- "There's nothing to announce" right now regarding a keyword search for the Marketplace. We hope for some kind of searching option or a better layout for content
- Playing games from the hard drive will work fine for multi-disc games; in fact, you can pick which discs you want to rip (but a disc swap for the correct disc in the drive is required)
- As an example, Joystiq was told that Devil May Cry 4 is approximately a 4 or 5GB installation and takes about 10 minutes to copy onto a harddive: PS3 installation is roughly 18-25 mins
- You'll need to keep the disc in the drive the entire time. This is about speeding up load times and to check if you own the title -- the disc will not spin so no more jet noises
- Xbox 360 notifications look the same but are actually very cleaned up and look sharper -- the sounds are all the same
- Yes, you can still use your gamertag pics and your themes (they look cleaner and more crisp now, an example of what it could look like is above) -- example of a gamerpic in action is in the top right corner of the image above
Gallery: New Xbox Experience
Reader Comments (Page 5 of 5)
7-19-2008 @ 4:25PM
http:hotchickswithcheatcodes.com said...
xbox 360 adding the avatars is pretty dumb...
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7-19-2008 @ 4:31PM
Kelvin said...
when will this update come?
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7-19-2008 @ 7:20PM
zach said...
yeah i wont be installing games to my HD unless i get the 120 gig one or whatever. im down to 5gigs now as it is -.-
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7-20-2008 @ 6:18PM
Alexisonfire said...
Ok, I just bought a 360 earlier this week (Yay clearance sa- Er... Price Drop!), so I haven't really been following the news that closely. I always thought the blades were the best of the three's interface and am disappointed that they'd change it.
So, I'm just looking for a straight answer: Do you have to upgrade to the new dashboard? Will there be a way to maybe download the old one after you upgrade (ala using the traditional Windows interface in XP)?
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7-21-2008 @ 1:28PM
Ryan Hartman said...
Why are you deleting my comments? I'm not allowed to dislike something on the xbox?
Seriously, these Avatars are stupid, the layout is abysmal. The 8 person chat will be awesome, the dowloading is interesting, but aesthetically this is making me cringe.
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7-21-2008 @ 2:10PM
Bal said...
what if the avater works different from others consoles. what if you are playing gears, your avatar gets the uniform of marcus. or playing NFL and the avatar has the jersey of your team.
or even your gamerpic as shirt stamp ??
could be?
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7-22-2008 @ 11:23AM
Fading Virus said...
Is there an expected release date for the system update?
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7-22-2008 @ 8:39PM
sfgiant25 said...
Yo Jambi-ban u got to show me how to do that.
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7-22-2008 @ 8:40PM
sfgiant25 said...
sry jambi-bum
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7-30-2008 @ 7:13PM
Tom said...
I'll prolly use it for Mass Effect and Oblivion ,but that's about it. Looks like a cool update though.
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8-05-2008 @ 1:57PM
DjDATZ said...
The ripping to the HDD is probably another reason why Microsoft needed to "guarantee a minimum read/write speed."
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