While we welcome updates and improvements to the infrastructure, we can't help but be a little disappointed. With Sony regularly evolving the PS3's functionality, a single update in a year for the (arguably more fully-featured) 360 dashboard seems a little paltry by comparison.
Other news to be gleaned from the Whitten interview: Underperforming XBLA titles will be delisted; the size/price limit of XBLA titles has been upped to 350MB and 1600 MS points, respectively; and a tool to fix the DRM 'fiasco' is due next month.
While there's no Spring update, Microsoft did show off quite a bit at this year's Xbox 360 Spring Showcase. From Gears of War 2 to Banjo-Kazooie, Ninja Gaiden 2, to Viva Pinata, check out our coverage of the event, including new screenshots and hands-on impressions.
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WHO THE HELL DOES HE THINK HE IS??!!!
Can't stop laughing. Best comment I've seen all year.
No kidding, its two software patches a year. I mean come-on! How hard is that? I can't help but feel like they could have at least added support for more containers for hdtv formats like mp4 or .mkv or whichever one of the two it doens't support or up the max bitrate...
Or make media center able to play/read mkv // mp4 // divx files since I recall people complaining last year it wasn't working properly.
They probably had some new features done, but were most unfinished and probably said "Fuck it, roll it all into the Fall update."
That's just my opinion (I'm probably wrong).
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i think we know which one is better.
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When you start with a less functional operating system, a full year behind the competition, what do you expect? Should they have just left it where it was when they started, dropping bluetooth connections, limited XMB functionality, etc.?
While it is a bit disappointing that there will be no spring dashboard update for the 360 this year, it's also a bit silly to act like someone's dropped the ball here. The dashboard is great as it is; most glaring issues have been addressed.
Let them work on something that really makes the system update worth it (like last time), instead of promising the world and then delivering a half-baked, brick-inducing firmware update. They haven't let us down much before.
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Hmm, I thought I was investing in continuous improvement and not in candy asses and beer bellies.
But WTH, I still love live.
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Best comment I've read on here in a long time!
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Of course they can never say what the changes are, since if they get left out for some reason, people would gripe even more.
"So while most users will not notice any significant changes to the dashboard this spring..."
Does that mean there will be changes, just not significant ones?
The last two updates changed the layout of the Dashboard, could the next update just bring other non-dash related features (media/networking etc) like the original updates did?
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And seriously guys... FOUR posts to cover this? Necessary?
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So yeah, I would say them not doing an update is a big deal.
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LOL. You and me wish.
Frankly, I'll take a more stable Live that can handle releases like GTA4 over new features any day of the week.
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Why does it feel the PS3 is just getting started and the 360 is wrapping up shop.
The list that was floating around was an excellent example of the kind of improvements the 360 could have. Everyone who saw that list thought it was excellent, except for MS I guess.
Now I am paying $50 a month and MS is going to actually start removing content online. What's next are they going to raise the price of XBL subscription? Come on, MS you are on a roll of disappointment and this seems like the next "out of touch with your customer" move you can make.
Jump out!
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I keep seeing that today. Is that an ad for MS/Xbox or is it an ad for Joystiq as a way to drive traffic to certain articles? I can't tell...
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Sounds like a spring update to me, and probably better than anything that would've been included anyway.
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Remember that the Fall update hit so late(mid-December) that it might as well have been called the Winter Update. 6 months later puts you in mid-June so if the update ends up hitting a couple weeks after that, it won't technically be a spring update.
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http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2006/0605-springrelease.htm
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