I hate it.

This has probably been the single WORST console generation for companies ripping off each others ideas. As much as I like the Avatars concept...it's LITERALLY "Mii Too"!

Very Impressive and free of all the text and other clutter.

And the new guide is very sharp.


I like.

i think it looks clean. change is good.

Looks terrible. What was wrong with the blades set-up?

you guys really do complain a lot... It hasnt even been officially released so how can you tell if you like it...

Gamerpics and themes are explained on X3F and GamerscoreBlog.... Why dont you guys read articles and wait for more announcements before saying something sucks... You people are never happy...

Looks sleek as hell


not like the current cut and paste kindergarten layout...FUCKING GROSS




the only thing that really worries me functionally is voicechat in the primetime...i can just hear it now

"YOU GOT IT WRONG YOU $!@!@%!@#%@#$%@#$%@#$@#$$"
"OH YEA @)$!@#)%*@#)%*@#$@#$@?!?!@!@!"

and so on...for hours

well, I hate everything, this will obviously single-handedly cause the downfall of XBox, Microsoft, and Western Civilization.

Channels? Way to go, MS, rip off Television, why don't you...

Videogames? The Magnavox Odyssey thinks that's REAL original.

Party? I had one of those last week, thanks for ripping ME off too.

Even though I don't fully comprehend what it means, I'm just going to say "class action" to make myself seem more relevant.

I think the "New Xbox Experience" looks pretty damn good. Im a fan of the PS3 menu layout and this looks similar to that one. I don't care if they "copied" that's how you make better things, you take great features from old products and add better features.

Reeeeeeetarded. Should have just made the blades look nicer.

This looks TERRIBLE honestly i dont want to have an avatar I just want to be able to go to my friends gamercard and invite him to a match, or chat, or video share, why have a community channel that takes you out the game. I beg microsoft to make this optional i love the blades they work fine and im used to them now. If this isnt optional i just wont ever go to my dashboard ever again.

Looks really nice and I'm sure you'll be able to do something with themes. Also I love how all of a sudden there's all this love for the current dashboard. The current dashboard is a goddamn mess. So far this looks like an improvement.

I really like it. It's MUCH smoother than the blades and it's less of a jumbled mess.

I like how they got Kermit the Frog to do the voiceover

What!!! Can we keep the old one because I really don't want to use this.

I like the new stuff and especially the Primetime stuff. That sounds really interesting. But that avatar crap has to go or at least be optional. It's totally not needed and a total waste of time and space. It's also a rip-off.

Can I make my Avatar look like some fucked up Spore creation? Because that's about the only way I could tolerate looking at it. Sigh.

As a PC and PS3 user I have to say I'm jealous, it looks very nice.

Jesus mary and joseph! You have to press ANOTHER!!!!!!!!!!! button to access your music now! holy crap, what is wrong with these morons?

i would have preferred something closer to that one guy's dashboard 2.0 redesign, but this is definitely an improvement on the current dashboard.

hopefully you can disable certain channels that you will never use... i'm looking at you primetime.

At least it's not splattered with ads (yet).

There's a huge elephant in the room that no one's grabbed on...
Jericho Trailer in Primetime?! One of the greatest shows ever, and one of the most mistreated shows by executives, canceled twice, and there's a "trailer" for it??

Anyhow, love the interface, hate how the narrator's voice make every sentence a question.

I think we can all thank God it isn't Microsoft BOB.

This "casual-oriented" interface won't draw in casual gamers. The 360 will forever be perceived by consumers a hardcore gamer console as long as realistic violent games are advertised and generate the most publicity for the console, just as the Wii will forever be perceived as the party and family console because of WiiSports.

*Sigh*, I'm gonna miss my blades... They were so awesome. I'm gonna have to take a few photos to stick over my TV so I can pretend they're still here when the update rolls around.

Then again, maybe it'll grow on me.

Also, I realise there are mini blades - I don't care.

My main concern is this:
Where is the friends list in the guide?

If I'm in a game and want to invite a friend, I don't want to have to go back to the main dash just to party up.

I'm hoping that's just a little mistake, and that a friends list will be there on the final version.

you know i thought i liked it at first from looking at the pictures, but seeing it in action now, not so much. it wont effect my 360 purchasing plans but im not as sold on it as before. it looks like a cross between the Wii Channels and Zune interface, and even as a Wii owner, im not a fan of its interface. it just looks weird to me. maybe im spoiled with the XMB.

me likey. better use of space imo, instead of the bigger blades that stacked on either sides to case all the rest that was visible to be so close together. and i like the ring ripple effect from the xbox icon :D

and LOL at those complaining about getting rid of a portion of the dash like primtime...just skip it! lol

if the avatar is customizable enough, then i think it could be quite interesting. friend accessibility looks kinda sketchy though...

Everyone seems to be asking about the gamerpics thing and im about 98% that I read the answer to this and didn't simply dream it up: You can still use your gamerpics where the little face of the avatar is in the top right or wherever but Microsoft "strongly advises" you to use the avatar system instead.

Apple TV & XMB had a baaaby.

As much as I disliked blades, I'm gonna miss it now.

But as we know, MS loves copying Apple...

The new interface is much better than the current blades. The old blades made it tough to wade through the 100+ downloadable demos and movies. The new system should make it much smoother.

I prefer the Avatars over the gamerpics. The Avatars can be much further customized and will allow your jackass friends to express themselves much better than that picture of the GOW logo. Another cool thing about the avatars is how developers can incorporate them into the games themselves if they like. Pretty cool idea to me.

I am concerned with the "picture sharing" though. Thats just begging for abuse by moron teenagers.