If you fired up your 360 earlier this morning you may have been prompted to download a new console update. And seeing that it is Springtime you may also have instantaneously concluded that the console update you downloaded was the Spring dashboard update. But that's where your logical sense steered you wrong.According to Major Nelson, this morning the Xbox Live team rolled out a new console update that simply adds code to "prepare for future growth of the service" and is NOT the Spring dashboard update. You will not see any new features or any new dashboard excitement, it's simply one of those behind the scenes updates that's a ball of mystery. And what about the Spring dash update? We still have no information as Microsoft is still keeping hush-hush about its release and feature set.
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4-18-2008 @ 1:38PM
phat pat said...
when i signed on this morning at like 10 i got the update and i was super excited to see what new features they had in store for me....
but then i thought to myself. if this was the spring update. then why have i not heard anything about it. and then i look at the dashboard and NOTHING was different.
poo on you microsoft. poo on you.
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4-18-2008 @ 1:41PM
emirabal said...
first?
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4-18-2008 @ 1:42PM
nerrrrrrd said...
fail
4-18-2008 @ 1:45PM
emirabal said...
it was a joke, asshat
4-18-2008 @ 2:34PM
nerrrrrrd said...
my bad, your subtle comic timing went over my head. I'm sure everyone else got lulz from it.
4-19-2008 @ 11:22AM
EMOruffino said...
lulz me to sleep
4-18-2008 @ 1:44PM
emirabal said...
WTH is the update for, im assuming yuo guys will find out and let us know later, i bet you its to find cheaters. The guys who do teh roadie run glitch and the chainsaw glitch.
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4-18-2008 @ 1:47PM
Big Bird said...
Maybe its to make xbox live as user unfriendly as the playstation store, oh wait one update isnt capable of that.
4-18-2008 @ 1:48PM
vanhelsingh said...
in anticipation of GTAIV imo
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4-18-2008 @ 1:52PM
The Fuzz 53 said...
Is Cartman's 360 hooked up to a Sony tv? BLASPHAMY!!
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4-18-2008 @ 2:30PM
avantgardener said...
Actually it's a Fony. :)
It's been a subtle joke on South Park for awhile.
4-18-2008 @ 3:12PM
Anticrawl said...
My 360 is hooked up to a Bravia. Two best tv brands are Sony and Sharp, followed by Samsung in a close second. Sony should just drop all their divisions and focus on making movies/tvs.
4-18-2008 @ 5:04PM
Ripcord83 said...
Samsung makes Sony Screens.
Just the guts are different.
I will agree that Sony is #1, but samsung is #2.
I returned my crap sharp and got a Better Sammy.
4-18-2008 @ 1:58PM
dylan said...
I love how every update is "to prepare for future growth of the service" just once I'd like to hear them say "We are installing a subliminal messaging system that will turn you all into flesh eating zombies or convince you that Chumbawumba was a great band... one of the two, you go home and figure it out."
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4-19-2008 @ 5:17AM
john john said...
but chumbawamba was a great band.. oh no.. wait :P
ABout the update:
Any how.. they should have explained that on their website, dammit!
My other computer is so full of trojans that I thought a trojan got into the xbox360 and now my xbox360 will feature a f@kin trojan as well :(
Ah! What a realief :)
4-18-2008 @ 2:00PM
Tony said...
I figured if anything it was just some update for controllers... didn't they do that for the wireless guitars and SceneIt?
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4-18-2008 @ 2:32PM
c. thomas said...
That was like 2-3 months ago, Jesus.
4-18-2008 @ 2:27PM
Bluemanrule said...
A few board posters have noted that their console is getting bricked by the update. You may want to edit your post with such information. See MajorNelson.com.
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4-18-2008 @ 2:36PM
Huey2k2 said...
I somehow doubt the update is the cause of anyones consoles getting RROD'd. RROD's are caused by a hardware failure of some kind, and a software update like this doesn't cause random hardware failures.
It's more than likely that any consoles that are bricking after the update are purely coincidental as there is no warning signs that your console will ever RROD (I know I am on my 3rd console).
4-18-2008 @ 3:47PM
Andrew said...
Is it possible that updating the console puts the most strain on the console, therefore making it more vulnerable to the flaws that makes the console RRoD? I'm no hardcore technician, but it seems plausible.