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The Official NXE PREMIUM THEME SHOWCASE

Also have a bunch of gamer pics up... Sakura and Cammy are in there.

Still no SSF2THDR premium theme though :(
 
Router said:
STREET FIGHTER IV PREMIUM THEME 1 is up.

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damn it, it's so tempting to buy this but if I do I won't have enough for the fable 2 or fallout 3 DLC
 
Router said:
Also have a bunch of gamer pics up... Sakura and Cammy are in there.
Wait, where is the Sakura gamerpic? I can only see a picture pack that includes Ryu, Guile, Honda, Dhalsim and Akuma.
 
Dizzy-4U said:
Wait, where is the Sakura gamerpic? I can only see a picture pack that includes Ryu, Guile, Honda, Dhalsim and Akuma.


Yeah that's my mistake. No Cammy or Sakura in the pack :(
 
In my haste to grab the N+ Premium Theme, I've noticed that they have reduced the price of the old Themes to just 50 Points.

You don't get the Friends stuff, but you still get a few JPGs to brighten up the standard look. :D
 
baphometbones said:
Are there ANY shots other then the tiny preview pic of the Battlestar Galactica theme? I absolutely hate the idea of paying for themes but... but... it's Battlestar. I mainly just want to see the background since all my old wallpapers and themes look like crap in the NXE.

I picked up the BSG theme and I'm pleased with it. I'll take pics of it with my digital camera when I get more batteries for it (unless Xbox Neighborhood works with a retail 360... or unless you want crappy cell phone pics).

The main background is primarily black with a red tint and a BSG logo in the middle (although not super huge like some other logos). The Friends List has the Galactica, Cylon Raider, old and new Viper, and what looks to be Colonial One (the colors seem wrong for some reason). I would've liked to see a Cylon Basestar, Raptor, or the ship with the circular ring, but what they selected works okay.

The other backgrounds consist of the hanger deck / launch pad, and what I can only assume is the back wall of the brig (hard to tell).

Overall I'm pleased with it, but they could've done more with it. Maybe they'll have another theme for The Plan or the Blu-Ray series box set release?

EDIT: Crappy cell phone pics for now...

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Shit, and here I am fresh out of promotional MS points. :( I don't know if I want to pay real money for these, but...Battlestar. :(

I think I'll just keep the Street Fighter 4 theme.
 
But if you do buy it, you can be secure in the knowledge that you own one of the few Premium Themes that is not an advertisement — there is no text in the Braid theme anywhere.

I'm buying it for this reason alone (well, I also happen to really like the game). I've bought 2 themes previously but I'm so disappointed with the giant text of the game name in both. Street Fighter 4 has a fuck off giant title that spoils the entire theme. And while Fable 2 is a little better, it's still annoying. Why do they feel they have to advertise their game to the person who bought the damn thing? I promised myself I'd never buy another one that advertises itself.
 
Unfortunately, we had to charge the standard Premium Theme price of 250 Microsoft Points (which is about $3.10 in American money). We want to make it free, but Microsoft doesn’t like giving things out for free. But if you do buy it, you can be secure in the knowledge that you own one of the few Premium Themes that is not an advertisement — there is no text in the Braid theme anywhere. (Seriously, Microsoft, what is with the Subway: Eat Fresh Theme?)

I like 360 and its games but I motherfucking hate Microsoft because of its shenanigans. I'll buy this theme to support developer and because Braid is one of my favorite game.

No giant banner text sealed the deal. Also some information from comments section:

Jonathan Blow Says:
January 9th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

I would guess that the Castle Crashers theme that is free is not a Premium theme? (It’s a theme for the old dashboard style and doesn’t have all the new dashboard stuff?)

The revenue split between the developer and Microsoft for stuff like themes and gamer pics is exactly the same as it is for buying a game. So if you buy the theme, it’s just the same as if you bought 1/5 of a copy of the game.
 
jizzlobber said:

But if you do buy it, you can be secure in the knowledge that you own one of the few Premium Themes that is not an advertisement — there is no text in the Braid theme anywhere.

Finally somebody gets it!

I'm really tempted by this, but I wish there had been a way to see it in the 360's marketplace interface. I'm surprised they redesigned the whole shop, but didn't include preview pictures for each item as an option. You still only get the tiny banner graphic on the item's page.
 
Nobody wants to post a preview of the Call of Duty premium theme? I detest the friends page in the default theme, need something fresh.
 
PhlivoSong said:
Damn, I was hoping for a Braid theme. I wish this wasn't so gloomy looking. I don't like the themes that have a darker vibe to them.



The friends lists part is pretty colorful.

I love the look though, that dark background of the city in flames looks awesome

Like an oil painting come to life
 
DrDogg said:
I picked up the BSG theme and I'm pleased with it. I'll take pics of it with my digital camera when I get more batteries for it (unless Xbox Neighborhood works with a retail 360... or unless you want crappy cell phone pics).

The main background is primarily black with a red tint and a BSG logo in the middle (although not super huge like some other logos). The Friends List has the Galactica, Cylon Raider, old and new Viper, and what looks to be Colonial One (the colors seem wrong for some reason). I would've liked to see a Cylon Basestar, Raptor, or the ship with the circular ring, but what they selected works okay.

The other backgrounds consist of the hanger deck / launch pad, and what I can only assume is the back wall of the brig (hard to tell).

Overall I'm pleased with it, but they could've done more with it. Maybe they'll have another theme for The Plan or the Blu-Ray series box set release?

EDIT: Crappy cell phone pics for now...

Thanks for the pics! I'm digging the friends list icons (they're probably worth the cost alone) but that main background is kinda weak. I wish they used the hangar or even a cast shot as the main. I'll still pick it up if they throw it on sale though.
 
I'm not a big fan of Braid, but that 'premium theme' looks rad. Generally though they're over cluttered and make the already slow NXE even slower, but that Braid one is so pretty.
 
DrDogg said:
I picked up the BSG theme and I'm pleased with it. I'll take pics of it with my digital camera when I get more batteries for it (unless Xbox Neighborhood works with a retail 360... or unless you want crappy cell phone pics).

Thanks for posting these. I was hoping I'd find them here today. Makes this very tempting. It's either this or the Halo Wars theme. Can't believe I'm wasting my money on these, but I'm a sucker.
 
Amir0x said:
I'm not a big fan of Braid, but that 'premium theme' looks rad. Generally though they're over cluttered and make the already slow NXE even slower, but that Braid one is so pretty.
Yeah, it's a very nice theme.

Only bad things about it are...

1) The shitty brown coloured globe thing at the bottom. :P
2) The shitty brown coloured globe thing at the bottom means it's quite hard to read text of Marketplace items.
 
Amir0x said:
I'm not a big fan of Braid, but that 'premium theme' looks rad. Generally though they're over cluttered and make the already slow NXE even slower, but that Braid one is so pretty.

It's stunning. I particularly like the lack of branding.

It just looks like you have a watercolour theme.

gorgeous
 
Ugh. My mom mashed buttons on my controller by accident, and bought the Fable 2 Knothole Island premium theme. It's not very good, I think it's worse than the first Fable 2 theme.
 
Braid theme is the only theme I ever bought that I did not regret on purchasing.

Although with my new blanka gamerpic I think I might have to take the plunge and get this new spiffy theme.
 
Well I bought it, but I still dont have pictures sorry
It's 4MB, so the giant orb at the bottom stays grey

The background image is this stage
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Game Library image is a few select characters as silhouettes with the logo in the bottom right corner

Video, music, pictures, image is the entire cast "chibi" (I think that's the term) and says "Happy new Year" at the top

system settings is the SF2 menu with the SF4 logo

Edit: forgot the friends list

The friends list backdrops are 2D character sprites

Chun Li
E. Honda
Fei Long

Ryu
Akuma
Ken

Rose
Abel
Chun Li

C. Viper
Rufus
El Fuerte

Guile
Bison
Cammy
 
when is the SFIV picture pack for Balrog, Vega, Sagat, Bison coming out? their character select portraits are the best looking ones in SF4 IMO (Ryu and Ken character select portrait look like ass in SFIV IMO)
 
Jeo said:
Well I bought it, but I still dont have pictures sorry
It's 4MB, so the giant orb at the bottom stays grey

The background image is this stage
akuma.jpg


Game Library image is a few select characters as silhouettes with the logo in the bottom right corner

Video, music, pictures, image is the entire cast "chibi" (I think that's the term) and says "Happy new Year" at the top

system settings is the SF2 menu with the SF4 logo

Edit: forgot the friends list

The friends list backdrops are 2D character sprites

Chun Li
E. Honda
Fei Long

Ryu
Akuma
Ken

Rose
Abel
Chun Li

C. Viper
Rufus
El Fuerte

Guile
Bison
Cammy

Which theme do you think is better 1 or 2?
 
Ace R. said:
Which theme do you think is better 1 or 2?

I think they're both great, but the grey orb in the 2nd is disappointing

I have (crappy) pics for you guys. It would be nice if someone could upload
better pictures

Main
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Friends
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Game Library
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Video, music, pictures
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System Settings
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Jeo said:
I think they're both great, but the grey orb in the 2nd is disappointing

I have (crappy) pics for you guys. It would be nice if someone could upload

Which grey orb?

Also, does the second theme still have the stupidly oversized STREET FIGHTER IV advert in every background?
 
Jonsoncao said:
any of these two SF4 themes uses Router's avatar? just curious

I wouldn't want them to

Mar_ said:
Which grey orb?

Also, does the second theme still have the stupidly oversized STREET FIGHTER IV advert in every background?

By orb I mean the grey area at the bottom of the screen
In the first theme it was black
Only two of the images have the logo, check the crappy pic's above
 
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