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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:06PM Arsenic13 said

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Can we chat and use all XBL features while playing XB 1 games?!
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 7:29PM (Unverified) said

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No cause the xbox is using the emulation software and can't use the 360 features.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 10:26PM 7r1ck13 said

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Yeah, the 360, almost seems to reboot and load a dif OS from what I can tell when you play Fatbox games from disc.. Not sure if its the same for Downloads..
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 11:01PM El Capitaine said

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Xbox Originals is essentially the same thing as putting the disc in, which in turn is pretty much the same thing as turning on your Xbox 1.

The Guide will say 'not available' if pressed during a Xbox 1 game, and you won't be online unless you are for that XB1 game.

The only thing is, if you start a custom soundtrack in the dash, it'll continue to play in your Xbox 1 game.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:08PM smakus said

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as long as the interface doesn't LAGGGGGGG, i'm a happy camper.
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 8:42AM (Unverified) said

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I'm with you, I can't stand how everything I do on the current System feels a second behind the button press.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:26PM (Unverified) said

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It would be cool to see some kind of fluid graphics (IE: the smoke background thing on the PS3 or the orange/pink ghastly flow at the bottom of the screen when playing songs in the Zune software).

I love the current dash. The complaints everyone else had never hit me, besides the additional monitor support
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 11:24PM Anticrawl said

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There is a reason the 360 performs better in the real world and the PS3 has more powerful theoretical specs. Simple answer is Microsoft set aside less to the OS and Dashboard features than the PS3 did. The difference between the 13% not available to use in the PS3 because of all the needless features is huge compared to the 3-6% reserved on the 360.

Of course it is obviously more complicated than I made it sound, but that is for the laymen.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:31PM TypeF said

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this patch is taking too long :(
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 7:44PM (Unverified) said

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It's not Fall yet.
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 12:18AM chex said

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although i know updates aren't guaranteed, we never got a spring update. so technically we should have had some of this update, perhaps, in the spring. i wonder how much of this microsoft had ready around spring time and what made them decide to give us nothing in the spring (except the drm tool) and save all of this for the fall. hmmm
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:48PM (Unverified) said

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I never really had a problem with the old dash, but I'm seeing the NXE as something far better. I just hope avatars show some variety. Will I be able to create a not-really-fat-but-not-in-shape, bearded, nerd-goggle-wearing, trekking, metal-haired-egg-headed, sweat-soaked, long-armed otaku? Frak, now I feel insecure about myself. xD
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:52PM JCarpio said

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Let the nerd flag wave man.. don't be ashamed. If only they would release star wars or star trek gear for the avatars.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 10:06PM (Unverified) said

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You know that's a good point...they hardly ever let you make your guy fat enough. I'm 6' 2" and I look like about 215lbs even though I'm about 235, but I like to my my likenesses nice and chubby. Microsoft, make me a nice and chubby option!!!
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 12:01AM (Unverified) said

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Rare said the customization is limitless.. so probably! ^_^
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:53PM (Unverified) said

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i think it'd be kinda better in a way to flip them along a cylinder track instead of diagonal perspective. that way you can see all options at once still like the blades. just a thought. i'll get used to the new update either way.

oh, and does anyone know if a wallpaper is always zoomed in to 1/4 of it's original or can we have it take up the full screen w/ options to transparent the windows similar to the current desktop?
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:56PM Alex R said

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Before I start, i know that what I'm about to say will rank me so low that i'll be in Hell, but do I have the option of keeping the traditional Dashboard type? I will give this a go, but I still prefer the original design.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 7:04PM (Unverified) said

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From what i have read, unless you never connect your 360 to the internet again you will have to upgrade to the new dash.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:57PM Superrrguy said

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The current dash is awful but it works.

Go to this blade to download, then this one to play it.

Any chance they'll make media center extender usable?
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 7:00PM Softserve said

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I'm somewhat scared that this is going to require flipping through boxes constantly...which doesn't seem to fix the whole menu after menu issue the current system has.

Guess we'll see soon.
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 10:38AM (Unverified) said

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Agreed, Hopefully it will run faster or something
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 7:14PM (Unverified) said

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GUYS ENDWAR MULTIPLAYER OPEN BETA AT EUOGAMER!!

http://gamers.eurogamer.net/giveaways.php?id=23

JOIN QUICKLY BEFORE THE KEYS ARE ALL GONE!

P.S. Xbox 360 fanboy could you put this as a news headline?

P.P.S. Beta starts 30th september

P.P.P.S. Sorry if this has been said before!
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 12:32AM Anticrawl said

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Haha, the private EndWar beta was months ago dude, not really news for the few of us US gamers that got a chance to play.

We are still under the NDA I think but uhhh... don't get too excited dude. I can say that much.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 7:31PM SoulPatch said

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What if you've played 50 games? Are you going to have 50 cards stacked up? Wouldn't that look a little cramped? If you rent games often, and play for a little while, and gain some achievements, its quite possible to have a whole bunch of cards. I like lists better...but, I am probably one out of a million.
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 12:46PM (Unverified) said

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I agree. I hope it is streamlined cause it could be kinda crappy trying to dig through card after card to find a game.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 11:18PM Joeybeast said

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It's new and nice.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 9:37PM (Unverified) said

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As others have said, i'm totally confused how this is meant to solve the problem. Which by the way, the only problem is with market place. I have no other problems with the current Blade system.

Yay a billion boxes i've got to scroll through to find the thing i want. Thats soooo much better than having to click through 3-4 lists /sarcasm off.

Next concern is, why is the option to edit profile, manage account in the Games Played part of the dash? Those make way more sense in the systems settings area.

I do like the overall look of the new dash (i'm really not a hater) but some of this looks like its had little thought put in.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 10:29PM 7r1ck13 said

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Support for SWF would rock.. I agree thou, MS seems to be missing on that one.. I mean, almost all Cell phones now have support for SWF & AniGIF files, Why cant we have the same for our backgrounds.. Hell even Vista lets you play MPEG video using DreamScene or whatever.. HD even of all things..

Come on MS, let us have ani backgrounds PLZZZZZ
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 10:30PM 7r1ck13 said

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Almost Andrew..

1 more week.. Then its fall..
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 12:08AM (Unverified) said

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I'm loving the new dash!!
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 2:12AM (Unverified) said

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i hope the little mii gank is something you can disable because the childish and yet highly pointles nature of the wii is why i gave mine away. new age group, awesome but more children yelling into their mics on halo, cant go wrong there
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 6:44AM (Unverified) said

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The 360 is for kids, so not it's not able to be switched off, the Xbox kiddies love cute little Mii's

If yhou don't like these things, why did you buy the kiddie console?
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 12:21PM (Unverified) said

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well the ps3 fanboys aren't getting any smarter lately. why would anyone wanna play the subpar online games sony has to offer? theres such an expanive library of 360 games.
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 2:10AM (Unverified) said

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Pretty nice! I'll show off a decent library of games and not just 5. Oohhh my ego, my gamerscore. Burn friends of mine (which are next door)
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 6:42AM (Unverified) said

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We all know how the new xbox gaming experience goes.

Buya game, play it for a while, get RROD, phone 0800FixMySh1ttyBox, get coffin a week later, send dead Xbox away, get repaired Xbox 3weeks later, plug in, discover it too is broken, apply for Coffin, get coffin a week later, send of refurbed console, wait 3 weeks, get another refurbed console, fortunatly this one still works. Install dashboard update, RROD, phone for coffin, wait for coffin, send unit back...

Repeat ad infinitum...
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 8:58AM (Unverified) said

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I'm actually looking forward to the new dashboard.
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 10:21AM (Unverified) said

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Damn, Ike has been a bitch. Sorry, thought I would state that. Luckily I still have power!
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 3:12PM ericisthename said

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well i cant wait for the new dash.. but i sure hope they add ipod touch support.. about the avatars if they are as great to create as making creatures in spore then im sold
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 8:59PM (Unverified) said

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i cant wait
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Posted: Sep 15th 2008 1:25PM incubeezer said

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As long as it comes out before all the good games do so it gives me something to play with while I wait...
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