Major Changes Coming to XBLA Next Week

[RatRace123]

It kinda looks like Playstation store...

That's immediately what I thought, except I replaced "kinda looks like" with "Is".

 

[Jamash]

Finally. If I have 400 points sitting there, burning a hole in my virtual pocket, I can search by price.

What's worse than that even, is when you wind up with a weird amount like 160 points. What the hell am I going to get with 160 points, and why do they offer things in less than 100 point increments in the first place? I suppose I can finally find out, without spending all day looking at everything.

I've had 301 points left over for a while with nothing to spend them on, but today the new Worms 2: Amageddon DLC came out and I was 99 points short.

Since I had to buy the minimum of 500 points to get it, I now have 401 points, which isn't a problem in itself since I'm planning to get the July Forza 3 car pack for 400... but then I'll be left with 1 lone, solitary Microsoft Point which is going to bug the crap out me.

How the hell have I ended up with an odd Microsoft Point, and what can I do with it? I can't even get rid of it by gifting it to someone (since they removed that fiction), so it's just going to sit there, mocking me.

 

[The Random One]

Great for North America I guess. Is Live coming to South America anytime soon, then? No? No news? Really? Oh well.

 

[Miumaru]

Its ugly. If it works as it should, fine, though Ive never had a problem, but it just doesnt fit right appearance wise.

 

[WorldCritic]

Well this should make things easier, but it looks weird.

 

[pneuma08]

Search by price = yes.
New layout = meh.

Anything to help me browse XBLA is a great and welcome addition.

 

[Shycte]

Not that I tought that the old one was bad, but this does look way cooler, and if it works bettet, it's a win-win.

 

[Nyrad01]

I like this. It's a lot more attractive, and I'm guessing (as many others have) this is going to be usable with Kinect. If they are updating this to work with Kinect though, I wonder what other parts of the Dashboard will be given a makeover?

 

[tehroc]

At least it looks slick. Xbox Live needs a serious facelift.

 

[Thunderhorse31]

While I'm pleased at the attempt at better organization, I really don't like the color scheme. It's off-putting.

Seems like Microsoft forgot all that research they did to make the 360 sleeker and more pleasing to the eye in the first place. It's like they're going back to their image circa-2001 with the original Xbox. The new 360 design is black, Kinect is black, Zune Marketplace is black, and now (unsurprisingly) XBLA is black.