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NXE Update Feels More Like A "Nice Touch" than a Full Update

Xbox Evolved writes: "Those of you hoping for a completely different experience or something worth checking out will be pretty disappointed. The best way to sum up the update is what NXE should have been November 2008, along with new and "innovative" ways for Microsoft to take your money. Oh and Avatar Awards. Essentially, besides that it is stuff Microsoft promised a year ago, mainly watching Netflix with friends, and a bit more intuitive experience."

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ShenmueLegacy5376d ago (Edited 5376d ago )

This is very true actually, I would agree with this. However, Microsoft said that the major updates to the 360 would come as seperate applications later this year, which this update sets up ready for them. This comes in the form of Last.fm, Facebook, Twitter and the Zune Video programs. Hopefully this would also include Sky TV for the European audiences.

gaffyh5376d ago

I'm actually looking forward to the minor features in this update, than the E3 touted features. Seriously don't give a f*** about Facebook, Last.fm and Sky on my Xbox. Twitter may be ok, but I'd rather use my PC or iPhone.

-MD-5376d ago

I couldn't care less about Last fm and Facebook however Twitter will be welcomed just because I follow a few game developers.

I'm looking forward to the small touches NXE is getting.

Blaze9295376d ago

last.fm should be pretty cool too have if I can play it like custom soundtracks for games. Twitter I don't care about since I dont have a twitter account and refuse to make one. Facebook, wonder how that will be.

DaKid5376d ago

I agree if you can play Last.fm as custom soundtracks in game that would be pretty sweet. I can't see myself just listing to music with the 360 but if I can listen to it while playing games that would be kick ass.

phosphor1125376d ago

Why is Facebook, Last.fm, Twitter, etc etc a big deal for XBL? Wii and PS3 have both had all those available via web browser. Yes they aren't attached to the main UI, but still, it's there. Not to mention that those features are only available for Gold Members. In all honesty, I'd be hyping things like 1 vs 100 and the 1080p streaming instead of things the competitor has always had for free.

GiantEnemyCrab5376d ago

"Why is Facebook, Last.fm, Twitter, etc etc a big deal for XBL? Wii and PS3 have both had all those available via web browser."

Because 360 gamers don't have access to those? Why would 360 only owners care if the PS3 already has them? That is just fanboy garbage like they need to have something "better" to be excited about because the PS3 already has them.

I own both and even I'm excited about them because I know how the PS3 browser is pants and is no way as convenient as having a dedicated application for it.

IdleLeeSiuLung5376d ago

The experience of an app is superior to a browser (that crashes half the time).

The Wii browser seems to work well and the Wii mote makes using it a breeze though! Wish it was still free.

dustgavin5376d ago

360 owners trying to justify their system not being able to handle a web browser.

"A dedicated application for Twitter is WAY better than a web browser!"

Keep on spinning.

KingKionic 5376d ago

No spinning here .

Twitter,last.fm,and facebook are not on xbox 360 .

Great to have them on xbox live .

ShabzS5376d ago (Edited 5376d ago )

it is kind of interesting though... why dont we have a browser yet on live... i mean its certainly not impossible ... wmp is there, silver light is there... yet why not ie ... i know the media centre has that ie browsing feature but why cant they just have it on direct nxe dash ...

mastiffchild5376d ago

So, still no option for me to be able to choose to NOT have an avatar? That would, for me and the other oldies who aren't keen(no offense to those that like them at all), be the best thing they could quickly do.

That said I'd also prefer a few more bits to revert to how they used to be-like how it's now pointless to buy a custom theme etc as you can't see much of it. Getting the features is OK though I don't think I ever wanted to use Twitter et al on Wii/PS3 in my life and this won't change it on 360-what I'd like is just a bit more choice(i.e with turning off my avatar) and freedom to have your dash more individual in non avatar related ways!

GiantEnemyCrab5375d ago (Edited 5375d ago )

The reason the 360 doesn't have one is because if you used the PS3 browser you would quickly find how unstable it is. I do not own a Wii and Idle is saying the Wii browser works great so not really sure what the limitations are for that.

I use a web browser on the 360 by using Media Center but it's even worse than the PS3 browser. But if you really want a browser on the 360 this is an option, just don't expect PC surfing.

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Demon55005376d ago

Ms are just gearing up for the big end of year bang guys.

After sony big bang show next week there will be some thing coming your way from Ms, but the major update wont be here till later this year, Major will say some thing soon tho :)

Jayfatyboombaty5376d ago

Still I would have to say meh to what it is now. It is like what they did with Netflix, it was super cool, but had the one crazy feature taken out at the last minute, and this update just now fixes it.

TheWretched5376d ago

Yeah... although I am no 360 owner (PS3 + PC are enough for me), I see no need for stuff like Twitter on my console. Well, it already is on PS3 via the webbrowser, and I actually do use Twitter every now and then, but I haven't ever used it on anything other than my PC or Pocket PC.

Same goes for Facebook... I simply don't use it at all. Why would I want something like that on a console?

But, alas, there certainly are people who use these things, so... good for them.

Buying clothes for your avatar would be equally pointless to me as buying the stuff for my character in HOME... I simply would NEVER spend cash on something like that... but again... some people might need this, so... good for them too.

Downloadable games is nice (had this on PS3 a long time now, although not many games (Burnout Paradise, Warhawk, GT5P). Still... no need for disc swapping is a nice addition. But you can't sell the games later on, which is bad.

ShabzS5376d ago (Edited 5376d ago )

of course it is .... the major update with facebook twitter and live fm are still to come .... but the teaks for inside xbox video streaming, reduced installation sizes, faster nxe and achievement tracking and games on demand service are more than welcomed

ShenmueLegacy5376d ago (Edited 5376d ago )

I agree, but it doesn't do anything to Inside Xbox, you're not right about that particular thing. Oh and as we all know, Games on Demand is pointless due to the prices being too expensive and the bad DRM the 360 has in place.

ShabzS5376d ago (Edited 5376d ago )

well ... like the guys in usa know that the streaming in netflix has increased its speed its the same thing with the inside xbox videos .... i dont have a fairly fast net so for me sometimes the inside xbox videos pause midway to load up the rest of the video and that used to take like 2 mins ... but with the preview build the inside xbox videos stream the whole video without inturrution for upto two complete mins...

games on demand is stil a good feature here... coz here in india not all games are that easily available ... the original copies anyway ... for example : assasins creed costs 2000 rupees on retail (40 $)... but the games on demand feature is offering it on 1500 rupees (30$)... and since the 1000 rupees (20$) platinum hits games are very very rare over here its a good deal... so in places like here its actually a good thing.. coz distribution is very limited

ofcourse in places like austrailia its crap

GiantEnemyCrab5376d ago

If you expect something on the level of going from Blades to the NXE every update you are going to be disappointed.

There is a laundry list of new features and fixes and this is just the first part of the update.

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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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