An eagle-eyed tipster just informed and sent picture proof to our Joystiq pals that the New Xbox Experience dashboard update will be releasing sometime in November. Or so says a Rock Band 2 / Stride ad that's featured on the 360's dash.
As one can see in the photographic proof above, the dash ad tells us to "Check out the New Xbox Experience coming in November!" With this new information we have to ask ourselves, can this dash ad be trusted? Will we experience a NXE in November? What shall we eat for lunch? Microsoft has been contacted and we patiently wait for answers to these hard hitting questions.
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9-24-2008 @ 12:38PM
VeHeMeNcE said...
I was hoping we'd get it at least by next month....
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9-24-2008 @ 12:43PM
MrMuggs said...
September is over. That leaves October, November and December. We would be seeing more news building up the hype if it was October. Based on this info I think it's a fair guess that the release will happen in November.
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9-24-2008 @ 12:48PM
Mr Bunky said...
If history repeats itself, then mid-late November seems right on target.
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9-24-2008 @ 12:56PM
TheH2s said...
Last month's Official Xbox Magazine had an article that stated twice that the NXE would be arriving in November. I don't think this is necessarily news is it?
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9-24-2008 @ 1:01PM
Jonman said...
They said Fall. December is patently Winter.
November it is.
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9-24-2008 @ 1:27PM
Deezul said...
First day of Winter is December 21, 2/3s of the month is Fall, astronomically speaking.
9-24-2008 @ 1:06PM
Tony said...
The last Fall updated was actually on December 4th. So history doesn't really back up November and MS apparently considers December part of Fall.
I'd be surprised if the ad is wrong. I don't know why a third party would be adding in that date just because they felt like it. You'd think that would be MS's own input.
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9-24-2008 @ 1:09PM
Neuromancer said...
I'll let you guys know what happens at tomorrows launch party extravaganza!
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9-24-2008 @ 1:15PM
mattclarkie said...
MS have made it clear that October isn't going to see the new dash merely because they are being so coy and keep stating Holiday Season, and December is too late.
I always thought if we heard nothing by September then it would be November.
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9-24-2008 @ 1:19PM
MC Double Def DP said...
I saw this on XBL last nite...and cried myself to sleep.
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9-24-2008 @ 1:22PM
Peroxide said...
One day Microsoft will understand the concept of "Fall".
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9-24-2008 @ 1:29PM
Deezul said...
One day kids will pop open a book and understand equinoxes and the rotation and tilt of the earth and that seasons and months don't map one to one. For every person who says March is Spring, another will show you a huge blizzard in mid March.
9-24-2008 @ 1:42PM
Peroxide said...
Oh?
Fall runs from roughly September 15 to November 6 in solar term in the northern hemisphere, which also happens to be the location of many of Microsoft Game Studios' offices.
9-24-2008 @ 1:58PM
Deezul said...
So, for the northern hemisphere, fall is only 2 months? Does that leave two more extra seasons in the mix, or is it Fall from September - early November, then Autumn the rest of the time? Or in Washington, where the laws of physics are different, Winter is six months and the other three seasons take two each?
And correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Microsoft is a nationwide, if not international company. Or do they base all their decisions on the weather in Redmond? "Snowing in Redmond? Better close the Florida offices too!"
9-24-2008 @ 1:24PM
harry said...
Well, imho, i think it'll be out in November cause every time they show the NXE, they have had either Lego Batman as the game, or the GOW2 theme. Now either that is a coincidence or they did that as a tease for when it will come out. So, my guess is before GOW2, or shortly thereafter.
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9-24-2008 @ 1:24PM
nocturnefoxx said...
There was also a Dashboard ad for Halo 3 claiming that the game would feature clan support.
Just sayin', you know?
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9-24-2008 @ 1:33PM
Deezul said...
As soon as we know the release date for Scene It 2, we know the Fall Update release date. It will make heavy use of Avatars. So unless the Scene It 2 release date slips, the update comes out near it, probably early enough that the update will be on the game discs for non Internet connected people.
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9-24-2008 @ 2:04PM
HazyCloud said...
You hit the nail on the head. This is exactly what I've been thinking.
9-24-2008 @ 1:48PM
matthew somerville said...
it would make sense for them to launch the NXE on Nov 22 , as we all remember the original launch date of the 360 was Nov 22 ,2005 , what a perfect date for the new dash the 3 year anniversary Nov 22,2008
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9-24-2008 @ 2:37PM
MrE Nunez said...
It's kinda funny too see all the back & forth as to what months/days are actually Fall. But anyways...I was always under the assumption that it would be late November. However I do believe it will happen before Black Friday so they can have the avatars on the boxes for the holiday rush.
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