New Xbox Experience Details
Major Nelson and E shared a lot of new details during their latest show about the new experience coming to Xbox. This is releasing before the year is up so no worries. I grabbed some of the things that I was interested in to share.
Play from hard drive
- Installing games to hard drive will be optional, not required
- Works with all games new & old library
- Special use with multi-disc games
Live Party System
- Party created from Dashboard, no game necessary
- Voice chat across different games or movies while in party
- Works across all games both new & old library
Avatars
- Not mandatory
- Can use Gamerpics instead if you choose
- Developers can opt to include Avatar unlockables in their game
Xbox.com Marketplace
- RSS feed on Xbox.com will be up-to-date with everything in Marketplace
New Guide w/Blades
- Detects the game you’re playing to give you a game specific Marketplace breakdown
- Has all functionality of the current Dashboard Blades system
Netflix
- Must have Netflix subscription $8.99 or above ($4.99 subscription will not work)
- Instantly updates your Xbox 360 Netflix Dash with Netflix queue choices
- Will not currently support in HD
Lips
- Motion sensitive microphones (comes with 2)
- Zune & iPod compatible with only non-DRM music
I might try a online course. I fail at school... What ya doing? Web design?
I'm popular XD
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Also to stream HD across the network, that would require alot of bandwidth.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:13 pm
^ You do realize that Microsoft offers HD 1080i movie content on Marketplace, don’t you?
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:50 am
No I didn’t thanks for clearing that up…
Just joking.
But seriously, download and stream are two different things.
To download a HD movie, it roughly takes 5-8 hours, so to be able to stream HD that would requite a very high speed connection and alot of bandwidth.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:54 am
*require
Oppss, sorry about my rubbish grammar.
Deacon, any plug-ins that allow you edit your posts if you misspelled something?
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:04 am
yeah but i just haven’t loaded ‘em. usually you guys are pretty smart
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:31 am
I like avatars and the community movie thingy. That should be pretty sweet…arranging a movie night with your Live Friends and real friends.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Cheeky cheeky, Deacon