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Xbox Live: Fall 2011 Dashboard update preview
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soulassssns
Banned
Kafel said:
There are a lot of whiners when it comes to XBOX Live.
DjangoReinhardt
Thinks he should have been the one to kill Batman's parents.
Hideous yet again. Give me an optional lite version without all of the nonsense, please.
InaudibleWhispa
Member
The ads really don't bother me as long as they're not slowing me down and getting in the way of my ability to access features, and this whole interface seems to be much more streamlined in that regard (especially when taking Bing into consideration). I'm sure if you were to have a dashboard race between blades, NXE and this, this would win the vast majority of the time.
Nobody will care about YouTube after a week. You can watch YouTube on virtually anything with a screen. Bing is the key component, in my opinion. Being able to access content that would otherwise require quite a bit of menu digging.Zeouterlimits said:
OldJadedGamer
Banned
upJTboogie said:
I would like this option on all my consoles, not just the 360.
Not sure how I feel on the metro look, may have to see how well it works before judging.
I understand how ads aren't ideal, but what you (and many other members) are ignoring is that many people wouldn't know about this content if it wasn't advertised on the dashboard. Ads may be ugly, but they are necessary to build both awareness and revenue. The better Live members are aware of content, the more likely said content will sell, which should result in even more content.
With how these systems provide a plethora of content, it really can't be avoided.
For the record, I don't mind the ads on PSN either.
upJTboogie said:
I understand how ads aren't ideal, but what you (and many other members) are ignoring is that many people wouldn't know about this content if it wasn't advertised on the dashboard. Ads may be ugly, but they are necessary to build both awareness and revenue. The better Live members are aware of content, the more likely said content will sell, which should result in even more content.
With how these systems provide a plethora of content, it really can't be avoided.
For the record, I don't mind the ads on PSN either.
Uno Venova
Banned
The ads about 30 Rock and X-men can easily be in the TV tab, if people were interested in buying Tv shows that's where they would go.KageMaru said:
upJTboogie said:
That's not how it works. How can there be interest when there is no awareness? Sales of those items would be less if MS (or Sony) relied on their users to go to the respective marketplace on their own. It's a heads up on what's new for the more ignorant masses, I guess that's the point I'm trying to make. No different than when I load up PSN and there's a block of ads telling me what's new.
I would much rather there be no ads as well, but that's not going to happen.
Uno Venova
Banned
That would never happen on Microsoft's console that's for sure, but it would be better if there was ways to never see them whenever you turn on the box.KageMaru said:
AlphaTwo00
Member
Sadly, looks like themes are useless now.
Uno Venova
Banned
No, they're not the only money grubbing corporation, they're just the only one who forces you to see ads for movies, phones and other crap on the dashboard.KageMaru said:
ZombieSupaStar
Member
KageMaru said:
just say the average user is fucking retard, and thus is treated as such, and we can all move along here.
Are you saying that they functionally act the same, therefore they look the same? By that logic, "functionally, a car and a motorcycle look very much the same."xxracerxx said:
If you mean that, because XMB and the Metrofied UI share the concept of "simultaneous category and item navigation", the newer UI is ripping off the older UI, then be proud that you haven't noticed the obvious similarities between Metrofied UI and Vista Media Centre, or have used the main menu bar near the top of most desktop applications.
Then again, Apple can sue Samsung for a grid of icons on a desktop, so maybe I'm the one who is out of touch with reality.
OldJadedGamer
Banned
eek5 said:
Does that mean they are going to now run a constantly streaming ad in a ticker telling me about the new Weezie single?
I am not saying MS nor Sony ripped off the idea. I am just saying that the new dashboard looks and seems to function much more like the XMB than before. I just thought it was funny how they are now more similar, and I found it especially funny when the guy posted "XMBNXE" so I posted Basically and two images.Tenkei said:
EDIT: Some people are so defensive, can't even have a laugh anymore.
It's just a pain in the ass to deal with it, especially when every single other system I have doesn't pain me in the ass like this. If Sony wants to throw updates out so often, they need to stream line it and make it faster. Otherwise it will continue to just be a giant burden. Being forced to play the system regularly or expect long down times every time you want to play is a bullshit ultimatum.angelfly said:
The first point is 100% right though.
It's a media device that needs to promote new content. If not only to make money, but to make people aware quickly what is going on. The majority of people don't want to have to go into a specific section to find out what's new. If you can devote some space on the main pages why not? Just make sure you separate content correctly (home has general content, games has games etc.) I do however understand the argument about paying for Xbox Live Gold and still getting random ads that have nothing to do with content being sold on the system.
Syph Medwes
Member
Personally, I'm just sick of my old themes becoming obsolete or "not good enough" every update.Cdammen said:
Marty Chinn
Member
eek5 said:
I know some people still like it but no thanks.
It was by far better than the NXE dashboard. The current dashboard is a complete mess in organization and I hated it ever since I got the early development build of it. This new dashboard looks like a huge improvement though and I hope they get it right. Especially the Kinect integration cuz the current integration is a mess too.
I'm hoping this is the case:
Metro > Blades > NXE
krypt0nian
Banned
xxracerxx said:Basically.
Not nearly enough ads in the XMB to be similar.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
"my rows and columns are better than your rows and columns""
Mr. Enigma
Member
I will bet the house and kids they STILL won't have any of the following:
-- A friends list not capped at 100
-- The ability to appear offline when signing in to Xbox Live automatically
-- A customizable shutdown timer
Also, I bet the big fucking grey blob that covers half of the goddamn dashboard background will still be there.
-- A friends list not capped at 100
-- The ability to appear offline when signing in to Xbox Live automatically
-- A customizable shutdown timer
Also, I bet the big fucking grey blob that covers half of the goddamn dashboard background will still be there.
WrenchNinja
Member
IrishNinja
Member
DjangoReinhardt said:
this. i think i want to see my friends list, newest stuff on arcade, and be on about my business.
as a matter of fact, if all the XBL gold stuff could be hidden with an icon that wags its finger at me and calls me a cheap peasant or something, id be alright with that too.
Alx
Member
The voice features on this update are nice. I hope they will be available in Europe too.
Anyway one of the nice aspects of that feature is that it makes all the ad-complaining irrelevant : you won't even need to look at your screen to start the functionality you want, you could just boot up your console and say what you want while doing something else (like looking for a game disc or grabbing popcorn), and your precious eyes won't have to suffer the sight of horrible ads. And it would even be faster than browsing the menus with a remote or a gamepad.
Anyway one of the nice aspects of that feature is that it makes all the ad-complaining irrelevant : you won't even need to look at your screen to start the functionality you want, you could just boot up your console and say what you want while doing something else (like looking for a game disc or grabbing popcorn), and your precious eyes won't have to suffer the sight of horrible ads. And it would even be faster than browsing the menus with a remote or a gamepad.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
God Damn Metro looks amazing on the 360!
But still, why the hell can't I customise the games homescreen to have tiles for games that I want to access straight away by clicking on them, like Windows Phone 7? (Of course, that would mean less space for ads...)
But still, why the hell can't I customise the games homescreen to have tiles for games that I want to access straight away by clicking on them, like Windows Phone 7? (Of course, that would mean less space for ads...)