger.
I hope this is what I think it is. I hope this means that video conversations can now be held with people on PCs, not just text messages to MSN users on PCs.
If so I'll be buying a live vision camera day one of the patch release.
I hope this is what I think it is. I hope this means that video conversations can now be held with people on PCs, not just text messages to MSN users on PCs.
If so I'll be buying a live vision camera day one of the patch release.
Spider_Jerusalem
Member
well, if this will reveal true, obviously they'd be optional. How can you install something on an Arcade console?acm2000 said:
Kobold said:
Because (a) I don't want crap I don't own on my list, and (b) if this listing were to be correct, you could turn off getting game invites for games you don't own. It's annoying to have to continually tell people on your friend's list that you don't own a particular game after getting an invite.
Synth_floyd
Banned
Can I still not fast forward/rewind my music?
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Oddly enough, a .05 update for the PS3 that adds one feature gets a thirty page thread here.Agent Ironside said:
MotorbreathX
Member
pr0cs said:
Well, I'm glad I hung onto my camera. This feature would rock.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
The more I read the list, the more it looks like it's accurate.
We've been asking for a DRM "fix" for quite some time, and having the Xbox automatically guide through re-issuing a new license to all our content is very good.
Things like "disable game invites to friends only or blocked" are things the Bungie folks have been asking for (you'd know if you listen to the podcast that had Major Nelson guest-star and he said "we've requested that to the Xbox team") and things like different effects for Achievements are what Major talked about on that Bungie podcast when he said he'd requested different things around Achievements.
And the 4 person group-chat goes right with e's recent comments of saying "we just finished implementing a feature that people have been asking for like ever and it'll come this summer."
We've been asking for a DRM "fix" for quite some time, and having the Xbox automatically guide through re-issuing a new license to all our content is very good.
Things like "disable game invites to friends only or blocked" are things the Bungie folks have been asking for (you'd know if you listen to the podcast that had Major Nelson guest-star and he said "we've requested that to the Xbox team") and things like different effects for Achievements are what Major talked about on that Bungie podcast when he said he'd requested different things around Achievements.
And the 4 person group-chat goes right with e's recent comments of saying "we just finished implementing a feature that people have been asking for like ever and it'll come this summer."
mega-fucking-ton
ugghhh... I've had my cc info on my buddies 360 for over a year now as in a drunken rage I downloaded MCR pack for GH2 just to play them. I showed him!!! ugghh...
you hear that camel...? No more using my cc to buy idolmaster content@!!!!!
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Pimpbaa said:
Well, you're probably right that the 360's scaler is better than the one in the monitor. I feel sorry for the monitor folks but I just don't see it ever happening. Some folks want black bars that "fix" the stretching, but this is something that would probably have to be coded into the games themselves. Even if they added it, it'd only be available on new games and older ones that were patched for it. Since the VGA support is already a niche "bonus" feature of the 360 I just can't see them going to the trouble.
I just see the same people pine after 16:10 with every update and I know they are just going to be pissed-off/disappointed when it doesn't show up. I honestly believe if it were easily possible it'd be in there by now.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It's been 6 months since we heard about the Autumn update.
Tony Rocky Horror
Member
I don't think that MS would allow people to 'donate' MS points. That's just asking for hacking/piracy really.
a Master Ninja
Member
If this list is fake (and I pity the person who would fake this, but it has happened before), then I hope Microsoft takes note. This should be the Spring Update.
anachronous_one
Prologue Type S Alpha
I highly doubt that the USB ports were somehow specially-designed and manufactured to limit them to read-only functionality. I've never heard of such an animal.Duck said:
It's far more likely that USB port traffic control is simply handled by the firmware. In fact, Googling "read only USB ports" seems to yield questions and topics regarding changing USB access control via registry, BIOS (ie firmware) or third-party software.
Lostconfused
Member
any update that doesn't include 16:10 support is a disappointment.
SweetTea023
Member
Wow that is one solid list.....4 player chat....FINALLY
Duck said:
anachronous_one said:
Yeah. All this means is that you will now be able to copy files from a USB drive to the hard drive, which is great news. Those that are unable to stream music/video from the PC's will now be able to copy thousands of MP3's to a USB drive and then copy them over onto their xbox 360 HDD without having to rip 20-song cd's for hours.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Wow, that is quite an update if true.
scarybore
Member
Duck said:
Unless I'm missing something, its still only reading from the USB ports but writing to the 360's HHD or (I assume) memory card, both of which don't use the USB ports so I don't see a problem there.
Bingo, but to be honest you are probably better off buying a external HHD and using that than copying over to the 360's HHD.
Sounds like a good list (a bit too good to be true) but if it's accurate I hope the install to hard drive option is only used in certain situations where it would otherwise impact on the experience as the current cache system should be enough for most games. For instance, having to disc swap with a future GTA game would be awful and a seperate install disc would be much better option in that case.
