New Xbox "Experience" impressions/thoughts

[Fightbulb]

As some, if not a lot of 360 users here will know, the new dashboard launches tomorrow. Of course there has already been a lot of discussion about the Avatars being a "Mii-ripoff", so I figured that maybe we can ignore that aspect in this topic, and instead focus on... well, everything else in the update, really. The built-in Netflix fuctionality, the option to install games on your harddrive to make them run faster, the new layout, the new party system, stuff like that. So far not all the previews I've read have been completely positive, but I'm still curious to see how it all works out tomorrow.

Also, a friendly request: If you're just going to say something hilariously derogative about the avatar system, or remark that you're just not going to download it, maybe don't bother posting. This thread is for posting first impressions, discussing certain features, stuff like that.

 

[opium of the people]

do you know what time the update is?
because the 19th is my birthday!!

and i seem to be one of the only ones who is actually looking forward to the update, including the Xiis

 

[Uncompetative]

Do you know how much space it needs on the Hard drive. I forget...

 

[MGG=REVIEWS]

I can't wait for the update it is a major step for xbox.. and also means that i dont have to worrry about my disk scratching anymore

 

[GuerrillaClock]

Im looking forward to having 6-person chat more than the avatars, more than anything in fact. It'll make organising a TF2 game so much easier.

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

Im looking forward to having 6-person chat more than the avatars, more than anything in fact. It'll make organising a TF2 game so much easier.

Is that going to be like Private Chat, but increased from 2 participants to 6? Because, I would trade a kidney for that.

 

[Fightbulb]

Im looking forward to having 6-person chat more than the avatars, more than anything in fact. It'll make organising a TF2 game so much easier.

Is that going to be like Private Chat, but increased from 2 participants to 6? Because, I would trade a kidney for that.

Yes, supposedly you can chat with people in the room, and enter games together and such.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

Im looking forward to having 6-person chat more than the avatars, more than anything in fact. It'll make organising a TF2 game so much easier.

Is that going to be like Private Chat, but increased from 2 participants to 6? Because, I would trade a kidney for that.

If I've understood it correctly, it's better than that. Not only does it keep you together in the chat, it can also hand off that status to the game so everyone in the gathered party gets put on the same server/lobby/whatever when you start up the same game.

Apparently you can Party up in the Netflix lobby, but I don't know if that means everyone has to subscribe to watch the movie or just the party leader.

-- Steve

 

[beemoh]

I like the new dash- they've not confused "accessibility" for "less functionality", which is probably a first for things that have been re-designed for the casual gamer market.

Only real problem I'm having is that pressing the guide button when one of the little notifications pop up no longer takes you to the screen relevant to the message, but now just the standard guide button screen.

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

If I've understood it correctly, it's better than that. Not only does it keep you together in the chat, it can also hand off that status to the game so everyone in the gathered party gets put on the same server/lobby/whatever when you start up the same game.

Apparently you can Party up in the Netflix lobby, but I don't know if that means everyone has to subscribe to watch the movie or just the party leader.

-- Steve

My gosh. I'm glad they didn't ask for a lung...

 

[TheGhostOfSin]

Well let's go through the list...

Netflix - US users only, just taking up my precious hard drive space.

8 person chat and image sharing - Don't really care about this.

Marketplace on a PC via Xbox.com - I'll never use this.

New sound effects - Who cares?

Remove games with 0 gamerscore from your profile - what's the point?

Avatars - [insert sound that yahtzee makes at the begining of ssbb review]

The installing games thing is the only thing that is of any use to me.

Oh and by the way this update requires 128MB of free memory for whoever asked.

<url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_System_Software>Info here

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

do you know what time the update is?
because the 19th is my birthday!!

and i seem to be one of the only ones who is actually looking forward to the update, including the Xiis

10AM roughly GMT. Convert that to your own time.

Really I am looking forward to the party system more than anything else. So often I am in a private chat with a friend, when i have to say "wait a minute I'm going into another chat, will only be a second." Now I can just invite them to the chat too, as 99% of the time, the person inviting me to chat is friends with the person I'm chatting with. Chat!

 

[joystickjunki3]

Do you know how much space it needs on the Hard drive. I forget...

128MB I think.

 

[joystickjunki3]

Well let's go through the list...

Netflix - US users only, just taking up my precious hard drive space.

8 person chat and image sharing - Don't really care about this.

Marketplace on a PC via Xbox.com - I'll never use this.

New sound effects - Who cares?

Remove games with 0 gamerscore from your profile - what's the point?

Avatars - [insert sound that yahtzee makes at the begining of ssbb review]

The installing games thing is the only thing that is of any use to me.

Oh and by the way this update requires 128MB of free memory for whoever asked.

<url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_System_Software>Info here

My bad, didn't see this before

 

[Uncompetative]

Do you know how much space it needs on the Hard drive. I forget...

128MB I think.

Thanks. Anyone know how you speed up games loading by storing them on the disc?

 

[TheGhostOfSin]

Do you know how much space it needs on the Hard drive. I forget...

128MB I think.

Thanks. Anyone know how you speed up games loading by storing them on the disc?

It doesn't really, but the quiet is welcome.

 

[Fightbulb]

So I've been messing around with it for a while now, I'm really starting to like it. The avatar is quite pointless though, most of the time it's just in the way. But the party system and the new layout actually work and look pretty smooth, so I'm pretty happy with it overall.

 

[bluerahjah]

I'm not really too into the new layout, still having issues with the Netflix usage, and that avatar is just going to annoy the piss out of me, but the games to hard drive is actually working well for me, I don't have to turn my tv up so loud just to drown out the noise of the helicopter... I mean, disc drive.

 

[Ionait]

Poof

 

[Killcushley]

Does this mean that you could just borrow games from your friends and install them on your xbox? Or do they have soemthign to stop this happening?
I'm sorry just i'm getting one for christmas so i dont really know about the update or anything at all.