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Xbox 360 Dashboard and XMB through the years
- Thread starter nhlducks35
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Honestly, I like the presence of ads within the dashboard from an aesthetic standpoint. I think it'd look disgustingly plain without them embedded. Almost like Times Square without the the barrage of ads. The only type of ads that I dislike are those that interrupt the experience. Like commercials or popup ads. Any other type I'm completely indifferent towards due to the fact that they sort of just blend in to the point where I hardly notice them.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Totally agree. It would be amusing to see them switch the old blades back on with all the content and features we have now to see how quickly the nostalgia for that UI would disappear. It was already sluggish, slow to navigate and cluttered years ago!
Whipped Spartan
Member
I would like more customization out of the dashboard myself. The thing I liked about what they showed last week was the my pins section. It looked like they are giving a full screen to pin apps/games now.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BOOT TO THAT. ALL PROBLEMS SOLVED.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BOOT TO THAT. ALL PROBLEMS SOLVED.
OldAsUrSock
Banned
That makes no sense. There should be quick access tabs where the ads should be. So you can go straight to your customized destinations quickly.
Loved 2010 xbox.
Never liked Blades/current xbox/XMB
I will get hate for this but I like XBLA ONLY ads. It's a big reason why I ever knew those games existed. Now ads for movies/taco bell/COD can fuck off, but ad placement for small downloadable stuff? Fuck yeah.
Outside of playing a game stuff is never where I expect it to be in the XMB it drives me fucking bonkers.
Never liked Blades/current xbox/XMB
I will get hate for this but I like XBLA ONLY ads. It's a big reason why I ever knew those games existed. Now ads for movies/taco bell/COD can fuck off, but ad placement for small downloadable stuff? Fuck yeah.
Outside of playing a game stuff is never where I expect it to be in the XMB it drives me fucking bonkers.
This is actually the original dashboard, note that Marketplace didn't even have its own blade:
The original didn't display the name of the game IIRC.
NullPointer
Member
MS likes to find out what you want and add at least one small layer of annoyance to it.
Its been the basis of all of their latest dashes. They just have to poke you in the eye somehow.
What is the point of a pinned tab/page without being able to boot to it?
SlipperyMoose
Member
I honestly don't take notice to the Ads on Xbox LIVE because I have learned to just ignore them from over the years but I actually like the current Xbox 360 dashboard. I can understand while some would not like it in terms of the Ads but just the plain design of it I feel is both mainstream yet useful.
I don't mind the XMB either. I find it is a little bit less appealing than the Xbox 360 but not by too much.
I don't mind the XMB either. I find it is a little bit less appealing than the Xbox 360 but not by too much.
Winterfang
Banned
The Quick access tabs are on the left of the main dashboard so it's easily accessible, the ad is located on the lower right and you have to go your wait out to get the cursor there, and then mostly you get either sound or can click it to see the commercial.
The other stuff is DLC offers/Sign to Gold deals, Download this free Kinect game etc... Which is not different than when I launch my PS3 and I see all this games that I cannot play because I don't have PS+.
U n i o n 0015
Member
2008-2010. The good Microsoft years.
I think I tried it once, never happened again.
PixyJunket
Member
2010 Dashboard was my personal favorite.
LyleLanley
Banned
I'm a fan of both the dashboards. I don't even really mind the ads on the 360 dashboard, I guess I'm easy to please.
Most of the world could no give a rats ass about the ads, it is just exaggerated here.
Think I prefer 2010
Not a huge fan of the XMB but as evidenced by the slow as hell store and awkward synches when trophies were introduced. Sony is not a software company and apparently XMB has 256k or Ram so it is good they did not change it...but how hard would it have been to put in fraking folders!?!?!?!?!?!
(joke)
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
XMB is awesome. I can use it without looking at the screen. Memorized it so well.
SolsticeZero
Banned
This is the only true answer
Arky Virus
Neo Member
It's like watching the Xbox dashboard slip into Alcoholism, and not being able to do anything about it.
The thing is, for the next gen console, the Xbox One UI won't even feel like a big step up from the 360 since it was iterated so much. Everything will be practically the same. Going from PS3 to PS4 will be a huge difference. That's kind of the good thing about not changing the system UI throughout that system's life cycle; it makes a new gen feel more like a new gen.
I made a thread about this: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=564497&highlight=
Didn't catch on though, but I completely agree.
samwizered
Member
Oh god, what?
Personally, I don't want to see things like weekly deals, trailers, sporting events, and other shite I don't care about filling up my dashboard. I despise the new Xbox UI. Ads, ads, ads, ads, that's all I see. I've resorted to keeping my 360's ethernet cable unplugged for that very reason. They had it right with the blades - if only I could revert back.
The XMB, on the other hand, is perfect. It's simple, elegant, fast, to the point, and best of all, not plastered with fucking ads. The only thing I don't like is the new UI for the Store, it's horrible. I'm really sad that Sony is ditching the XMB. From what I've seen of the PS4's interface, it looks like a total downgrade.
Don't fix what ain't broke, I say.
Winterfang
Banned
So the good thing about the Playstation UI is that was so horrible that it will make the PS4 look like a Next Gen step in comparison? Kind of like the controller I guess, and hopefully the console itself.
NullPointer
Member
The XMB is more like a computer desktop. Its a slim-lined mechanism to navigate what is yours.
The Xbox dashboard is more like walking into a storefront. Its there to show you other things to buy, but hey, there is a little spot for you and your stuff over in the corner there.
endlessflood
Member
Yeah there are some great XMB themes, I haven't used the default one for years. Some of the dynamic ones are really good (e.g. Far Cry 3, Heavy Rain, etc.), but there are a heap of good static ones (including the m0dus ones, as you mentioned). I tend to use ps3-themes.com for free ones (you can download them directly to the PS3 using the PS3 web browser) but there are other sites out there as well.
I will really miss the XMB as an interface concept if they ditch it for the PS4, it suits a controller very well. Some of the PS3 implementation of it was dodgy, but the concept was excellent.
Xbox Live Platinum subscription required to remove ads.
R_thanatos
Member
Lifeless ? when you can customise it how you want with theme and create your own themes easily ?
Ever seen a animated theme on PS3 ?? this thing is anything but lifeless.
Call Me Maybe
Banned
I used to like the Blades so much...
I've never used themes on my PS3. I always feel like they make the OS a bit choppy, but it may just be my imagination. I love the way the default theme looks, though, so I don't really care either way.
neoism
Member
PS3 is the king... its an AWESOME design... lets one have any background you want...
The 2008 360 was about the best and it got shittier and shittier lol at all who bought backgrounds for them to be damn near covered SMFH... I really hope PS4s wasn't final... nothing beats the PS3's XrossMediaBar I even use a custom one that gets rid of the icons and all I have is this...
http://i.minus.com/ibgog8vEDYGvfn.jpg evi <3
big pic
The 2008 360 was about the best and it got shittier and shittier lol at all who bought backgrounds for them to be damn near covered SMFH... I really hope PS4s wasn't final... nothing beats the PS3's XrossMediaBar I even use a custom one that gets rid of the icons and all I have is this...
http://i.minus.com/ibgog8vEDYGvfn.jpg evi <3
big picNo, I feel like you're trying to gather something from what I said that you know had not been implied. What I'm saying is that, a person going from 360 to Xbox One will feel far less like they are in a next gen experience because they already used nearly the exact same interface. That's not to say that it's not a good interface, or the XMB needs more improvement than the 360 UI, but I feel like its a good thing to have a dramatically updated UI going from one generation to the next. It needs a new experience.
IHaveCandy
Banned
Love the XMB. Sad to see it go with the PS4. I hope they can make something just as elegant and simple.
MrCookiepants
Member
Baron_Calamity
Member
I miss blades so much. Yeah it did become more of a hassle as they added more. Adding more was part of the problem to begin with.
Do you pay for Internet access? Are there still ads on the Internet?
Do you pay for a television service? Are there still ads on cable tv?
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
Blades for life. When they changed it is when 360/MS started going to shit.
XMB is good but there are too many options and scrolling left/right/up/down. It sometimes takes me a while to find what I am looking for because there are so many options. Blades function similarly but you could see everything on the page instead of scrolling up and down if that makes sense. Made finding stuff easy/quick.
XMB is good but there are too many options and scrolling left/right/up/down. It sometimes takes me a while to find what I am looking for because there are so many options. Blades function similarly but you could see everything on the page instead of scrolling up and down if that makes sense. Made finding stuff easy/quick.