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Sessler's Soapbox: The New Xbox Experience

Today on Sessler's Soapbox, Adam talks about little bit about the glory days of TechTV, and then goes on to offer his thoughts on the New Xbox Experience and celebrate the arrival of technological convergence.

ape0075639d ago

after I installed sr 2 on hd,I noticed some slowdown and some nasty screentearing issues and the whole screen scale was kinda wrong

I feel that something wrong happened,I feel like playing SD,the scale wasn't the typical HD widescreen feel

the noise reduction is not what I expected,faster loading is a good thing and I liked including avatars in the online support itself(seeing friends,it bring more life)

anyway,if anyone has experienced something like that just please comment

PoSTedUP5639d ago

sessler is a cool ass dude though, word up sessler!

@ ape- try deleting it and reinstalling it or starting a new save file because when i started playing uncharted the voice acting was way of sinc and their was alot of glitches but when i started a new save it all went away, idk thats my suggestion, good luck.

ThanatosDMC5638d ago

You should have been more creative. Saved game files dont affect anything in the PS3 other than save your game nor does starting a new game. BUT it'd be another story if you criticized the Game Data Utility files in which case makes your funny comment more commendable.

InMyOpinion5638d ago

It's dead quiet. What did you expect? I think you are full of bs.

Imallvol75639d ago

i dont really think he even said anything

yamamoto1145639d ago (Edited 5638d ago )

He said "I'm really old". Doesn't that count for anything? =(

It was mostly a bunch of praise for the NXE. Praise that I can only partially share. He said something about the PS3 interface "not being equitable". Well the NXE basically hit that pitfall.

As much as I love the slick looks of the PS3 and 360 dashboards now, the old 360 blades system was just so much more manageable. You had entire menus spread out before you. There was very little that was hidden by the screen height being too short. And now, on the NXE, everything looks exactly the same, and the only way you can tell things apart is from the icons, just like on the PS3, and not all of them are ever really on the screen at a time either. It really is a step backwards in a sense that they limit how many things can be on screen at a time and how much information is presented to you at first glance.

lokiroo4205638d ago

True he didnt say one anything about anything, and for convergience, uh ps3 from launch, and how is the xmb not easy to navigate? this soapbox looks like it was made as he was about to leave for lunch.

ThanatosDMC5638d ago

Yup, it's exactly like the XMB EXCEPT! The menus are going vertically and the subcategories are going right and left.

I mentioned this on my previous post but i still got a ton of disagrees. Geez, they really should use the XMB first and the NXE then they can gripe to me a nice comeback or rebuttal.

I'm also astonished that he didnt compare it to the PS3 he stopped short after mentioning the PS3. I just watched the video i wonder if he has an article about it. I mean, when the video store came out they gave us a lot of options even anime i never heard of and other movies and tv shows.

Mr_Bun5638d ago (Edited 5638d ago )

Hey Sessler...Could you be any more of a "fanboy"... Please... Convergence...you mean how the PSP can connect to the PS3 from anywhere in the world?, You mean how the PS3 is promoted as an "Entertainment" hub as opposed to a "Game Console", or do you mean how the PS3 is setup to run a secondary OS, or do you mean how you can use virtually any piece of bluetooth device with the PS3....Maybe you are referring to the fact that the PS3 can use any 2.5" HDD....The 360 doesn't even have a web browser...

The PS3 was built with a Blu-ray drive...There is no media that is currently available that is of higher quality...Blu-ray meets the highest standards of today's televisions...unlike what is available on the 360

Sessler, get your head out of your @ss, start being a gamer and stop being a "professional" fanboy

Mr_Bun5638d ago

He did get the part about the tv/vcr combo...VCR is crap and TV is even crappier

ThanatosDMC5637d ago

Stop making me always agree with you Mr Bun! But yes, it's really sad.

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INehalemEXI5638d ago (Edited 5638d ago )

OMG he just talked about convergance and said now that netflix is on 360 he thinks its coming together now...

What about ps1 and music cd's , ps2 and dvd's music, PS3 and all of that and blu ray's , a web browser(dreamcast did that first yet never as good as PS3's is now becoming), actualy purchasing movies for DD collection on a decent sized and priced HDD.... and he said the ps3's problem is its not equitable. Seriously dudes heavily influenced by MS Marketing strategy IMO. Just because a consoles more expensive then the other does not mean it lacks equity.

Also the XMB is alot simpler for average people to use then this NXE interface is IMO. I am stoked for NXE but lets not get crazy.

Nathaniel_Drake5638d ago

wow, good I thought I was the only one who was thinking that the PS3 has been doing this convergence he is talking about, sure the NXE is adding more things but watching this video it seems like Microsoft is the only one doing this and is the first to try this, when in fact PS3 has been improving on this for some time now

Does anyone else think the NXE looks like a blown up version of the XMB??

ThanatosDMC5638d ago

"If you cant beat them, join them." <- M$ looking at Nintendo and Sony

madestar5638d ago

sessler's slurpin' on microsofts d1cc

Sarcasm5638d ago

So that's what "exclusive dlc" stands for.

D1CC

lol

xaviertooth5638d ago

who will believe in this stuupid arsehole in what he is saying except xbots? he is one of the biggest micrisoft slave known to men!

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Halo 4 UNSC Weapons, Vehicles, And Mechs

We've previously seen what we can take off the Prometheans, but what will Master Chief's backup be bringing to the fight in Halo 4?
Quite a lot of old favorites, as well as some new vehicles and an old enemy.

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Irishguy954232d ago (Edited 4232d ago )

Spartan 1 program was somewhat Mech like..so bout time :P

Wow though, they look so much like Metal gears. Or gekkos

aviator1894232d ago

I know there were going to be mechs for a while, but seeing it actually shoot at that ship is so awesome.

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2012: COD Black Ops 2, A New Xbox & More

360 Magazine: Call Of Duty Black Ops 2, the XBox 720, the end of the console as we know it and crucial future gaming developments.

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DaveX3604534d ago (Edited 4534d ago )

You mean 'Activision Presents: Man With Gun 2012, Starring Denzel Washington'.

Also, the new Xbox will be called the Ybox. You heard it here first.

jimmins4534d ago

More like Activision presents: one long cut-scene in which 'press X for controversial torture' comes up intermittently.

Biglet4534d ago

I expect Reservoir Dogs next time.

Skip_Bayless4534d ago

This is about Mass Effect 3. I always liked the series for its technical side and the dialogue trees. I never really liked the setting, the story, or the characters.

Other than the snow level in Mass Effect 1 and Wrex there's no memorable things really. Mass Effect 3 is going to be out on maxed out consoles so no technical or graphical leap there. Count me out on this game.

This being said Mass Effect 1 is a top 10 game this generation.

_Aarix_4534d ago

if that were true the xbox 360 would be Y box and the next generation xbox would be Z box.

DaveX3604534d ago

But what would the one after that be called?

irepbtown4534d ago

They probably think the world will end after that.
I mean, Lynx have made a 'end of the world'edition deodorant.

When we are here 2013 all and well, i'll be playing some GTA V.

joab7774534d ago (Edited 4534d ago )

They should go straight for inox or soon there will only b one console that's more powerful than any PC and it will b made by apple. It will incorporate everything apple and they will rule the world. So its better to simply release the Ibox and prevent future world domination.

As far as cod and black ops r concerned, it will sell 10 million copies on day 1, 8 million paid for by r government as unemployment will b 14%. There wont b a new console in 2012 because activision says so. They aren't done yet and until they r forced to use some ingenuity, expect the status quo. Why invest more $ right now if ppl will fork over their last penny to u for a rehash. So, as cod goes, so goes consoles and PC's as they will b held back.

Star wars will release and sell many copies just like battlefield did, but everyone will return to wow because activision obviously has the best games and the most talented warlocks casting spells on their products. Ppl wont know why but swtor just wont feel right. Everyone will say that its a better game and its fresh and many hardcore players will b converted but the masses will nitpick things like hotkeys and menu animations to declare wow as the enduring king of mmorpgs...and then the next expansion will release and swtor will go free to play.

On November 3rd we will wake to see if we get 4 more years of misery or a Republican (what a choice...no hope or maybe some actual hope with alot of immediate suffering). But to r surprise, we will c that Bobby kotick is president and EA is under federal investigation. And then 7 days later...the cod cycle begins again.

banner4534d ago

It starts over...

Abox.... A-box

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princejb1344534d ago

funny article
all i read was the first part where it says

1.January 2012
Industry analyst Michael Pachter says that another Call Of Duty game will be announced this year and that it will sell “lots of copies”. He also states with unsual specificity that an asteroid 100Km wide at its thickest point will veer from its predicted trajectory and on 12 December at 0043:29, it will smash into the South Pacific Ocean near Easter Island and cause the extinction of nearly all species on Earth, including 98% of the human population.

i was like what?

caseh4534d ago

Personally I like Pachter's CoD predictions, its the only f*cking thing he seems to get right. :D

CarlosX3604533d ago

Um. I'm like "Doh!" Of course they'll make a new call of duty game next year. It's already codenamed Iron Wolf.

Berserk4534d ago

Man imagine the sales... New xbox bundled with Black ops 2.

DARK WITNESS4534d ago (Edited 4534d ago )

We already got Black ops 2, it's MW3.. oh wait no, sorry.

To be honest though, my pet parrot Baba could have predicted that.

ZippyZapper4534d ago

Doesn't Black Ops take place during Vietnam? That isn't exactly what I would call modern warefare since it's 40 years old.

DARK WITNESS4534d ago

@ ZippyZapper

lol, I think you are taking my comment to seriously.

CarlosX3604533d ago (Edited 4533d ago )

I don't believe the next Call of Duty game will be called "Black Ops 2." Treyarch has a habit of changing names with their games.

World At War and Black Ops are different names. Iron Wolf may be a code name, but I believe the next game in the series will be different.

Aloren4533d ago

World at War didn't sell like black ops did. I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to capitalize on the "Black ops" name.

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DaveX3604534d ago

Extraordinary Rendition DLC, innit.

Wikkid6664534d ago

I actually laughed quit a few times... very amusing.

MidnytRain4534d ago

That's right, this IS the ninth CoD isn't it...

I wonder how long they can keep this up.

SnipeySnake4534d ago

Till people start using their brains....

IaMs124533d ago

Well, we'll be seeing a lot more COD then....

AmaZinG4534d ago

Actually Black Ops had more innovation than Mw3, altough i like Mw series gameplay, maps and guns better i have to admit when it comes to innnovation Treyarch is winning the fight over IW. The emblems customization, the weapons customization and alot more were awesome additions to Cod that IW didnt put in Mw3... I wonder why

Dailynch4534d ago

Black Ops' campaign really wasn't that good. The original Modern Warfare is still the best, by far.

PetitPiPi4534d ago

MW3's campaign kills the original MW. Have you played it? Probably not. smh.

Majin-vegeta4534d ago

@petitpipi

No it doesn't MW3 story is a joke cod4 story is still by far the best MW story.

lsujester4534d ago

MW3's campaign doesn't kill anything, unless you bought the game for SP, then you probably killed yourself.

PetitPiPi4534d ago (Edited 4534d ago )

@ Isujester

I bought the game for SP, MP & Spec Ops. Why else would I buy the game? What a stupid comment on your part.

@ Vag

MW3's story is a joke? And you call yourself a gamer? lmao! PLEASE send me over your GT or PSN id. I need to see the games you've played.

Laxman4533d ago

MW is the best MW game, but CoD 2 is the best CoD.

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jdfoster4534d ago

I agree 100%. Though arn't you sick of buying a game with no new modes in at all (multiplayer wise) BLOPS had no new game modes in competitive multiplayer and mw3 only had 3 new ones!! But I agree with the innovation side and I enjoy the maps more in IW games but I do hate the maps in MW3! I do... i try and enjoy them but I can't. I liked the crisp, clean look of cod 4 and mw2 maps to the look and feel of mw3. I also loved every map in cod 5! But hated every map in BLOPS!

DARK WITNESS4534d ago

I am not really defending Blops of poo, I hate the game, but I am sure it had 1 or 2 new game modes.

You had the one were you start with a single weapon and every time you kill someone it would randomly change to something else.. or something like that.

I took blops back to the shop after about 4 weeks or so, so thats why I can hardly remember it but I know it had one or two new modes.

Grendizer4533d ago

cod4:MW has been,currently is, and will probably always be my favorite cod game

even to this day i go on and play it every now and then.

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Episode 136 of The PGL Lobbycast

Sam, Geoff and Jordan talk about the return of Arrested Development, some Mass Effect 3 rumors and much more. Cat, Peench, Jagger, Pickel join in via the Ustream.tv chatroom and help out with The Weekly Whatchas. Your music this week is Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) by The Immortals from the Mortal Kombat Soundtrack.

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