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

gaffyh - 107 days 14 hours 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.

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Murderdolls - 107 days 14 hours 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.

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Blaze929 - 107 days 14 hours 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.

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DaKid - 107 days 13 hours 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.

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phosphor112 - 107 days 12 hours 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.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 107 days 12 hours 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.

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IdleLeeSiuLung - 107 days 12 hours 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.

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dustgavin - 107 days 11 hours 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.

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KionicWarlord222 - 107 days 11 hours ago

No spinning here .

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

Great to have them on xbox live .

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Shbzshar - 107 days 10 hours 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 ...

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mastiffchild - 107 days 9 hours 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!

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GiantEnemyCrab - 107 days 4 hours 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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TheWretched - 107 days 11 hours 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.

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ShenmueLegacy - 107 days 12 hours 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.

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Shbzshar - 107 days 11 hours 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

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militant07 - 107 days 9 hours ago

SPAM

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GiantEnemyCrab - 107 days 4 hours ago

Step it up? For real? I mean they just did the NXE update not that long ago and that completely changed the interface of the system. No console has done that.. Some rumor of Sony's 3.0 is just that nothing but a rumor.. I don't know why I find it funny for anyone to tell MS to step it's online upgrades up when they have been completely smoking both the PS3 and Wii with new features and functions. What exactly have the last 2 PS3 FW updates done?

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kaveti6616 - 107 days 3 hours ago

Well, one guy who bought a Jasper 360 got the red ring of death and suddenly it means that the jasper 360 will have a 33 percent failure rate? Is that your line of reasoning, because it seems to me that every Xbox 360 revision that has come out has been more reliable than the last. Of course it's still possible to have a brand new 360 crap out on you, but very improbable at this point.

I could say that Sony shot themselves in the foot when they:

1) Decided to launch the PS3 at such a ridiculously high price.

2) Decided to launch the PS3 with a bare-boned online network.

3) Decided to launch the PS3 with very few games.

4) Have decided not to successfully market most of their games, even their top exclusives.

5) Decided to keep the price of the PS3 ridiculously high even when the economy was at its worst.

6) Decided to make the PS3 architecture overly complicated in an effort to take away developer attention from the 360, which ended up backfiring and allowing the 360 to garner third party favor.

7) Decided to launch a sleek PSP revision with similar hardware specifications to the original PSP, at a ridiculously high price, instead of make a full-blown successor.

8) Decided to make arrogant remarks about how successful the PS3 was going to be and how the price should have been higher.

...Yeah.

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