Poll: New Xbox Experience!

[Sir_Montague]

I just downloaded the update... Started customizing my avatar... What do you think? I personally love it.

Through some exploration I've found that you can/ will be able to: shop the marketplace [http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/] from your home computer, copy games to your hard drive (including your friends' games i'm sure) and explore the entire marketplace via hd visuals (on my tv atleast)... Of course there's also the avatar system that you can personalize and set as your profile pic, the party mode that allows you to party with friends before entering a game, and the opportunity to talk to multiple people via the chat function instead of just one with the previous interface.
Also, I'm just listing the pros because I am biased at this point. But please feel free to list your pros and cons with your post to this thread!

 

[Isaac Dodgson]

Hmm...it hasn't let me download yet

 

[rossatdi]

Shit, is that today? Well that's something to look forward to when I get home, I think.

I'm not overly concerned about the whole thing but hell, if it makes the live interface nicer then I'm all for it.

But it is all about that Left 4 Dead Friday release date at the moment.

 

[Sir_Montague]

Hmm...it hasn't let me download yet

Try replacing a game in it with another one...

 

[TheBluesader]

I have the capacity to have Live, but I choose not to have Live.

Because I'm a sad, angry person with literally like 1 friend.

And yes, the dog in Fable 2 counts as a friend.

 

[Sir_Montague]

Shit, is that today? Well that's something to look forward to when I get home, I think.

I'm not overly concerned about the whole thing but hell, if it makes the live interface nicer then I'm all for it.

But it is all about that Left 4 Dead Friday release date at the moment.

Wasn't left 4 dead released today also? Or are you not in the states? P.S. the interface is weird to work with... But it's not bad. I just think it'll take some getting used to. it's definitely sleeker

Some of my college buddies have it right down the street from me...

 

[Sir_Montague]

I have the capacity to have Live, but I choose not to have Live.

Because I'm a sad, angry person with literally like 1 friend.

And yes, the dog in Fable 2 counts as a friend.

Get live, and friend me then. It's some fun stuff

 

[2bitHero]

See I just shifted house. I knew I'd miss out on something until I could get a wireless adapter for the XBox.

*sigh*

There goes my birthday money. So besides new avatars, what else are we getting pumped about?

 

[rossatdi]

Wasn't left 4 dead released today also? Or are you not in the states? P.S. the interface is weird to work with... But it's not bad. I just think it'll take some getting used to. it's definitely sleeker

UK. So Friday. Bastards. Why can't we have it on the same day? I can throw a sickie on Wednesdays easily, Friday's too obvious.

 

[TheBluesader]

Get live, and friend me then. It's some fun stuff

Sounds like a good offer. But I just don't know. I fear all things relatively new and slightly innovative. Especially when they involve me having to get up, go to the store, buy a USB device, come all the way BACK home, take that USB device out of the package, plug that USB device into a USB port, and sit there for endless seconds as the USB device sets itself up, and then expects me to go BACK to the profile selection screen and choose ANOTHER profile so I can go online (which I already set up awhile ago so I could download stuff through my brother-in-law's Live-wired Xbox.)

I'm exhausted just typing about it.

 

[Sir_Montague]

See I just shifted house. I knew I'd miss out on something until I could get a wireless adapter for the XBox.

*sigh*

There goes my birthday money. So besides new avatars, what else are we getting pumped about?

Lol... k well if it's any consolation, and you have a game you play frequently but despise bringing the disc (minor inconvenience sometimes) everywhere, I just noticed that if you go to "my xbox", have a disc in your 360, click on game details (Y), you can install a full copy of the game to your hard drive... I think this might be a piracy issue later, but I sincerely love it to death.

 

[Altorin]

installing now

if anyone wants to add me as a friend on XBL my gamertag is Volent g1

 

[Altorin]

Xbox Live is easy to set up, and free if you just want to be able to download things (although the downloads are rarely free) or communicate with friends.. then if you want to play games multiplayer, it costs about 5 bucks a month.

I'm currently Silver, as I don't have any games worth playing online right now.

 

[Altorin]

the avatar maker is charming, but it seems half done, and it all seems so SLOW compared to the old dashboard.

my mom and sister will love it, as their choice of gamer pictures was pretty abysmal (we hadn't bought any), but I had my N7 gamerpic, I was happy with it

 

[mintsauce]

Some of us have to work and won't be able to try it until we get home...

 

[Altorin]

mine is all setup now.. you can use your old gamerpics, but I'm going to use my newexp one for a bit, see how I like that.

saving the avatars takes way too long, haven't played anything on it yet, but it definitely seems prettier.. and my family is going to love it. It'll grow on me I'm sure, like Yahtzee's Themesong.

Volent g1 is my Gamertag again, if anyone else wants to add me, Shad is all alone

 

[Isaac Dodgson]

Ok got it, tooled around with it for a bit...took me a good ten minutes to figure out how to change your theme again...but yeah it's decent, not horrible, but not great... Content will end up boosting it i'm sure

 

[Bowstring]

I've used the new install feature with Fallout 3, hoping to see a drastic change in load times. I can actually see no change whatsoever... So that's slightly disappointing. Plus I've now gone from 11GB hard drive space to 5.6.

 

[Spartan Bannana]

I liked it, thought the user interface was very smooth and attractive. The new party system works well, it's nice not to have to choose just one friend to chat with. My only real complaint is that the avatars all look like transgenders no matter what you do to them.

I've used the new install feature with Fallout 3, hoping to see a drastic change in load times. I can actually see no change whatsoever... So that's slightly disappointing. Plus I've now gone from 11GB hard drive space to 5.6.

Are you kidding? The load times in Fallout 3 are all 2-10 seconds, way better then most games.

 

[Spartan Bannana]

I think this might be a piracy issue later, but I sincerely love it to death.

Nope, you still have to have the disc in to play the game.